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This woman-led philanthropy is cutting billionaires out of climate funding decisions

Jessica Kutz

July 14, 2023 |

The 19th |

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Response Location: United States

The Fund for Frontline Power directs philanthropy funding to grassroots environmental justice organizations through grants. Thirteen environmental justice leaders, who are mostly women of color, organize the fund and ensure the community leaders are the ones who decide how the grant money is used once it is awarded.

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What's next for Oakland's guaranteed income program?

Ricky Rodas Ashley McBride Natalie Orenstein

April 12, 2023 |

The Oaklandside |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

A philanthropy-funded guaranteed income pilot program, Oakland Resilient Families, distributed a $500 monthly payment to 300 participants for a year and a half. The money was provided with no strings attached, so participants could use it for whatever they needed.

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Tulsa Offered To Pay People To Move There. 50,000 Applied.

Lucas Grindley

December 22, 2022 |

Next City |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa Remote is using funding from the George Kaiser Family Foundation to offer remote workers living outside of Oklahoma $10,000, free access to a co-working space, and weekly events with other remote workers to move to the city.

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In a boon for the climate, philanthropists are making it rain for cleantech innovators

Adrienne Day

October 30, 2020 |

Grist |

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Response Location: United States

Prime Coalition is financing clean tech startups and climate-focused technologies that often don’t get a lot of funding. These technologies can be expensive to build and don’t generate profits immediately. So far, the public charity has secured $89 million that it has given into 18 energy ventures. “What’s important here is that the climate crisis is such a large-scale problem that we need lots of different types of solutions,” says Sarah Kearney, founder of Prime Coalition, “and so we need to match up right-fit capital to each kind of solution.”

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Philanthropies flow funds to climate technologies

Katherine Ellison

October 14, 2020 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Philanthropies are funding “tough tech” startups that are developing technologies to cut greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change. Since 2014, the nonprofit Prime Coalition has channeled more than $24 million from wealthy donors and foundations to 10 ventures focused on that goal. Not all of their investments, though, have paid off. Yet, some of these initial investments could lead to widespread solutions to the world’s climate crisis.

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The Great Tulsa Remote Worker Experiment

Sarah Holder

February 28, 2020 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

In an attempt to spur the economy and reverse years of a declining population, Tulsa, Oklahoma is paying remote workers $10,000 to live in the city for a year. The carefully-selected 100 members of this project, known as Tulsa Remote, are treated to subsidized housing, several perks, and a curated experience designed to create a sense of community and belonging in hopes that they choose to remain in Tulsa. The first phase resulted in 25 percent of participants purchasing homes, a step toward the long-term economic and social boost the experiment was designed for.

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Planning to Donate? Know What Your Dollar Buys

Tina Rosenberg

December 04, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Evaluating evidence of an organization’s impact informs charitable giving. Ratings organizations like ImpactMatters and Charity Navigator provide transparency to donors by reporting on the effectiveness of charities and social programs. The organizations make comparisons by analyzing the tax forms of nonprofits. Some, like GiveWell conduct further investigations and provide in-depth evaluations.

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The mighty mediator: IMP's Clara Barby

Anna Patton

June 07, 2019 |

Pioneers Post |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, London

A nonprofit initiative called the Impact Management Project identified ways to measure impact in the nonprofit and social enterprise worlds. Using intense crowdsourcing and measurement of their own success, the initiative created a checklist of five dimensions of impact that could be applicable on a global scale.

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Facing opioid and foster-care crisis, Spokane's Rising Strong seeks to keep families together

Claudia Rowe

April 05, 2019 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Spokane, Washington

Keeping families together eases the burden on the foster care system and reduces issues such as homelessness and substance abuse in the long term. Former foster children in Spokane, Washington, end up relying heavily upon other social welfare institutions throughout their lives. To break this cycle, Rising Strong, a program funded largely by a philanthropic contribution, focuses on rebuilding families while addressing behavior issues through an intensive, live-in program.

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Wisconsin youth vote boosted by peer persuasion, rallies, bounce houses — but can gains be sustained?

Emily Hamer

March 31, 2019 |

Wisconsin Watch |

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Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

Although achieving higher levels of voter turnout will require more comprehensive and long-term solutions, investments targeted at voter registration campaigns can still have tangible benefits in the short-term. NextGen America, a privately funded nonprofit organization, focuses on mobilizing young people at universities to vote. Their approach engages students who are otherwise unlikely to register or cast a vote with texts and even activities like petting zoos in addition to traditional canvassing.

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