About Taproot Earth
Taproot Earth seeds and nourishes frontline-led, community-centered solutions to the climate crisis rooted in Black liberation, Indigenous sovereignty, and participatory governance — advancing global climate reparations, resource redistribution, and collective stewardship for a just and thriving world.
Focus Areas
Climate justiceGlobal climate reparationsFrontline/community-led solutionsBlack diaspora leadershipIndigenous rights and stewardshipCommunity governance of resources
Who They Fund
frontline climate-impacted communitiesclimate migrants / displaced personscoastal and hurricane-affected communitieslegal practitioners and advocacy organizations
Funding Style
About Taproot Earth
Taproot Earth’s recent giving is led by large grants for Green New Deal work, including $1,127,000 to Southern Sector Rising in Dallas and $1,000,000 each to Gasp in Birmingham, Community Justice Project in Miami, and New Bethel Comm Dev Corp in Biloxi. The pattern points to a funder that resourced climate justice organizations at a high level while also backing specific regional and community-led efforts. Across the latest grants on file, Taproot Earth supported frontline groups in the Gulf South, Puerto Rico, California, Texas, and beyond, with awards ranging from five-figure support to seven-figure commitments. The foundation’s program framing centers climate justice, global climate reparations, Black liberation, Indigenous sovereignty, and community governance of resources. That orientation shows up in both movement-building and implementation-oriented grants. In 2024, Sierra Club Puerto Rico received $983,596 for Green New Deal work, while Amigxs del M A R received $327,865 for the same purpose. Other recent awards reached organizations focused on migration, disaster recovery, and legal capacity, reflecting a grantmaker that supports both policy and on-the-ground resilience work. Taproot Earth is a regular funder with no individual giving and no program-related investments listed in the profile data. Its leadership is headed by Anthony Giancatarino, and the organization reports annual grants of $6,844,115 against total assets of $20,255,157. The recent record shows a national grantmaking footprint, with most awards concentrated in Puerto Rico.
What Taproot Earth Funds
Climate justice is the clearest throughline in Taproot Earth’s recent grantmaking. It gave $243,389 to Alliance Affordable Energy in New Orleans for Green New Deal work, and $50,000 to Out for Sustainability in Washington, DC for the same theme. Those grants sit alongside a broader Green New Deal portfolio that includes advocacy, community power, and equitable adaptation. The foundation also funds climate migration and displacement response. Haitian Bridge Alliance in San Diego received $75,000 in 2024 for climate migration, showing that Taproot Earth supports organizations working with displaced people as part of its climate portfolio. Legal capacity appears as another distinct line of support. In 2023, ClassCrits Inc in Buffalo received $25,000 for a lawyering gathering, tying Taproot Earth’s climate agenda to legal strategy and practitioner convening. Hurricane recovery is present as well: Ironton Reconstruction Devlp in Belle Chasse received $10,000 for hurricane recovery, linking the foundation’s work to disaster-affected communities in Louisiana.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$6M
Total Assets
$20.3M
Total Revenue
$32.8M
Total Expenses
$14.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $64K and $286K, with a median of $83K.
25th Percentile
$64K
Median
$83K
75th Percentile
$286K
Geographic Reach
National10 states funded
About 9% of grants go to recipients in PR.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Anthony Giancatarino
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