About Cjr Fund
To empower women, youth and Indigenous Peoples on the front lines of climate change to create and share their own solutions for resilience.
Focus Areas
climate resilienceloss and damagewater accessfood security and sovereigntysustainable livelihoodsmigration and relocationmovement-buildingadvocacy and policy influence
Who They Fund
womenyouthIndigenous Peopleslocal grassroots communities and organizations
Funding Style
About Cjr Fund
Cjr Fund Inc’s recent grantmaking is defined by a single 2025 award: $643,840 in organizational support to Connecticut Junior Republic Association Inc in Litchfield, CT. That grant sits alongside a wider climate-justice program built around community-led resilience, loss and damage, and participatory grantmaking. The foundation’s stated aim is to empower women, youth, and Indigenous Peoples on the front lines of climate change to create and share their own solutions for resilience. Its active grant programs point to a method that favors local leadership over top-down project design, including re-granter collectives, open calls, and pilot funds for smaller and less-established organizations. The grantmaking portfolio also emphasizes practical needs linked to climate stress: water access, food security and sovereignty, sustainable livelihoods, and migration and relocation. In the loss and damage space, Cjr Fund Inc ties funding to community-led recovery and adaptation, with a focus on lived experience and locally rooted responses. The result is a funder profile centered on frontline communities, flexible models, and movement-building support rather than narrow project-only giving.
What Cjr Fund Funds
Cjr Fund Inc’s cause areas cluster around climate justice work that starts with community leadership. In loss and damage, the foundation funds locally led efforts that strengthen adaptation, resilience, livelihoods, and community-led recovery, including a Bay of Bengal-focused pilot fund and broader loss and damage grants. Its climate resilience work also reaches beyond emergency response into movement-building, with a global open call designed to build connections, networks, and collaborative spaces. Another recurring theme is participatory grantmaking: the re-granters collective and small grants pilot both aim to route support through models that can reach frontline organizations and less-established groups. The foundation also names practical resilience needs such as water access, food security and sovereignty, sustainable livelihoods, and migration and relocation in its community-led grantmaking.
How Cjr Fund Gives
Cjr Fund Inc’s grant size data is highly concentrated: p25, median, and p75 are all $643,840, indicating a single recent award at that amount. The 2025 record shows organizational support rather than project-only funding. Across its active programs, the foundation uses participatory and pilot models, including a re-granter collective, a global open call, and a small grants pilot. Its grantmaking is structured as a regular funder rather than a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. The available record also suggests a short-term snapshot rather than a long recurring series in the recent-grants list.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1M
Total Assets
$32.2M
Total Revenue
$2.3M
Total Expenses
$1.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $644K and $644K, with a median of $644K.
25th Percentile
$644K
Median
$644K
75th Percentile
$644K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
DANIEL REZENDE
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