Marmot Charitable Trust

The Marmot Charitable Trust advances systemic environmental sustainability and international peace-building through discretionary grant-making rooted in values of environmental responsibility, global stewardship, planetary health, and conflict prevention. Established with a broad charitable remit, it evolved to prioritize transformative interventions for a sustainable future and secure world order, driven by a theory of change emphasizing high-impact, macro-level strategies like advocacy and research over localized services. Their philosophy favors high-trust partnerships with aligned organizations pursuing evidence-based systemic shifts, capacity building for advocacy, and unrestricted support for bold peace and green movements committed to long-term global resilience.

They fund environmental initiatives tackling climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, sustainable development, renewable energy transitions, green infrastructure advocacy, pollution reduction, ecosystem restoration, and circular economy models through campaigning, public education, policy research, grassroots mobilization, and direct action for planetary protection. In peace and security, they support nuclear disarmament campaigns, non-proliferation advocacy, conflict resolution programs, peace education, international diplomacy efforts, arms control initiatives, and security sector reform addressing root causes of global instability like weapons proliferation and geopolitical tensions. Prioritizing organizations delivering advocacy-driven interventions, research for policy influence, community-led campaigns for disarmament awareness, and multi-stakeholder coalitions fostering peaceful international relations, they seek outcomes of reduced nuclear threats, enhanced global security, and resilient ecosystems benefiting future generations worldwide.

They exclude local service delivery, individual beneficiary aid, or non-systemic projects lacking broad impact potential, focusing instead on national and international NGOs driving macro change in climate resilience and peace architecture. Distinctive for uniquely pairing environmental sustainability with nuclear disarmament and peace-building, they prefer lean, innovative charities with transparent impact measurement, no paid staff overhead, and alignment to evidence-based global advocacy, emphasizing urgent, high-leverage interventions over perpetual funding.