The Oak Foundation is a charitable foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1983 by billionaire Alan M. Parker, co-founder of the duty-free company DFS Group.Jon Nordheimer: Millions of Dollars Couldn't Keep DFS Group Together. New York Times 12 March 1997.
The foundation makes grants in eight major program areas plus two country-level programs (in Denmark and Zimbabwe). In 2025, the Oak Foundation reported making roughly one thousand grants in 33 countries totaling US$383 million.
Oak Foundation's support for issues such as climate justice and human rights has attracted criticism from conservative organizations and governments such as Russia's, where in January 2026 it was announced that the Oak Foundation was classified as undesirable in Russia under the Russian undesirable organizations law.
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External links Oak Foundation website Oak Foundation European Foundation Center