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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · 2d

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

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · 9d

🙏✨ 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

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Sep 4

🌍 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

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…

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Sep 2

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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Where to Give for Climate Impact in 2025: Giving Green’s Priorities | Giving Green

Learn about Giving Green's top research and grantmaking priorities for 2025, early findings from our new and updated research, and how to take action.

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Aug 27

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.

🎧 Listen: tinyurl.com/4hamm49w

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.

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Jul 31

“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":

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.

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What Can I Do? @whatcanido-earth.bsky.social · Jul 21

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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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...

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Jul 2

🌿 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

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.

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Jun 27

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.

👉 tinyurl.com/39kvjujb

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · May 1

✨ 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

Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Apr 24

📣 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

Giving Green Fund Strategic Response Grants: Q1 2025 | Giving Green

Our first round of grants designed to meet needs and seize opportunities in climate action under the Republican trifecta.

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Apr 17

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

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,…

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Apr 14

📣✨ 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.

🔗 tinyurl.com/jp6jpaav

Thank you to our community for making it possible!💚

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...

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Apr 1

💪💸 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!

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,…

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Mar 12

🌟 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

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.

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Mar 7

🚨 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: [email protected]

Boost & tag!

Careers | Giving Green

The latest climate career opportunities with Giving Green.

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Feb 11

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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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.

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Jan 28

☀️ 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/...

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.

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Clean Air Task Force @cleanaircatf.bsky.social · Dec 23

To tackle climate change at its roots, we need to rethink our approach.

CATF’s Terra Rogers joined a @givinggreen.bsky.social webinar to discuss how philanthropy can reshape climate action with investments in clean, firm energy solutions.

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Elliot Swartz @elliotswartz.bsky.social · Dec 7

Glad to be working for a top 6 climate charity, as rated by @givinggreen.bsky.social

@goodfoodinst.bsky.social is 1 of 10 charities in this year's Double Up Drive. Gifts up to $2,000 will be matched dollar for dollar until the $500k match pool runs out

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Double Up Drive - You Donate. We match.

We host matching drives to raise money and awareness for highly effective charities. Over $26 million raised to effective charities since 2014.

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Dec 5

Why donate to high-impact nonprofits taking a systemic approach to #ClimateAction ?

🎧Our founder, Dr. Dan Stein explores this on the Innovations in Sustainable Finance podcast: tinyurl.com/46crz47f

📘Learn more in our #SystemsChange report: www.givinggreen.earth/mitigation-r...

S3 - E3: Green Giving with Paul Smeets and Dan Stein

Innovations in Sustainable Finance · Episode

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Dec 4

📢 @vox.com has dropped its annual list of the top climate charities to give to!

We're proud to see our research and recommendations inform the list for the 6th year in a row. Congrats to all 6 of our Top Nonprofits for landing a spot! 🌟

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Want to fight climate change effectively? Here’s where to donate your money.

These are 11 of the most high-impact, cost-effective, evidence-based organizations. You may not have heard of them.

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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Dec 4

Featuring our work and some exciting new research from one of our partners in effective giving!

Effective Environmentalism @effectiveenvironmentalism.org · Dec 3

Our next newsletter is in your inbox now! Find out how your Giving Season donations can be exceptionally impactful if you donate to the most effective climate charities. We also cover research on effective biodiversity conservation. 📥
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Giving Green @givinggreen.earth · Dec 4

can we join your starter pack 👀

(also if you would like more ideas, we're following all of our top recs + GGF grantees that we could find on here, as well as folks who work at those orgs and other climate thinkers!)

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Effective Environmentalism @effectiveenvironmentalism.org · Dec 3

The most effective climate charities according to @givinggreen.bsky.social:
🌋 Project Innerspace: Next-gen geothermal
🚢 @opportunitygreen.bsky.social : Shipping and aviation
🔨 @industriouslabs.bsky.social: Industry
🧆 @goodfoodinst.bsky.social: Food systems
🔬 FCA: Innovation
⛅ CATF: Policy change

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