How the Justice40 Accelerator Builds Community Groups’ Capacity to Receive Federal Funding

How the Justice40 Accelerator Builds Community Groups’ Capacity to Receive Federal Funding

President Biden’s Justice40 initiative aims to support frontline communities, but those communities may lack the capacity to apply for funds. Philanthropy is helping to close the gap.

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Eight Questions for Danielle Deane-Ryan, Director of Equitable Climate Solutions at Bezos Earth Fund

Eight Questions for Danielle Deane-Ryan, Director of Equitable Climate Solutions at Bezos Earth Fund

Jeff Bezos’ $10 billion fund hired a respected veteran of philanthropy and climate justice for a key position in November. Danielle Deane-Ryan discusses what drew her to the role and her views on the state of climate philanthropy.

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The Bezos Earth Fund’s Latest Grants Favor Environmental Justice Veterans and Federal Action

The Bezos Earth Fund’s Latest Grants Favor Environmental Justice Veterans and Federal Action

The latest round from Jeff Bezos’ $10 billion fund prioritized environmental justice, including three scholars and activists whose decades in the field have helped shape the movement. Here’s where this $203.7 million will go.

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Getting to Know the Bezos Earth Fund: 8 Questions for President Andrew Steer

Getting to Know the Bezos Earth Fund: 8 Questions for President Andrew Steer

Andrew Steer directs one of the newest and biggest climate philanthropies on the planet: the $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund. We spoke to him about the fund’s latest gifts, its approach to philanthropy and its priorities going forward.

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