The Rockefeller Foundation has announced over $11 million in grants to advance a range of climate solutions in low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, as well as communities across the United States.

The grants are among the first round of funding from the foundation’s five-year, $1 billion climate strategy announced in September. More than half of the grants were awarded through the foundation’s Climate Exploration Fund, which is strategically designed to support a broad range of projects that will inform future work, test hypotheses, and identify novel partners. The initial commitments to 25 organizations include 18 exploratory grants totaling over $7.5 million and more than $3.5 million in support of organizations in its four core focus areas: power, health, food, and finance.

“These grants are the start of our work to operationalize our $1 billion big bet to break down the barriers preventing so many people around the world from the transformations that are essential to speeding opportunity and slowing climate change,” said Rockefeller Foundation president Rajiv J. Shah. “With these first commitments, we are showing how we are reimagining the Rockefeller Foundation’s 110-year-old model of scientific philanthropy for the climate era, seeking to scale novel solutions with investments and partnerships.”

For a complete list of recipients, see The Rockefeller Foundation website.

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