New Venture Fund
For The Zero Now Fund
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Amount$550,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/22/2023
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Term18 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
The Zero Now Fund creates state, city, and corporate campaigns to rapidly accelerate transport electrification. This grant will primarily support (a) a campaign to accelerate electric urban freight delivery in U.S. cities and (b) a campaign to accelerate deployment of zero-emission trucks at key ports and warehouses. This grant is a long-running part of the foundation’s strategy to accelerate the share of electric vehicles in the U.S. in order to decarbonize transportation.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.newventurefund.org
Grants to this Grantee
for the Fund for Climate and Energy in India
The New Venture Fund (NVF) works to achieve a healthier, more equitable world. NVF hosts the Fund for Climate and Energy in India, a multi-funder pooled fund to facilitate India’s transition to a cleaner energy future by aiding the design and implementation of projects that enable energy transition and provide climate solutions.
for the Tech Talent Project
The Tech Talent Project is a nonpartisan nonprofit project fiscally sponsored by New Venture Fund that addresses the pressing need for tech talent in government to effectively implement nonlegislative policy, provide services, and address emerging technologies like AI. Recent shifts in the digital labor market present an unprecedented opportunity to accelerate this work in the federal government.
