Who funds the Fairtrade Foundation?
Your donations, along with grant funding, contribute over 20% of Fairtrade Foundation income.
We receive grants from DFID (Department for International Development), the European Commission, Comic Relief, and a host of other grantmakers. We also receive donations from individual supporters, schools, faith groups, workplaces, Fairtrade Towns and other community organisations.
Click here to make a donation now. All donations go to the Fairtrade Innovation Fund to bring Fairtrade to more farmers and workers in the developing world.
Thank you to all those who have contributed to our funding.
The Fairtrade Foundation also receives a licence fee, paid by companies using the FAIRTRADE Mark on their products, which constitutes over 75% of the Fairtrade Foundation’s income. The licence fee covers the cost of monitoring and certification which underpins the independent guarantee offered by the FAIRTRADE Mark.
Breakdown of Fairtrade Foundation income 2010
| Licensee fee from Fairtrade certified products |
£8.42m |
77% |
| Grants and donations |
£2.45m |
22.4% |
| Other income |
£0.06m |
0.6% |
Major funders of the Fairtrade Foundation include the following organisations:
The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust
The Waterloo Foundation
The following member organisations also provide financial support to the Fairtrade Foundation:
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