Deadline: 01-Nov-24
Submissions are now open for the Hurtigruten Foundation Grant Program.
The Hurtigruten Foundation is a collaboration between Hurtigruten, the guests, partners and private donors. Together they unite in the commitment to fight climate change, strengthen local communities, and stop unsustainable mass tourism.
Hurtigruten Group currently operates in Alaska, Antarctica, Arctic Canada and the Northwest Passage, Argentina, the British Isles, the Caribbean, Chile, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, the Falkland Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Svalbard, Cape Verde, Senegal, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau in West Africa.
Focus Areas
- To ensure that the efforts have a measurable effect, they have chosen to focus on three areas:
- Preserving endangered wildlife
- Battling plastic waste and marine litter
- Supporting local communities in the areas where they operate
- They focus on these issues because they affect the guests, the communities were they operate and the employees every day! Everywhere they operate they see the negative effects that a lack of engagement has had, and they want to change that. As a Group and as a Foundation, they care and they want to make sure that every place they are to be a little bit better off because they are there.
Funding Information
- All grants are awarded in Euros (EUR). The grants tend to be in the range of 5,000 – 10,000 EUR but smaller or larger amounts will be considered by the board depending on the project. They usually fund part of the cost of a project. There is no fixed percentage for which you can apply to them, but they expect you to explore the possibility of applying to other appropriate sources of public funding for which your project may be eligible and be able to provide evidence of this upon request.
What they will fund?
- Grass roots projects
- Environmental projects
- Community based projects
- Science research projects
- Educational projects
What they will not fund?
- Projects not associated with the areas they sail and operate
- Activities exclusively for private members
Eligibility Criteria
- Any organisation wishing to undertake projects or activities concerned with the aims and in the areas of the world they operate.
- Hurtigruten Group currently operates in Alaska, Antarctica, Arctic Canada and the Northwest Passage, Argentina, the British Isles, the Caribbean, Chile, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, the Falkland Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Svalbard, Cape Verde, Senegal, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau in West Africa.
- They are unlikely to consider applications for grants from private companies, commercial organisations, individuals, hospitals, places of worship, private members clubs, or other organisations with exclusive or closed membership where a persuasive case for public benefit cannot be made.
For more information, visit Hurtigruten Group.
