Donors and Funding Status
The Crop Trust is extremely grateful to all of its donors, past and present, for their support:
- Ag Fund
- ARIA Foundation
- Aurora Borealis Foundation
- Australia
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
- Bayer: Division CropScience
- Bezos Earth Fund
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/ UN Foundation
- Brazil
- Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzuechter (BDP)
- Canada
- Cary Fowler
- CGIAR - GIZ
- CGIAR Centers
- CGIAR Fund Council
- Colombia
- CropLife International
- Czech Republic
- Dr. Schaer
- Dupont Pioneer Hi-bred
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- European Commission
- FELCO SA
- Finland
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- Gatsby Charitable Foundation
- Germany
- Geoffrey Hawtin
- Gordon J. Hammersley Foundation
- Google Ireland Limited
- Grains Research & Development Corporation
- Groupe Limagrain
- India
- Individual Donations
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-INRA
- Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- International Seed Federation
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Republic of Korea
- KWS SAAT AG
- Leibniz Institute (IPK)
- Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust
- Moore Foundation
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Oak Spring Garden Foundation
- Pepsico Inc.
- Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Sam Spiegel Foundation
- Slovak Republic
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syngenta AG
- Syngenta Foundation
- Systemwide Genetic Resources Programme
- Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc. (TWCF)
- Unilever UK Central Limited
- United Kingdom
- United Nations Foundation
- United States
- Viking
- World Bank - CGIAR
CROP TRUST DONORS AND FUNDING STATUS
Endowment Fund Status as of 31 December 2025
DONORS | RECEIVED (USD) |
Australia | 20,165,706 |
Bezos Earth Fund | 460,000 |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/ UN Foundation | 8,003,118 |
Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzuechter (BDP) | 25,735 |
Cary Fowler | 100,000 |
CropLife International | 43,726 |
Czech Republic | 40,000 |
Dupont Pioneer Hi-bred | 2,000,000 |
Egypt | 25,000 |
Ethiopia | 25,000 |
Geoffrey Hawtin | 50,000 |
Germany | 83,217,631 |
Groupe Limagrain | 278,991 |
India | 559,950 |
International Seed Federation | 80,785 |
Ireland | 4,144,250 |
Korea, Republic of | 442,556 |
KWS SAAT AG | 35,589 |
Netherlands | 489,000 |
New Zealand | 6,600,200 |
Norway | 33,766,496 |
Slovak Republic | 20,000 |
Spain | 2,629,650 |
Sweden | 11,886,620 |
Switzerland | 10,992,704 |
Syngenta AG | 1,000,000 |
United Kingdom | 28,283,286 |
United States | 81,470,193 |
Total Endowment Fund | 296,836,184 |
EUR Concessional Loan Fund Status as of 31 December 2025
DONORS | RECEIVED (USD) |
EUR Concessional Loan* | 39,148,336 |
Total EUR Concessional Loan Fund | 39,148,336 |
* EUR Concessional Loan is comprised of EUR 50m loan from KfW, less capital repayment (EUR 14.3 m) @ December 2025 Rate of Exchange.
Project Fund Status as of 31 December 2025
DONORS | RECEIVED (USD) |
Ag Fund | 170,000 |
Australia | 140,007 |
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) | 92,164 |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/ UN Foundation | 21,909,108 |
Cary Fowler | 100,000 |
CGIAR - GIZ | 8,271,461 |
CGIAR Fund Council | 187,459,059 |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company | 50,000 |
European Commission | 6,631,664 |
FELCO SA | 47,142 |
Finland | 614,803 |
Food and Agriculture Organization | 325,765 |
Germany | 28,535,681 |
Google Ireland Limited | 2,000,000 |
Grains Research & Development Corporation | 5,000,000 |
Individual Donations | 500 |
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-INRA | 22,371 |
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) | 36,072 |
Ireland | 2,275,186 |
Japan | 508,427 |
Korea, Republic of | 36,000 |
Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust | 1,000,000 |
Netherlands | 3,126,895 |
Norway | 80,723,923 |
Oak Spring Garden Foundation | 27,000 |
Pepsico Inc. | 40,000 |
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. | 80,000 |
Switzerland | 2,721,333 |
Syngenta AG | 95,220 |
Syngenta Foundation | 30,000 |
Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc. (TWCF) | 1,850,000 |
Unilever UK Central Limited | 62,715 |
United Kingdom | 649,791 |
Total Project | 354,632,287 |
Operational Fund Status as of 31 December 2025
DONORS | RECEIVED (USD) |
ARIA Foundation | 10,000 |
Aurora Borealis Foundation | 10,625 |
Australia | 379,790 |
Bayer: Division CropScience | 11,117 |
Brazil | 30,000 |
Canada | 9,013,812 |
CGIAR Centers | 210,000 |
Colombia | 35,802 |
Dr. Schaer | 89,521 |
Gatsby Charitable Foundation | 1,057,573 |
Germany | 602,758 |
Gordon J. Hammersley Foundation | 20,000 |
Individual Donations | 167,497 |
Italy | 989,096 |
KWS SAAT AG | 5,482 |
Leibniz Institute (IPK) | 5,605 |
Moore Foundation | 200,000 |
Norway | 681,438 |
Rockefeller Foundation | 305,000 |
Sam Spiegel Foundation | 5,000 |
Sweden | 438,096 |
Switzerland | 125,000 |
Syngenta Foundation | 221,732 |
Systemwide Genetic Resources Programme | 255,000 |
United Nations Foundation | 775,000 |
United States | 5,487,160 |
Viking | 12,368 |
World Bank - CGIAR | 200,000 |
Total Operational Funds | 21,345,473 |
Total Endowment, EU Concessional Loan, Project & Operational Funds | 711,962,281 |
Total Excluding EUR Concessional Loan Fund | 672,813,944 |