“Giving Green’s 2025 Top Climate Nonprofits, regranting fund updates, and 2026 research priorities” by Giving Green

Climate action looks very different today than it did just a year ago. A new administration in the White House has reshaped the landscape, and climate donors face both setbacks and opportunities. We at Giving Green have spent the past year mapping out how smart donations can maintain (and accelerate) momentum under these new circumstances, both in the U.S. and globally. Our year-end climate giving guide, published in November, distills this work. In this post, we will cover: Giving Green's research approaches 2025-2026 research priorities and findings: prioritized philanthropic strategies and Top Climate Nonprofits Regranting fund updates: $26 million to 29 grantees Plans for 2026 and beyond Other organizational updates: impact and mistakes Working together Giving Green's research approaches We encourage impact-maximizing donors to focus on systems change Giving Green's goal is to maximize donors' impact per dollar by identifying fundable climate solutions that decrease warming. Our research has led us to believe that this will come through a focus on systems change: efforts such as policy advocacy, technology innovation, and market-shaping mechanisms that change the rules of the game. Traditional impact evaluation methods tend to favor short-term outcomes, quantitative data, and linear theories of change [...] ---Outline:(01:11) Giving Green's research approaches(01:16) We encourage impact-maximizing donors to focus on systems change(02:52) Quantitative analysis is one input--not the final word(03:46) 2025-2026 research priorities and findings(03:52) Some high-impact climate solutions remain neglected(05:55) 2025-2026 Top Climate Nonprofits(06:23) Regranting fund updates: $26 million to 29 grantees(06:58) Plans for 2026 and beyond(07:03) Setting research priorities to inform 2026 Top Climate Nonprofits recommendations and Giving Green Fund grants(08:16) Launching recommendations of Top Biodiversity Nonprofits(09:37) Offering better products as an independent organization(10:18) Other organizational updates(10:23) Impact at a glance: Giving Green is a 20X impact multiplier(11:23) Mistakes(11:35) Working together(11:38) Collaborating with audience-specific fundraising organizations(12:19) Collaborating with other cause areas --- First published: December 12th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/iWXKxf4bKhsFit9ia/giving-green-s-2025-top-climate-nonprofits-regranting-fund --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

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