The CO2 Foundation has created a summary of its 2023 Annual Report, which is available as a PDF and in short form below.
In 2023, the CO2 Foundation continued its fledgling grantmaking program by administering grants made during the first round of funding and putting out a second-round funding opportunity. Karen Wolfgang completed her first full year as Executive Director, and the Foundation released $300,000 in grant funds.
The Foundation’s second funding opportunity was titled Extreme weather and what to do about it. This year’s call for proposals was open 7/24/23-10/15/23, as compared to last year’s 1/10/22-3/31/22, and as a result remained in progress at the end of the year. The funds committed and released in 2023 went toward both new and continuing grantees; during the second funding opportunity, the Foundation received 37 LOIs, requested 14 full proposals, and made 10 new grants, in addition to funding 5 returning grantees. The following are summaries of each of the grants the Foundation released this year; please note that last year, our Annual Report listed instead grants that were committed, so you may see some duplicates below.
- Supporting climate change content in public media – Grantee: GBH | Category: Journalism
- National Adaptation Forum extreme weather track – Grantee: EcoAdapt | Category: Conferences
- Extremes in 3D series focuses first on fire – Grantee: Knee Deep Times | Category: Journalism
- Refining our goals, supporting partners’ evolving plans – Grantee: Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) | Categories: Conferences + Scholarship
- World Scientists Warning to receive round two support – Grantee: Conservation Biology | Categories: Scholarship + Journalism
- Learning from our experience in partnership – Grantee: Preventable Surprises | Category: Conferences
- Ocean-based weather event attribution model progressing well – Grantee: Climate Central | Categories: Scholarship + Journalism
- Funding an early-stage biomass-sinking experiment – Grantee: Hasten Regeneration | Category: Scholarship
- Film features 2021 extreme weather experiences – Grantee: The Here Now Project | Category: Journalism
- Completing unprecedented rangeland management analysis – Grantee: Point Blue Conservation Science | Category: Scholarship
As it’s released, more information about the most recent grantees, their projects, and future funding opportunities can be found on our News page.