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The Bertha Foundation empowers people and organizations dedicated to creating sustainable development by providing resources for effective implementation.

WE DO NOT FUND

  • Animal rights / welfare organizations
  • Crisis and disaster relief
  • Genetic and rare diseases
  • Governments
  • Large-scale scientific or social research
  • Political candidates and campaigns
  • Religious organizations
  • Universities in the developed world

OUR FOCUS

What is most important to us.

To create change in the world, we believe you need activists, lawyers, storytellers and social entrepreneurs.

We are dedicated to supporting judicial and non-judicial justice initiatives working to protect basic human rights. We are dedicated to social movements serving the public interest and improving the quality of lives, as well as supporting new generations of activists.

We aim to inspire and enable the work of socially minded lawyers and are committed to strengthening the field of public interest law. Our particular focus is the encouragement of law students to enter the field of civil rights and public policy oriented law.

We believe in the power of visual storytelling to educate, inform and inspire action, and are dedicated to supporting the creation and distribution of social impact media projects. We work to build audiences for documentary content, nurture talent, and cultivate partnerships and alliances in the media realm.

We have learned that when people have the right tools and opportunities, they themselves are best placed to solve their problems. We support those using business principles and innovation to create sustainable change in current unequal markets. We invest in those looking to solve social problems through a model where the world's poorest are participating and benefiting from society, rather than being excluded. Ultimately, we are part of a movement addressing large scale social problems in groundbreaking ways.