Zennström Philanthropies was founded in 2007 by Niklas and Catherine Zennström. Its mission is to support and engage with organisations that fight for human rights, work to stop climate change and encourage social entrepreneurship in order to protect the natural environment and allow those who live in it to realize their full potential.
The organisation believes that the issues we focus on require a collaborative approach. One in which NGOs, funders, governments and individuals work together to achieve action and change. In forming partnerships and making investments, Zennström Philanthropies seeks organisations with strong leadership and that have the ability to scale their work and sustain their impact over the long-term period.
Zennström Philanthropies believes that their energy and resources are best employed by working long-term, in strategic partnership with organisations that match our areas of focus and our way of working. Their goal is to build relationships based on a firm understanding of and passion for each organisation’s mission, initiatives, accomplishments and future plans. To that end they search out groups which provide thought leadership, capacity building and coalition building around human rights, climate change and social enterprise. By taking a proactive approach to identifying complementary organisations the organisation can create a grant portfolio that is more than the sum of its parts and can leverage synergies, networks and resources more efficiently.
The Foundation states that “While we are always interested in learning more about the groups working in our areas of focus we are unable to accept unsolicited grant applications.”
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