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Join us next Tuesday, March 17, as we discuss the findings from our new strategy report on reducing biodiversity loss and break down high-leverage opportunities for philanthropy to protect ecosystems on land and sea. 🌱 🐟

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📽️ UPCOMING WEBINAR

Biodiversity loss is accelerating. How can limited philanthropic funding have an outsized impact? Join us on Mar. 17 for the launch of our new biodiversity giving research to find out.

FT. @gfi.org, @fairrinitiative.bsky.social & more.

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Giving Green Launches New Biodiversity Research and Top Biodiversity Nonprofits  | Giving Green Learn about Giving Green's new research on effective biodiversity donations and Top Biodiversity Nonprofits

📣Giving Green has launched new research & Top Biodiversity Nonprofits, @gfi.org & @wetlandsint.bsky.social! 📣

We identified high-impact strategies on land & sea:
🌱 Alt. proteins + wetlands protection
🌊 Bycatch reduction + FMFO alternatives

🔎Learn more: tinyurl.com/nhxbwtse

Giving Green Fund Announces $1.94M in February 2026 Grants for Clean Energy and Industrial Decarbonization | Giving Green Giving Green Fund Announces $1.94M in February 2026 Climate Grants for Clean Energy and Industrial Decarbonization

📣 First Giving Green Fund grant cycle of 2026! 📣

These grants support high-impact climate solutions across Unleashing Clean Energy in the U.S. and Decarbonizing Heavy Industry.

🔗Read more: tinyurl.com/4z7d2ch3

How Our Team Gives: A Look at Our Personal Donations in 2025 | Giving Green The Giving Green team shares how they donated in 2025.

How does the Giving Green team approach our own giving? 💚

As the year wraps up, our team shares where we donated and why. From climate to disaster relief to the arts, there’s no “right” way to give. Just thoughtful, values-driven choices.

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ClearerThinking.org Podcast | What, if anything, will save the environment? (with Dan Stein) Are we going to solve climate change with technology rather than personal sacrifice? If most offsets fail on additionality, should we stop pretending they meaningfully cut emissions? Can policy push d...

Curious what, if anything, will actually save our climate? Giving Green’s founder & ED, Dan Stein, went on the Clearer Thinking podcast to unpack how donors can support what works this Giving Season.

🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/ycynjndv

#EffectiveGiving #ClimateAction #GivingSeason

Need advice on how to support climate action this #GivingTuesday? @washingtonpost.com's Climate Coach breaks down how to maximize the impact of climate donations, featuring recommendations from Giving Green.

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How to Make Your Climate Giving Count, According to an Expert Rob preps for Giving Tuesday with Giving Green’s Dan Stein.

🎙️ Listen to @DanStein_econ chat with @robinsonmeyer on @heatmap_news' Shift Key about how to make climate giving count this #GivingTuesday. Plus, the polarization of climate, what the Bill Gates memo really means, and systems change vs. offsets.

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The U.S. is entering an era of growing electricity demand, energy shortages, and reliability risks. What can smart philanthropy do to decarbonize and modernize the grid?

Join our year-end webinar to find out more: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Join us for our webinar, Unleashing Clean Energy in the U.S. with High-Impact Donations. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with further instructions. The U.S. is entering an era of growing electricity demand, energy shortages, and reliability risks. Grid capacity must nearly double by 2050, mainly due to electrification and energy-intensive data ce...

📹 UPCOMING WEBINAR 📹

Despite setbacks of the past year, climate progress can be made at the local, state, and federal levels. Join Giving Green's annual year-end webinar to learn more about how smart donations can unleash clean energy in the U.S.

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📰 Our new report, Unleashing Clean Energy in the U.S., was featured in @insideclimatenews.org!

Read the story to understand why our founder & ED believes this is “not a time for despair and withdrawal," & climate philanthropy can still advance clean energy.

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Giving Green Announces $26 Million for High-Impact Climate Solutions, 2025-2026 Top Climate Nonprofits, and New Grantees | Giving Green We are thrilled to announce $26 million in grants to high-impact climate nonprofits—the largest grantmaking cycle in our fund’s history.

🎊📣 New climate giving research & Top Climate Nonprofits just dropped! 📣🎊

Plus, we’re proud to announce $26M in grants to high-impact climate nonprofits, our largest grant cycle yet.

🔎Learn more: tinyurl.com/bdem7mh4

#ClimatePhilanthropy #EffectiveGiving #Decarbonization

We’re flying the nest! 🦋 Giving Green is now an independent nonprofit, with a fresh brand & site to match. Huge thanks to
IDinsight for supporting our growth since we were a side project 💚

Learn more: tinyurl.com/yc5eyvx6

🙏✨ Thanks to everyone who joined us & Carbon Collective at #ClimateWeekNYC to discuss harnessing capital for climate impact via donations and investments! Special thanks to Vestwell for making the event possible.

Subscribe to our newsletter for a recap of the conversation ➡️ tinyurl.com/mr4atwuk

Harnessing Capital for Climate Impact Via Donations and Investments · Luma Curious about how your money can be used to fight climate change more effectively? This New York Climate Week, join Giving Green and Carbon Collective…

🌍 Giving Green is back at #ClimateWeekNYC! We’re teaming up with Carbon Collective Investing to host discussions about harnessing capital for climate impact through #climatephilanthropy & #impactinvesting.

📅 Sept 25
🕒 3–5 PM
🍻 Light bites + drinks

RSVP: luma.com/em7xnbtf

Where can #climatephilanthropy drive impact in 2025 & beyond? 🌍

Giving Green just announced our 2025 research & funding priorities, including new reports on #cleanenergy, aviation, & shipping coming in this Giving Season.

Learn more here ⬇️
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Climate philanthropy in a time of Trump I get frustrated at liberals' refusal to fight, and take it out on Giving Green's Dan Stein of all people.

Big thanks to @volts.wtf for having our founder & ED, Dan Stein, on the podcast!⚡️

David and Dan dug into climate philanthropy’s role in today’s shifting politics, why systems change matters, and how effective giving can drive outsized impact.

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Eager to Measure the Impact of Your Climate Donation? Forget Offset Math, Focus on Systems Change | Giving Green In this post, we explain why don't equate your donations to carbon offsets and why real climate impact is about transformational, systemic change.

“Donate $1 to erase a ton of CO₂.” It sounds simple and hopeful. But the most powerful climate solutions don't fit into $/ton metrics, yet could drive lasting, scalable impact.

Read our latest blog on how we view quantitative models and why we urge a shift from "offsetting" to "transforming":

Making Your Climate Dollars Count When Government Won't Congress just jammed the brakes on America's clean energy boom, however short-lived it may have been. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law after a lot of debate in the House and the Sen...

Federal climate policy is gone. Strategic philanthropy just became our lifeline.

Listen to our new episode with Giving Green founder, Dan Stein to learn how to make your climate donations count.

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Preview: upcoming research into philanthropic strategies for biodiversity | Giving Green An introduction to an upcoming body of research that will examine high-impact philanthropic strategies to protect biodiversity and the ecosystem services it supports.

🌿 How can #philanthropy best support #biodiversity?

Our latest consulting project will explore:

💸 The philanthropic opportunity
🏞️ 2 focus areas: land use change & wild species exploitation
💪The top biodiversity nonprofits

🔗 More here: tinyurl.com/yc3u5ze6

Overwhelmed by where to start your #climate giving? Two donors share how they found clarity, confidence & #climateimpact.

Click below for insights from Nathan Aleman, Younger Family Fund Advisor, and Steve Newman, founder of Writely & Scalyr.

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✨ Thanks to all who joined us & Carbon Collective at #SFClimateWeek! We explored how to maximize your climate impact through high-impact giving & investing, from building confidence in giving to catalytic capital for systemic change.
📩 Recap coming soon: eepurl.com/hIqAVj

📣 Announcing our first round of 2025 Giving Green Fund grants 📣

In Q1 we focused on:

💪Supporting our politically resilient Top Nonprofits with urgent funding needs & global reach
💡Defending clean tech innovation

🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/3wcnjtsd

Harnessing Capital for Climate Impact via Donations and Investments · Luma Passionate about climate and eager to make a difference with your dollars? Join us this SF Climate Week for an evening of dialogue and light refreshments,…

1 week to go! 🎉 Join us + @CarbonCollective for an #SFClimateWeek event on how to align your giving & investing with high-impact #ClimateSolutions.

📅 Apr 24 | 🕕 6–8 PM
🍷 Refreshments
💬 Expert panel
🤝 Networking
🔗 Register: lu.ma/674vd8e0

Giving Green 2024 annual impact report | Giving Green Table of contents 1. Introduction2. 2024 key impact metrics3. 2024 highlights4. 2025 plans5. Appendix 1.IntroductionIn 2024, Giving Green’s research and recommendations influenced $17 million to hig...

📣✨ Announcing Giving Green's 2024 Annual Impact Report!

We're humbled by our achievements amid a year of highs and lows for #ClimateAction, including influencing $17M to high-impact nonprofits.

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Thank you to our community for making it possible!💚

Harnessing Capital for Climate Impact via Donations and Investments · Luma Passionate about climate and eager to make a difference with your dollars? Join us this SF Climate Week for an evening of dialogue and light refreshments,…

💪💸 ​Curious about how to make your $ work harder for #ClimateAction? Join us & Carbon Collective this #SFClimateWeek to learn how to make high-impact donations and investments.

📅 Date: April 24
🕕 Time: 6 pm - 8 pm
🔗 Register: lu.ma/674vd8e0

Hope to see you there!

Systems change: the North Star of high-impact climate donations | Giving Green To solve climate change, we need to think big: beyond our individual consumption, we need to affect change at the level of systems.

🌟 What makes #systemschange the North Star of high-impact #climate donations? We break down the answer in our latest blog post: tinyurl.com/477hhk8j

How donors can put this into practice:

🔹Embrace uncertainty, think long term
🔹Look for a clear path to broader impact

Careers | Giving Green The latest climate career opportunities with Giving Green.

🚨 We're #hiring! 🚨

📌 #Research Associate/Senior Researcher to drive evidence-based #climate giving
📌 Experts to support projects in #biodiversity & #PuertoRico climate landscape

🔗 Apply: tinyurl.com/46xb2dzk
📩 Questions/interest: givinggreen@idinsight.org

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What Will Climate Philanthropy Look Like Under Trump? Experts Weigh In The Trump administration is a massive roadblock to climate progress, but advocates still see many opportunities for effective climate giving.

How should philanthropy respond to U.S. climate policy rollbacks?

@insidephilanthropy.com's @kavate.bsky.social spoke with sector leaders, including our executive director Dan Stein, about how to adapt and keep progress moving.

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Giving Green Recommends Philanthropic Strategies for SRM Giving Green is a guide for effective climate-giving. Their research recommends areas where philanthropic support could be particularly impactful for SRM.

☀️ How can nonprofits and funders engage with the growing debate around #SRM? Our researcher Lena Olszewska, in @srm360.bsky.social, discusses the need for inclusive governance & philanthropic support for equitable, informed decisions: srm360.org/perspective/...