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US Foundation Trends:
Environmental and
Climate Change
Philanthropy
Kristin Lindsey
Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
Council on Foundations
June 1, 2008
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US Foundations
 72,000 + Foundations
 Total Value of Assets in 2007 $670 billion
 Total Grants ≈ $43 billion
 9% (3.8bn) international giving
 1,382 new foundations in 2006
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Environmental Funding by
US Foundations
• About $1.15 billion went to the environment
and animals
• Only 0.8% ($137.5 million) going towards
climate
Sources: The Foundation Center, Foundation Giving Trends, 2008; and Environmental Grantmakers Association,
Intersections: Confronting the Climate Challenge
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Foundation Environmental
Giving- Latest Trends
 Giving for Environment in Animals grew 9.7%
annually between 2003 and 2006
 Giving for Environment and Animals rose
10% in 2006: A record $1.1 billion was given
that year
Source: The Foundation Center, Foundation Giving Trends, 2008
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Major Climate Funders-2006
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William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Energy Foundation
Pew Charitable Trust
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Nathan Cummings Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
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The numbers are misleading.
What’s included in climate change?
 An expanded view of climate change funding
• $577M in the Gulf Coast and Indian Ocean
• Using a climate change “lens” in other
funding areas
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The numbers are misleading.
What’s included in philanthropy?
 Clinton Foundation
• Green buildings, online information network, C40
initiative, energy purchasing consortium, 1Sky,
Clinton Global Intiative
 Google.org
• Alternative energy, hybrid electric vehicles
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How US funders are doing this work
 Rockefeller Foundation (rockfound.org)
• $70M new initiative focused on climate change
resilience
 Rockefeller Brothers Fund (rbf.org)
• Cross programmatic initiative around energy
• Sustainable development – environmental stewardship
 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (ddcf.org)
• $100M climate change initiative focused on GHG
policy change, clean energy technology and adaptation
strategies
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How US funders are doing this work
 Design to Win (see: hewlett.org)
• Prioritizes: power, industry, buildings, transportation, forestry
and carbon policy
• $600M a year (the need)
 Energy Foundation (ef.org)
• Focus on US and China
• Renewable energy, code/appliance policy in buildings,
transportation, build momentum for federal policy
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How US funders are doing this work
 Global Green Grants Fund (greengrants.org)
• $3 million a year, typically $2,000 - $5,000
• Strengthen the grassroots environmental movement
worldwide
 Pew Charitable Trusts (pewtrusts.org)
• Leading policy and research institute
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Collaborative Platforms
 Environmental Grantmakers Association
(ega.org)
 European Foundation Centre (efc.be)
 Funders Network for Smart Growth &
Sustainable Communities (fundersnetwork.org)
 Climate Change Philanthropy Action Network
(ccpan.org)
 Design to Win & Energy Foundations
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Four Ideas
 Environmental Lens
• Capital projects, youth environmental stewardship, green
jobs initiative
 Use all the assets.
• How to deploy the other $627 Billion
 Green buildings
• How green is your workplace?
• Kresge Foundation (kresge.org)
 Immediate urgency + long term commitment
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