New Venture Fund
For The Fossil Fuel Reduction Project
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Amount$2,150,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/23/2013
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
The Fossil Fuel Reduction Project is a multifunder, multiyear project of the New Venture Fund. It focuses on slowing and capping the growth of tar sands development at a level consistent with global scenarios for atmospheric levels of carbon not exceeding 450 ppm. Producing a barrel of tar sands oil is about 25 percent more carbon intensive than producing a barrel of conventional oil. The project’s strategy is threefold: (1) block infrastructure expansions, mainly pipeline expansions in the United States and Canada, and new tar sands mines in Alberta; (2) improve regulations in Alberta to include the full cost of water, air, habitat ,and community impacts; and (3) reduce demand for tar sands oil in the United States and in Europe through policies such as low-carbon fuel standards or the fuel quality directive.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.newventurefund.org
Address
1828 L Street NW, Suite 300 – A, Washington, DC, 20036, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of Americans for Tax Fairness’ efforts to champion IRS modernization
Americans for Tax Fairness, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, is a big tent of over 400 national and state endorsing organizations working for more than a decade to create a tax system where the rich and corporations pay their fair share of taxes to raise enough revenue to address our nation’s needs. This grant supports the group’s efforts to champion IRS modernization. (Substrategy: Executive Branch)
for support of The League
This grant will support The League, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, which uses narrative and culture change campaigns to create a cultural environment supportive of reproductive rights and justice. The League is one of few organizations doing narrative and culture change work at scale with a gender justice lens and that has the infrastructure to do this work across a variety of sectors. (Strategy: U.S. Reproductive Equity)
for support of the Groundwork Collaborative project on IRS modernization
The Groundwork Collaborative, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, is a think tank and advocacy project that starts new conversations on the economy by crafting stories about how the economy works that are accessible, intuitive, and compelling and are told through diverse spokespeople who are credible, plainspoken, and fearless. This grant supports Groundwork Collaborative’s work to grow support for the IRS to modernize its operations, build a direct tax filing option, and demonstrate that a well-funded government can play a critical role in strengthening our democracy. (Substrategy: Executive Branch)
