Explore the projects Biome Trust has supported in New Zealand and worldwide in 2024, 2023 and 2022.

2024 - New Zealand Projects


  • Happen Films

    Inspiring Stories for a Changing World

    Website

  • Papawhakaritorito Trust

    Uplifting Māori Food Sovereignty

    Website

  • Rewiring Aotearoa

    An Electrified Future for Kiwis

    Website

  • Koanga Institute

    Saving New Zealand’s Heritage Food Plants

    Website

  • Toru Education

    Enhancing Skills for Sustainable Living

    Website

  • Kaicycle

    Urban Farming and Localised Composting

    Website

  • Center for Strategic Philanthropy

    Bringing Together New Zealand Givers

    Website

2023 - New Zealand Projects


  • The Learning Environment

    Holistic Learning Experiences for Wellbeing

    Website

  • Center for Strategic Philanthropy

    Bringing Together New Zealand Givers

    Website

  • The Gift Trust

    Making Good Happen

    Website

  • Happen Films

    Inspiring Stories for a Changing World

    Website

  • Wakatū

    Tūpuna Pono, Being Good Ancestors

    Website

  • Kaicycle

    Urban Farming and Localised Composting

    Website

  • Tiwaiwaka

    Healing the Mauri of the Whenua

    Website

  • Spacebase

    Space for Planet Earth Challenge

    Website

  • Inspiring Stories

    Backing Young People to Create Change

    Website

  • Common Unity

    Community-Based Urban Development

    Website

  • Aspen Institute NZ

    Deeper Conversations for New Zealand

    Website

  • 4 A Better City

    ‘Working the Food’ in Upper Hutt

    Website

2023 - Global Projects


  • Agrarian Trust

    Land Access For Next Generation Farmers

    Website

  • Amazon Sacred Headwaters

    Shared Visions for a Bioregional Plan

    Website

  • One Earth

    Collective Action to Solve the Climate Crisis -

    Website

  • Regen Foundation

    Co-Creating the Shift to Global Regeneration

    Website

  • Earth Law Center

    Rebalancing the Human-Nature Relationship

    Website

  • Global Alliance for Rights of Nature

    Respecting and Enforcing Rights of Nature

    Website

  • Stop Ecocide International

    Driving the Conversation on Ecocide

    Website

  • For the Wild

    An Anthology of the Anthropocene

    Website

  • Mother Tree Labs

    Weaving Worldviews for Nature

    Website

  • Finance for Gaia

    Research for Bioregional Financing

    Website

  • Climate Emergency Fund

    Waking Up to the Climate Emergency

    Website

  • Glitch3 Residency

    Alternative Intelligences for Blockchain x Nature

  • Local Futures

    Promoting Localization Globally

    Website

2022 - New Zealand Projects


  • The Learning Environment

    Holistic Learning Experiences for Wellbeing

    Website

  • Center for Strategic Philanthropy

    Bringing Together New Zealand Givers

    Website

  • Koanga Institute

    Saving New Zealand’s Heritage Food Plants

    Website

  • Future Whenua

    Innovative Thinking for Rural Production

    Website

  • Kaicycle

    Urban Farming and Localised Composting

    Website

  • Toru Education

    Enhancing Skills for Sustainable Living

    Website

  • 4 A Better City

    ‘Working the Food’ in Upper Hutt

    Website

  • The Workshop

    Changing Narratives for Complex Issues

    Website

2022 - Global Projects


  • Big Green

    Growing Food Changes Lives

    Website

About Gifts

Gifts in New Zealand are administered by Biome Trust Aotearoa and The Gift Trust. Global gifts are directed by Biome Global Foundation and administered by Silicon Valley Community Foundation and our donor advised fund partners.

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