Deadline: 15 May 2020
The Ray C. Anderson Foundation NextGen Committee requests proposals that would measurably reduce existing or avoid future emissions of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
The Ray C. Anderson Foundation is a grantmaking Foundation committed to advancing the legacy of its namesake by supporting environmental sustainability initiatives. Ray’s five grandchildren, along with their spouses, comprise the NextGen Committee of the Foundation, which makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees for worthwhile grants and initiatives.
In 2018, the NextGen Committee decided to focus its philanthropic efforts on programs to help address global warming. In September 2018, they awarded a $90,000 grant to Second Nature.
Funding Information
Building upon the success of the past two years of similar grantmaking, and with the desire to increase the breadth of quality proposals, the Committee is issuing a new call for proposals for one $100,000 grant that can help to reverse global warming.
Eligibility Criteria
Proposal MUST be submitted by an organization based in the United States and recognized as a 501(c)(3) public charity by the Internal Revenue Service (with the organization’s tax determination letter included as an attachment).
Evaluation Criteria
The NextGen Committee will primarily judge proposals on the potential to help reverse global warming. The Committee will also give strong consideration to meaningful social and environmental benefits associated with the carbon reduction potential of the project. Though organizations must be based in the United States to be considered for the grant, the projects undertaken by those organizations can take place anywhere in the world. Examples of projects could include:
- Reduction of C02e: Strong proposals of this kind will demonstrate high-quality estimations of direct carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) reductions. The Environmental Protection Agency has a greenhouse gas equivalencies calculator that may be useful in calculating these estimates. An organization may prefer to utilize a different CO2e calculator or estimate carbon savings in other ways. So long as an organization’s methodology for such estimations is clearly stated, applicants may utilize any tools they wish.
- Climate Communication: Strong proposals of this kind will engage audiences to respond to climate change in their own distinct ways or will be dedicated to education or research toward solving large-scale barriers to climate action. The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication could be a helpful resource for projects like this.
- Corporate engagement to advance climate goals: Strong proposals of this kind will focus on corporate engagement and will seek to influence businesses in their key climate change related practices in order to mitigate negative environmental impacts.
- Other: Compelling proposals that help to reverse global warming in ways not mentioned above will also be considered.
For more information, visit https://www.raycandersonfoundation.org/nextgengrant2020