Founders Pledge:
Climate Fund

Current levels of emissions are contributing to millions of deaths annually from air pollution and causing irrevocable damage to our planet. In addition, millions worldwide do not have access to modern energy technology, severely hampering development goals.

This Fund is committed to finding and funding sustainable solutions to the emissions crisis that still allow growth, freeing millions from the prison of energy poverty.

The Fund is an extremely high impact philanthropic co-funding vehicle that does not provide investment returns.

Clean Air Task Force

Every year people produce almost forty billion tons of carbon dioxide that is pumped into the atmosphere – that’s a hundred times faster than the Earth has ever seen. The Clean Air Task Force works to reduce air pollution emissions from fossil fuels and to solve climate change while ensuring that people in growing economies have enough energy to meet their needs.

Solving climate change is one of three intertwined challenges associated with the way we produce energy today, along with air pollution and energy poverty. The burning of fossil fuels not only causes climate change but also kills millions of people every year via air pollution. Moreover, nearly a billion people lack access to reliable electricity and almost 3 billion rely on biomass (wood, animal dung and crop waste) for cooking, with terrible consequences for health.

It was a best guess estimate that for $0.10 to $1 donated to CATF they mitigate 1 ton of CO2e. CATF does not promote the use of those type of calculations because it oversimplifies the issue and the solutions. It is also questionable how accurate they truly are.

Good Food Institute

The Good Food Institute is an international nonprofit working to transform the global food system away from conventional animal agriculture by promoting the development of competitive alternatives to animal-based meat, eggs, and dairy.

Conventional meat production causes harm to our environment, suffering for billions of animals, and presents risks to global health. GFI is laser-focused on accelerating the development of the entire alternative protein ecosystem and bringing these planet-friendly foods to global consumers swiftly. GFI is stewarding new scientists and entrepreneurs, securing fair regulatory frameworks, and championing open-access research. They have regional teams working in India, Europe, Brazil, Asia Pacific, and Israel. 

For a better understanding of how they’ve laid the foundation for the success of alternative proteins thanks to donor support check out their 2019 year in review.