Impact

Maximizing the impact of every dollar we grant is not a simple task. Climate change is a complex problem that will take many decades to solve, and requires a fundamental global transformation of energy and economic systems.

To find solutions that minimize damage, we evaluate the impact of climate action across variables, interrogate many unknowns, and survey the landscape to make the best relative choices. (We explain in more detail here.)

Donations maximized for impact

66,862+

Best opportunities funded

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Granted to opps in 2025

$38,849,527

Grant spotlights

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Scaling up the Clean Air Task Force

$5.6M+ granted from 2020-2025

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Our early grants enabled Clean Air Task Force (CATF) to scale worldwide across key emerging economies.

With the help of our funding, CATF has become a truly global organization, establishing themselves in China, India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and more, to help decarbonize the global energy system across all of these regions.

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  • Successfully campaigned for the EU to adopt a methane leak standard for imported oil and gas
  • Produced studies on how African nations can reduce grid electricity losses
  • Helped design and successfully push for a new federal US rule that would force global warming emission cuts of up to 90% from coal and gas plants
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Funding policy research at the EFI Foundation

$2M+ granted throughout 2025

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Starting in April, at the height of the Trump Administration’s effort to cut staffing and funding, we funded EFI Foundation's research documenting how severe staffing shortages at the Department of Energy are creating bottlenecks in deploying billions in clean energy funding.

This was the first quantitative assessment of this capacity crisis and led to recommendations for institutional reform. This work and its follow ups were the preeminent source of data on the Department of Energy, covered extensively in relevant media (Politico, E&E News, Latitude Media, and others).

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Funded work in 2026 will enable the EFI Foundation to publish a public database on workforce and innovation metrics.

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Incubating the Innovation Initiative

$3.5M granted in March 2025

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When Breakthrough Energy, the largest energy innovation policy funder, suddenly closed its policy program in March 2025, a vital ecosystem of innovation advocates risked collapse.

Within less than a month, we deployed $3.5M to establish the Innovation Initiative, ensuring former staff could maintain critical innovation thought leadership, policy development, and coordination across the energy innovation advocacy ecosystem during federal budget threats.

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Depicted: The Clean Economy Project, which includes the Innovation Initiative

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