Climate Imperative Foundation

About Climate Imperative Foundation

Climate Imperative Foundation’s largest recent grants show a policy shop built around near-term climate decisions: $29,750,000 to Energy Foundation China and $27,000,000 to The Energy Foundation. Those awards sit alongside repeated funding for organizations working on transportation, homes, industrial decarbonization, and clean power, often with research, education, outreach, and technical support as the stated purpose. The foundation also backs efforts tied to clean air, public health, and equity through climate policy work. Its recent giving points to a strategy that combines major grants with a small set of familiar intermediaries and advocacy organizations. Sierra Club Foundation received $25,550,000 for clean and healthy homes and $23,050,000 for environmental protection, while United States Energy Foundation and US Energy Foundation appear multiple times for climate and energy-system work. The foundation’s grants also reach groups such as Rocky Mountain Institute, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Tides Foundation. Across the record on file, Climate Imperative Foundation funds work aimed at shifting policy in major-emitting countries and at the U.S. state and national level, with recurring emphasis on transportation, buildings, and the power sector.

What Climate Imperative Foundation Funds

Clean and healthy homes are a consistent theme in the recent record. Climate Imperative Foundation gave $25,550,000 to Sierra Club Foundation for research, education and outreach about clean and healthy homes, and $19,573,080 to United States Energy Foundation for the same area. It also supported Rocky Mountain Institute with $13,750,500 for research, education and outreach about clean and healthy homes. Transportation is another major line of work. The foundation awarded $23,327,000 to The Energy Foundation for decarbonizing China’s transportation sector and zero-emissions road transport in China, and $4,850,000 to The Partnership Project for clean transportation policies. International Sustainable Energy Foundation received $3,400,000 for clean transportation policies. Industrial and energy-system work appears as well. Natural Resources Defense Council received $7,439,000 for clean industrial practices, and Rocky Mountain Institute received $4,105,000 for clean industrial practices and solid waste management. The foundation also funded Clasp with $3,000,000 for clean lighting.

How Climate Imperative Foundation Gives