KF

KR Foundation

Copenhagen, Denmark

Environment & Climate
Grant-making foundationFounded 2014International reach1-10 staff
Profile last updated: May 6, 2026

About

Founded in 2014, KR Foundation is a grant-making foundation based in Copenhagen, Denmark working on environment & climate.

KR Foundation is a Copenhagen-based grant-making foundation that works to address the climate crisis by pushing for a rapid, global phase-out of fossil fuels. It funds non-profit initiatives with positive impacts on climate and the environment, including in Denmark and internationally, and generally accepts grant proposals by invitation only. The foundation was established in December 2014 by Villum Foundation and the descendants of Villum Kann Rasmussen. Its staff of eight works from an office community in central Copenhagen.

Location

Copenhagen, Denmark

Founded

2014

Organisation type

Grant-making foundation

Staff

1-10

Focus areas

climatefossil fuelsgrant-makingfoundationDenmark

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Environment & Climate

How they work

Grant-making

Programmes

70by30

Environment & Climate · Denmark

A climate programme that supports the realisation of Denmark's national CO2-reduction target of 70 percent by 2030, carried out with the VELUX Foundations.

Challenge Finance

Environment & Climate

Grant-making programme that shifts public and private financial flows away from fossil fuels.

Countries of operation

Denmark

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