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Climate ChangeClimate change is a global, complex challenge facing our world. The goal of our Climate Change program is to help the planet heal and mitigate adverse impacts of climate change for all people, communities, creatures, and the natural world. Grantmaking is centered around biocarbon solutions and recognizes organizations as the experts and stewards to advance climate and environmental justice. Grantmaking is focused in the West Coast of the US.
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CARBON CYCLE INSTITUTE
Carbon Cycle Institute (CCI) (Petaluma, CA) For general operating support. CCI's mission is to stop and reverse climate global change by advancing science-based solutions that reduce atmospheric carbon while promoting environmental stewardship, social equity, and economic sustainability. Previous LNFF grants supported scaling carbon farming and regenerative agriculture on working farmlands across California. center for Diversity and the Environment (CDE)
Center for Diversity and the Environment (CDE) (Portland, OR) For general operating support. CDE’s mission is to harness the power of racial and ethnic diversity to transform the US environmental movement by developing leaders, catalyzing change within institutions, and building alliances. CDE envisions a healthy, flourishing planet and society that sustainably and equitably meets the needs of all through an environmental movement that is diverse, inclusive, successful, vibrant, and relevant, taking into account the needs, perspectives, and voices of all. City Forest Credits
City Forest Credits (Seattle, WA) For general operating support. City Forest Credits' mission is to bring the wide range of environmental benefits of trees to our cities and towns in America. Previous LNFF grants supported continued development of the City Forest Credits registry, so that urban forests can sequester more carbon and deliver more of their documented ecosystem services to the increasing numbers of people who live in cities and towns. Climate Justice Initiative
Climate Justice Initiative (Seattle, WA) For general operating support. The Climate Justice Initiative is an Indigenous women-led and focused organization addressing the multifaceted issue of climate change in Indigenous communities and peoples by means of economic and community-led empowerment, the development of strategies and methodologies for mitigating and adapting while preserving cultural heritage and directing our own cultural, social, environmental and economic future. EARTHCORPS
EarthCorps (Seattle, WA) Support for EarthCorps' blue carbon work in the eastern Puget Sound estuary system. EarthCorps envisions a world where people and nature thrive together and develops leaders to strengthen community and restore the health of our environment. |
Ecotrust
Ecotrust (Portland, OR) For general operating support. Ecotrust’s mission is to inspire fresh thinking that creates economic opportunity, social equity, and environmental well-being. Ecotrust works in partnership toward a just and equitable economy that advances climate resilience in the Pacific Northwest. Front and Centered
Front and Centered (Seattle, WA) For general operating support. Front and Centered is a coalition of more than 75 organizations across Washington State who believe climate and environmental change can only be addressed when equity for the communities first and most affected are at the center of the solutions. Front and Centered's mission is to elevate the voices, interests, and concerns of communities of color as a driving force on public policy, community-based education, and advocacy in addressing climate change and environmental priorities. Quivira Coalition
Quivira Coalition (Santa Fe, NM) For general operating support. Through education, innovation, and collaboration, Quivira works in coalition with ranchers, farmers, government agencies, and land stewards to foster resilience on arid working lands. SIGHTLINE INSTITUTE
Sightline Institute (Seattle, WA) For general operating support. Sightline's mission is to make the Northwest a global model of sustainability — strong communities, a green economy, and a healthy environment. Previous LNFF grants supported Sightline's Thin Green Line program to prevent new fossil fuel infrastructure development in the Northwest, as well as a new Farms and Forests program to address soil health and carbon sequestration through regenerative land management. The Solutions Project
The Solutions Project (Oakland, CA) Support for The Solutions Project's work in regenerative agriculture. The Solutions Project funds and amplifies grassroots climate justice solutions created by Black, Indigenous, Immigrant, women and other people of color led organizations across the US and Puerto Rico. They promote climate justice solutions by investing in frontline solutions to transforming our energy, food and water systems and by using culture as a tool to get people to pay attention to what’s working and join the broader cause. |