The Bridgespan Group’s trying to get funders to step up and get in gear on climate with a new report. It’s a helpful framework — and jibes with takeaways from our own reporting.
Read MoreGoogle.org is putting artificial intelligence at the center of its current efforts to foster innovation in climate research. It’s something of a return to form for a corporate funder that previously focused heavily on COVID response.
Read MoreBillionaires may increasingly dominate environmental philanthropy, but small grantmakers still have sway. Here’s a handful whose influence extends beyond what their modest grantmaking might suggest.
Read MoreWith spring in the air, here’s some recently released reading material on climate giving, with an emphasis on how funders can clean up their act when it comes to their investments.
Read MoreWhat does it take for a foundation to commit to net zero? Guest author Kathleen Simpson, CEO of The Russell Family Foundation, walks us through what that process has been like so far.
Read MoreThis year’s United Nations climate summit, known as COP27, has played host to a number of philanthropic announcements, some more substantive than others. Here’s a breakdown.
Read MoreA new report from ClimateWorks Foundation shows a 25% increase in philanthropic support for climate change mitigation between 2020 and 2021. It’s a welcome development, but the momentum must continue.
Read MoreComing from one of the nation’s most storied philanthropies, founded on oil wealth, this announcement has symbolic heft. Will Rockefeller’s bolder stance encourage others to take up the mantle of climate funder?
Read MoreThree years ago, Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham committed 98% of their roughly $1 billion investing fortune to climate action. Here’s where the money’s been going so far.
Read MoreJohn Doerr’s star is rising as a climate mega-donor after a recent $1.1 billion donation to Stanford. In this review of his latest book, “Speed & Scale,” we look at what’s informing his climate giving — and what he’s leaving out.
Read MoreFunders for Regenerative Agriculture, or FORA, has seen membership shoot up over the past two years. Its growth reflects burgeoning interest in agriculture across philanthropy.
Read MoreBillionaire venture capitalist John Doerr and his wife, Ann, made a record-breaking gift for a new climate school at Stanford. Climate funding on this level is needed, but is an elite institution really the best destination for it?
Read MoreThe Silicon Valley real estate clan recently issued a slate of grants to address the climate crisis, joining a growing list of billionaire donors and family philanthropists. We take a look at how they got started and chose their focus.
Read MoreA group of funding intermediaries is central to growing philanthropic support for Indigenous-led efforts to stop the Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota. Here, we take a look at some of the leading players and how they back grassroots groups.
Read MoreWith a fresh five-year strategic plan that elevates climate change and a new deputy director with international climate experience, the Walton Family Foundation is putting more emphasis on the emergency of our time.
Read MoreMosaic, a new national environmental initiative, has awarded $3 million in relatively rare movement infrastructure grants while ceding funding decisions to a diverse cross section of green nonprofit leaders.
Read MoreHere’s what we know about Andrew Steer, the former World Resources Institute head who has been selected to help the Amazon founder give away an unprecedented $10 billion to climate causes by 2030.
Read MoreThe Helen Frankenthaler Foundation wants to help museums assess their environmental footprints and lower energy costs. Here’s how a unique cultural sector grantmaking initiative to tackle climate change came together.
Read MorePhilanthropic support for climate journalism isn’t what it could—and should—be. With a new partnership, the Local Media Association is channeling funds to newsrooms covering the local impacts of climate change.
Read MoreHow can philanthropy successfully confront climate change when it so often spurns climate justice? Guest contributor Michel Gelobter calls out the problem and outlines a path forward.
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