The Ford Foundation’s BUILD Initiative continues to provide substantial, flexible funding and capacity building support for social justice organizations. UltraViolet, which promotes gender justice, is the most recent grantee.
Read MoreAt least 12% of the donations made under Yield Giving’s first open call for applications went to green groups, with environmental justice a major focus. Here’s where the money went.
Read MoreAfter years spent reporting on the topic, our climate philanthropy reporter Michael Kavate confronts his frustrations with the sector.
Read MoreThe Fund for Frontline Power was established following the first round of grants from Bezos Earth Fund, offering a way for recipients to channel dollars to grassroots organizations. It’s regranted millions and is looking to grow.
Read MoreAmid a stream of dire climate news that keeps coming, our latest set of must-reads on climate philanthropy features resources on transit action in the Midwest, a Walton heir, a map of global climate justice groups, and more.
Read MoreThe 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 MoreThe scorching temperatures have made summer leisure a little harder on all of us, but if you’re looking for some light reading and want to support climate action, this is the list for you.
Read MoreA campaign asking funders to support more BIPOC-led climate action is seeing real impacts among participating funders and the groups they’re backing. The amount pledged is growing, but progress remains hard fought.
Read MoreNDN Collective, a growing philanthropic intermediary and organizing force, works to build Indigenous power and has racked up an impressive array of backers. Its leaders would still like to see philanthropy go further and move faster.
Read MoreSupport for climate justice has been on the rise lately, but front-line communities and organizations remain under-resourced. Guest authors Marion Gee and Gloria Walton lay out four pathways for funders.
Read MorePhilanthropists have begun to recognize that tech moonshots may be essential for reckoning with the climate crisis. Guest authors Bruce Boyd and Loren McArthur outline how we can avoid harmful unintended consequences.
Read MoreEven as climate justice groups remain underfunded, the restorative work they’re engaged in grows ever more urgent. Guest author Supriya Lopez Pillai says now is the time for funders to commit to more transformative approaches.
Read MoreThe Inflation Reduction Act will undoubtedly reduce emissions, but it will do so on the backs of front-line communities. Katie Redford, executive director of the Equation Campaign, says philanthropy can help counter the bill’s flaws.
Read MoreThey might not exactly be beach reads, but these five resources on climate philanthropy are worth a look this summer — both for those already focused on climate giving and those just wading in.
Read MoreThis year’s edition of the renowned Goldman Prizes are a marker of a gradual shift in environmentalism toward people standing up to powerful interests. Funding, too, seems to be moving that way, though more slowly.
Read MoreClimate funders have long bemoaned that the field only receives 2% of global philanthropy. But a new report says the problem is the sector’s focus, pointing to a persistent trend of overlooking climate justice.
Read MoreThere’s a lot of new money in the U.S. climate ecosystem — and a lot of need abroad. Here are eight funds that weren’t on MacKenzie Scott’s game-changing list last month.
Read MoreThe international climate intermediary fund has a new leader who envisions some “shifts and accelerations” for the grantmaker. We spoke with her about those plans and more.
Read MoreJust over a year ago, the Donors of Color Network challenged the top 40 climate funders to commit more dollars to BIPOC-led groups. Momentum is building, but many funders declined or have yet to make a decision.
Read MoreThe latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change further sounds the alarm about impending catastrophe, emphasizing inequity and the need for adaptation. Experts say philanthropy can help drive change.
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