11th HOUR PROJECT
The 11th Hour Project is an environmental grantmaker that supports “resilient systems for food, energy, water, human health and climate” in the U.S. and globally.
128 COLLECTIVE
This funder supports climate change-focused projects and organizations through two program areas, Climate and Youth Organizing & Climate Education.
776 FOUNDATION
Alexis Ohanian’s 776 Foundation has awarded fellowships for young people working toward climate change mitigation.
ADDITIONAL VENTURES
This funder’s Climate Action grantmaking supports research and development “to create solutions that can safely remove CO2 at costs consistent with gigaton scale.”
ALCOA FOUNDATION
Alcoa’s climate change funding invests in the prevention and management of climate change in geographic areas where its parent company operates. It also supports research and education toward these goals.
PAUL G. ALLEN FAMILY FOUNDATION
Allen’s Environment program works broadly to protect “biodiversity and vulnerable ecosystems” with acknowledgement of climate change and related environmental degradation.
ALL POINTS NORTH FOUNDATION
Grantmaking for clean energy primarily centers around solar energy, including initiatives for “the penetration of solar through education, job training and use of solar electric technologies in the United States.”
AMALGAMATED FOUNDATION
The Amalgamated Foundation has demonstrated a strong commitment to supporting organizations involved in climate change and clean energy. Past grants have gone to “local climate justice movements centering those most impacted by climate change.”
AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE
This funder makes climate justice grants around the world with a focus on Indigenous land rights.
ARCADIA FUND
The Arcadia Fund supports and promotes “evidence-based practical solutions to the global biodiversity and climate crises.”
ARKAY FOUNDATION
Arkay’s environment grants are based on the foundation’s commitment to “reducing human impact on the environment to counteract global climate change.”
ASHDEN TRUST
Ashden works collaboratively to move “private and public capital away from polluting corporations to companies that will help achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping temperature rises well below 2 degrees and preferably 1.5 degrees.”
AUTODESK FOUNDATION
While this foundation does not have a giving program for climate change, it appears to give grants to organizations that focus on humanitarian or disaster aid spurred by climate change pressures.
AYRSHIRE FOUNDATION
This funder makes grants for “scientific research and education as well as sustainable or remedial environmental policy."
BANCKER-WILLIAMS FOUNDATION
The foundation does not name specific grantmaking priorities, but broadly funds organizations and projects related to climate change, clean energy, sustainability, biodiversity, and wildlife conservation.
BARR FOUNDATION
Working mainly in Massachusetts, Barr supports “equitable solutions for clean energy, mobility, and resilient communities.”
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
This funder does not name climate change as a giving area; support stems from its employee giving and volunteering programs.
BENIFICUS FOUNDATION
At the top of the list of Benificus’s climate change grantees is Stanford University, which used funding to establish the Doerr School of Sustainability.
BEZOS EARTH FUND
This has quickly become a major funder in this space, supporting a range of climate change, clean energy, food and agriculture, and environmental initiatives globally.
BIA-ECHO FOUNDATION
Nicole Shanahan’s environmental funding broadly focuses on climate change and averting climate disaster, as well as conservation efforts that support it’s climate change goals.
MORTON K. AND JANE BLAUSTEIN FOUNDATION
Climate change grantmaking focuses on building bipartisan alliances for equitable energy and climate policymaking in the United States and grassroots organizations led by communities impacted by climate change.
BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES
Mike Bloomberg is “[g]lobally recognized for his work to fight climate change and accelerate the energy transition.” Bloomberg Philanthropies conducts extensive grantmaking in this field.
BOEING COMPANY
Boeing awards grants in 20 states and Washington, D.C. Its areas of focus vary by state, but include environmental protection, conservation and climate change.
BULLITT FOUNDATION
This foundation focuses on developing sustainableand healthy relationships between cities and their neighboring ecosystems. Climate and energy grants support organizations that increase energy efficiency, promote clean energy, and eliminate toxic chemicals in products.
CALDERA FOUNDATION
The Caldera Foundation invests in organizations combating climate disruption and advocating for the sustainable use of the planet’s natural resources.
MARGARET A. CARGILL PHILANTHROPIES
Cargill’s climate change and environmental conservation grantmaking is conducted via its Tropical Forests and Grasslands programs.
CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION
Grantmaking for Climate Change concentrates on "smart urbanization" and "energy sector transformation," working mainly in Europe, China, and Latin America.
CHRISTENSEN FUND
This funder does not name climate change as an interest. However, it seeks to preserve “Indigenous Peoples’ efforts to secure and exercise their rights to their land, territories, resources, and sovereign systems of governance.”
CLARA LIONEL FOUNDATION
Clara Lionel predominately makes grants for climate resilience and disaster relief related to climate events.
CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND
This fund supports community-based organizations that are engaged in the “multiracial community-driven movement to forge and implement climate equity policy solutions.”
CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION
ClimateWorks is a global grantmaker and philanthropy-serving organization supporting a range of climate change mitigation efforts through research, collaboration, and grantmaking in the areas of carbon removal, transportation, land use agriculture.
CLIMATE EMERGENCY FUND
The Climate Emergency Fund provides “catalytic funding to emerging groups to recruit, train, and prepare for non-violent civil resistance.”
COMER FAMILY FOUNDATION
Comer invests in “bold actions to confront the climate crisis and its impact on humanity.” Grants support research, education and vocational training for the emerging renewable energy industry.
THE COMMONWEALTH FUND
This health funder’s Climate Change and Health Care program “seeks to promote the decarbonization of the U.S. health care system” through policy, practice and “research to measure, compare, and reduce the health system’s carbon footprint.”
COMPTON FOUNDATION
Compton conducts climate change-related grantmaking through its Transformative Leadership and Courageous Storytelling initiatives.
CRAIGLIST CHARITABLE FUND
CCF’s grants broadly support causes related to biodiversity, climate change, domesticated animals, and environmental education.
CROSSCURRENTS FOUNDATION
While the foundation’s giving for environmental issues is not as robust as in other areas, CrossCurrents has made grants totaling almost a quarter-million in recent years to conservation and climate change organizations.
NATHAN CUMMINGS FOUNDATION
The Nathan Cummings Foundation’s climate-related giving looks at the issue from an equity perspective. The funder supports the transition to clean energy, with an emphasis on communities.
DEVON CREEK FOUNDATION
Devon Creek’s climate-related funding prioritizes resource, land and species conservation. The foundation’s geographic priority for its environmental funding appears to be Florida.
ARTHUR VINING DAVIS FOUNDATIONS
This major funder’s environmental solutions program has considerable overlap with its private higher education initiative in that it prioritizes education, research and fellowships at private colleges and universities.
RE:WILD
Formerly the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, this funder supports environmental causes around the world.
DONNER CANADIAN FOUNDATION
The Donner Canadaian Foundation supports the development of a clean energy economy in Canada, but lacks a clear strategy for its work in this area.
DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Duke runs a robust environmental program that aims make grants for conservation and climate change that also “promote a more equitable society.”
DROPBOX FOUNDATION
Climate change and environmental justice are not stated focus areas of the foundation, but it has made broad grants in this space.
EAGLEMERE FOUNDATION
This funder’s environmental work has addressed dams, strengthened protections for endangered species, and reinforced climate resilience across the world.
EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE
Earthwatch works to engage people and their communities to address environmental conservation and climate change efforts.
EDISON INTERNATIONAL
Climate-related grants tend to focus on educating the public on how to better apply conservation and climate change resilience principles to ensuring a more sustainable future.
ELMO FOUNDATION
This funder does not articulate climate change strategies, but this is its largest givign area. Grants support large national organizations.
ELSEVIER FOUNDATION
Elsevier runs award programs for projects in sustainable chemistry.
EMERSON COLLECTIVE
Emerson’s Environment program works to “support a just transition to a regenerative economy that helps communities most impacted by our changing climate.”
ENERGY FOUNDATION
This foundation targets climate change by developing access to green jobs, improving climate-related health outcomes, and addressing national security issues related to climate risk multipliers.
ENTERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Entergy’s climate change work funds energy efficiency and renewable energy, environmental education, and community resilience and mitigation.
EPPLEY FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH
This foundation supports scientific research. Areas of interest include climate change, ecosystem studies and studies of “single species if they are of particular significance in their environments, in the U.S. and abroad.”
FEDEX CARES
Grantmaking for climate change stems from FedEx’s Sustainable Logistics program, which aims “to help the logistics industry and communities we serve move people and goods more sustainably.”
FLORA FAMILY FOUNDATION
Flora’s climate protection program is “chiefly concerned with coal combustion and the reduction of short-lived climate pollutants such as methane and black carbon.”
FORD FOUNDATION
Ford’s Natural Resources and Climate Change focus area prioritizes work benefiting or protecting the Global South and Indigenous communities.
FRANKEL FAMILY FOUNDATION
Frankel’s Environment grantmaking addresses the “changing climate conditions on our planet and the developed world’s dependence on fossil fuel as an energy source.”
FUTURA FOUNDATIONS
Working mainly in Sweden, this funder seeks projects that take a long-term approach to questions of the environment and climate change.
GIVE2ASIA
Give2Asia facilitates grantmaking sourced from U.S.-based corporations, foundations and other donors. Asian climate change initiatives are a small area of giving here.
GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND
The fund’s Climate Justice initiative supports “projects to restore forests, resist harmful development, and advocate for smart climate policies.” It prioritizes initiatives led by Indigenous and grassroots organizations.
LISA AND DOUGLAS GOLDMAN FUND
Environmental grantmaking supports initiatives for the development and adoption of clean energy to mitigate climate change. Grants tend to be concentrated in the San Francisco area.
GRAND CIRCLE FOUNDATION
Grand Circle works with grassroots and indigenous groups to protect and preserve land and natural resources that are vital to the global struggle against climate change.
GRANTHAM FOUNDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
All grantmakingis conducted through a climate lens, and the foundation has established relationships with some of the world’s major environmental organizations.
HALLORAN PHILANTHROPIES
Halloran’s climate change grants are broad and primarily conducted through its global development interests.
GEORGE HANLEY FOUNDATION
Grantmaking emphasizes projects that involve environmental education and social and economic empowerment.
HEINZ ENDOWMENTS
Focusing on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this funder focuses on “advancing a clean economy, protecting the environment and public health and pursuing equitable development.”
HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION
This major funder’s climate and clean energy program focuses on protecting the “people and planet from the worst impacts of climate change by accelerating the transition to a clean energy future.”
HEWLETT FOUNDATION
Hewlett is one of the biggest funders in the climate space. Its Environment program works to “protect people and places threatened by a warming planet by addressing climate change globally, expanding clean energy, and conserving the North American West.”
HIGH MEADOWS FOUNDATION
This foundation’s climate change interests include environmental education, conservation research, wilderness and landscapes, land management and sustainable food systems.
HIGHTIDE FOUNDATION
HighTide takes a broad approach to its climate change-related funding and does not impose specific requirements.
HIVE FUND FOR CLIMATE AND GENDER JUSTICE
The fund’s grantmaking works to transition to clean renewable energy, reverse the growth of “dirty energy industries,” and help place more women of color in positions of influence and power within the climate movement.
ROY A. HUNT FOUNDATION
Hunt’s environment initiative seeks organizations that protect “natural resources and ecosystems in the United States,” and support “sustainable solutions to altering root causes of environmental damage.”
IKEA FOUNDATION
This foundation prioritizes efforts to reduce carbon emissions in areas where “a relatively small amount of money can change large, complex systems that are currently responsible for a lot of greenhouse-gas emissions.”
INCITE LABS
Incite Labs supports grantmaking in the environment and climate change spaces but does not articulate goals or priorities for this giving.
HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION
Jackson’s grantmaking for climate has gone mainly to organizations and institutes engaged in climate research and policy development toward climate change mitigation and national security.
JOCHNICK FOUNDATION
Grants stemming from the Our Planet program area have supported environmental conservation and clean energy initiatives, including organizations involved in research and “raising public awareness and changing consumer behavior.”
JOYCE FOUNDATION
The Joyce Foundation’s Environment program works to address the “long-term environmental challenges facing the next generation in the Great Lakes region.”
JPB FOUNDATION
A significant portion of JPB’s giving focuses on the organization of communities around environmental and climate justice.
J.M. KAPLAN FUND
Kaplan supports organizations that promote lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduce coal-generating activities in countries with high emissions rates, and advocate for carbon pricing.
