Michael Kavate

Most people support climate action but think they are a minority. Most grantmakers also do, but very few fund climate mitigation.

Commitments from Bloomberg, a Walton, and a coalition of health funders make it seem like big funding is flowing for climate. But a closer look reveals the picture is mixed.

Leaders from a half-dozen environmental organizations weigh in on how funders have responded to the Trump administration’s assault on climate policy.

There’s a strange and disappointing unity in the sector around a dispiriting mantra: “philanthropy cannot.”

The Colorado-based Avenir Foundation grew 1,000-fold between 2023 and 2024 after the death of its founder, the heir of an early Berkshire investor.

In the face of Trump's actions, climate funders and philanthropy-supporting organizations are taking steps to adapt.

Here is a trio of philanthropies whose endowments passed the $500 million mark in recent years thanks to major contributions. What’s ahead for them?

There were sparse pickings this year in terms of pledges and commitments, but several new reports shed light on how climate giving is evolving – for better or worse.

Every year, foundations explode in size as bequests land in their coffers. Here’s the story of three such cases.

The Climate Breakthrough Award celebrates its 10-year anniversary with its biggest group of winners yet. What makes this funding stand out?

After a year at PBS' "Frontline,” Eule will step into the leader’s seat at a foundation where he once managed the journalism portfolio.

Here’s what two legal experts had to say about the administration’s potential strategy, what nonprofits can do, and what still stands in the way of broad repression of the civil sector.

Here's a look at what James Murdoch, Liz Murdoch and Prue Murdoch MacLeod’s giving histories tell us about what they might fund with their shares of the payout.

More Stealth Foundations: 5 Mega Foundations That Lack Websites

With a distinctive funding process and asset base, the Navigation Fund offers one more glimpse at where the giving of the rising mega-rich may be headed. Also, it's looking into sentient AI.

It’s one of the highest-profile leadership shake-ups among big green nonprofits in recent years. Michael Kavate weighs in on what we might take away from the situation — and what’s less certain.

Who’s backing work at the intersection of climate change and mental health? Precious few, but there are some funders getting behind the intrepid nonprofits tackling this growing issue.

The Egypt-born, Harvard-educated money manager was a top art collector and part owner of an NFL team. His will established a giant new Houston foundation.

Donors take note: This new report estimates the philanthropic cost per ton of emissions averted by traditionally hard-to-measure community efforts. The numbers are startlingly low.

Tom Steinbach is a master billionaire whisperer who has spent his career at the summit of climate philanthropy. How will he direct Rainier Climate’s billions?