Summary

501(c)(3) grantmaker funding disruptive, nonviolent direct-action climate campaigns specifically (not general climate nonprofits) — useful as both a funding lead and a signal of what kind of escalation strategy currently attracts movement-infrastructure money.

Body

Climate Emergency Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 84-2151545), rated 4-star by Charity Navigator, that funds what it describes as “nonviolent climate action that moves society now.” [source: climate-emergency-fund] It grants across five program areas: fighting fossil fuel expansion directly, seed funding for new climate movements, climate justice and democracy, movement infrastructure (organizational capacity-building), and a “Climate Resistance Incubator” for new resistance initiatives. [source: climate-emergency-fund] It explicitly prioritizes funding groups that can “mobilize, win coverage, and can change the world — fast,” i.e. disruptive direct-action campaigns rather than incremental advocacy. [source: climate-emergency-fund]

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Use it for

A funding lead for a climate campaign specifically built around disruptive nonviolent direct action, distinct from grassroots-fundraising sources aimed at general-purpose campaigns. [source: climate-emergency-fund] Seed funding specifically for launching a new climate movement organization, via its dedicated program area. [source: climate-emergency-fund]

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• distributed-organizing
• framing-and-narrative
• incidencia-politica
• petitions-and-e-campaigning
• pillars-of-support
• power-mapping
• spectrum-of-allies
• the-campaign-cycle
• the-tactic-star
• theory-of-change
• three-and-a-half-percent-rule

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