December 22, 2022 Green Middleweights: 25 Prominent, Mid-Sized Environmental Grantmakers December 22, 2022/ Michael Kavate We previously compiled the top 25 green funders based on 2021 giving data. Today, we round up the next 25 on the list — a wide-ranging set of grantmakers who all gave $10 million or more to environmental causes.Read More
December 21, 2022 Green Heavyweights: The Nation’s 25 Largest Environmental Grantmakers December 21, 2022/ Michael Kavate We compiled a list of the top green funders in the U.S., based on the most recent full year of giving data available. One big takeaway: Living billionaires now dominate the list.Read More
December 13, 2022 More Green Funders Than Ever Shared Diversity Data in 2022, but Most Still Avoiding the Sunlight December 13, 2022/ Michael Kavate For six years now, Green 2.0 has been tracking the diversity of staff at environmental nonprofits and foundations. More are submitting data than ever, but overall participation — and diversity at the top — remain frustratingly low.Read More
October 03, 2022 What Are Conservation, Pollution and Ag Funders Looking For Right Now? Fundraisers Weigh In October 03, 2022/ Michael Kavate Fundraisers in these fields see opportunity and uncertainty, and many organizations are hiring to take advantage. Here are some major shifts they’ve highlighted in the funding landscape.Read More
June 08, 2022 Nine Affinity Groups that Keep Environmental Giving Going — and Growing June 08, 2022/ Michael Kavate Here are some of the key philanthropy-supporting organizations that help environmental funders connect and bring new grantmakers into the field.Read More
May 26, 2022 Here Are Four Outdoor Recreation Companies With Environmental Grantmaking Programs May 26, 2022/ Michael Kavate With summer around the corner, here’s a look at four outdoor companies whose grantmaking helps conserve the world’s lakes, rivers and beaches. Read More
March 31, 2022 Risk Capital in Action: A Deep Dive into Eric and Wendy Schmidt’s Giving March 31, 2022/ Mike Scutari In recent years, Eric Schmidt and Wendy Schmidt have ramped up giving in areas ranging from cutting-edge scientific research to developing young leaders. We unpack their many giving vehicles and philanthropic initiatives.Read More
March 08, 2022 What Happens When Environmental Movement Leaders Make Funding Decisions? March 08, 2022/ Michael Kavate One year in, participatory grantmaking project Mosaic offers insights into what it looks like when environmental groups direct funding. Leaders point to powerful collaborative projects and new movement infrastructure.Read More
March 01, 2022 IP Briefing: What's Going on with Philanthropy for Oceans and Freshwater? March 01, 2022/ IP Staff The water challenges the world faces today are increasing, and disproportionately impacting poor communities. Philanthropy to address these threats is increasing, too—but will it be enough?Read More
October 14, 2021 The Future of Climate Action Is Collaborative. Both Water and Philanthropy Are at the Center October 14, 2021/ Allison Harvey Turner and Ted Kowalski, Guest Contributors The shifts needed to adapt our water systems during climate change will require a huge, multi-sector approach. In this guest post, leaders from the Walton Family Foundation and the Water Foundation offer a path forward.Read More
October 07, 2021 The Giving of America’s Richest Family Can Be Hard to Track. Here Are 12 Foundations of Walton Heirs October 07, 2021/ Michael Kavate So many Waltons, so much money. Aside from the big foundation, several heirs have their own philanthropies, and they can be hard to keep track of. Here’s a list of 12 Walton family foundations, with brief summaries of their giving.Read More
October 05, 2021 A Decade of Ocean Philanthropy: As Threats Rise, Funding Levels Double but Remain Modest October 05, 2021/ Jennifer Roche Global philanthropic giving to ocean conservation issues doubled in the past decade, but still falls woefully short of what’s needed. A new report funded by the Packard Foundation takes a deep dive into the state of marine funding.Read More
September 10, 2021 “Water Is Life.” In a Time of Crisis, Ocean and Freshwater Fundraisers Emphasize Interdependence September 10, 2021/ Anwar Omeish Ocean and freshwater funders are focusing on climate change, the social dimensions of water ecosystems and collaborative approaches. Fundraisers have taken heart, but are calling for more resources as crises mount.Read More
August 30, 2021 These 3 Walton Heirs’ Foundations Are Growing, but Still Mostly Off the Radar. We Take a Closer Look August 30, 2021/ Michael Kavate The Walton Family Foundation is the best-known philanthropy of America’s richest family. But the clan maintains many other grantmaking funds. Here’s what we know about these third-generation heirs’ low-profile foundations.Read More
June 14, 2021 As Plastic Waste Spirals Out of Control, Foundations Struggle to Protect the World’s Oceans June 14, 2021/ Diana Hembree Even as the pandemic briefly curtailed carbon emissions, it only accelerated the threat that plastic waste poses to the planet. Here’s how several philanthropic funders are confronting a global problem.Read More
April 29, 2021 How a Group of Funders and NGOs Aims to Conserve 5% of the World’s Oceans April 29, 2021/ Michael Kavate A new alliance of nonprofits and funders wants to conserve an area of the world’s oceans totaling the size of South America over the next five years. It’s the latest in a series of philanthropic efforts to expand ocean conservation.Read More
January 05, 2021 How Funders Can Support Clean, Reliable Water for All January 05, 2021/ Randall Kempner, Allison Harvey Turner and Ridgway White The United States is facing a water infrastructure crisis. In this guest contribution, the leaders of three water grantmakers call on philanthropy to do more, and offer four ways funders can help. Read More
October 05, 2020 Can the Private Sector Save Coral Reefs and Turn a Profit? A New Global Fund Hopes So October 05, 2020/ Michael Kavate Half of reefs have been lost in the last 30 years. Scientists say we could lose 90% of the rest in the next 30 years. A new philanthropic effort launched last month is taking an unusual approach to stopping this unthinkable extinction.Read More
September 21, 2020 Saving the Whales: A Crowdsourced Philanthropic Project Targets Fatal Collisions September 21, 2020/ Michael Kavate The Benioff Ocean Initiative just launched a $1.5 million project that uses sensors and data analysis to prevent fatal collisions between whales and shipping vessels. It’s the product of a crowdsourced effort to identify funding priorities.Read More
September 10, 2020 Pandemic Hurting Fundraising? Not So Much for This Aquarium and Others September 10, 2020/ Michael Kavate Months of shutdowns have put zoos and aquariums deep in the red. But these shortfalls haven’t derailed major capital projects that expand aquariums, institutions that appeal to donors for multiple reasons.Read More