Our Theory of Change
OUR MISSION + IMPACT STATEMENT
The Freyja Foundation is a private, charitable foundation dedicated to supporting innovative, scalable, and lasting conservation solutions that protect our planet’s wild places and combat the climate crisis.
The foundation achieves its mission through grant making, impact investing, project management, and inspiring the next generation of conservationists.
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We’re taking action on the most pressing environmental issues because we are in a climate crisis.
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We believe in scalable and innovative solutions that leverage philanthropic and investment capital + use public policy as a tool to help achieve our goals.
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We support nature–based solutions as our number one mechanism to sequester more carbon and protect threatened biodiverse carbon sinks.
OUR FOCUS + APPROACH
OUR GOALS
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Permanently protect threatened and degraded eco-corridors
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Support scalable rewilding and restoration projects
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Empower local communities’ connection to their wild places
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Utilize creative financial structures and investments to leverage conservation at scale
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Inspire and move more investable and philanthropic capital into conservation strategies
Human related activities have caused the planet’s average surface temperature to rise about 1.1 c since the late 19th century. Most of this warming has occurred in the past 35 years.