Resources Legacy Fund

For Net-Zero California’s Action Plan For Public Interest Carbon Removal In California

  • Amount
    $250,000
  • Program
  • Date Awarded
    10/26/2024
  • Term
    12 Months
  • Type of Support
    Project
Overview
Net-Zero California, a fiscally sponsored project of the Resources Legacy Fund, seeks to ensure the state deploys carbon removal at the pace and scale needed to meet California’s net-zero target in a manner that is in the public interest. This grant will support research highlighting the potential pathways to achieving California’s goals, and will explore how deployment models could increase or decrease likely success.
About the Grantee
Grants to this Grantee
for the U.S. Nature Initiative  
Resources Legacy Fund is a nonprofit organization that partners with leaders in philanthropy, communities, government, science, and business to promote smart policies and secure equitable public funding for the environment, climate change resilience, and healthy communities. Across the Western U.S. and internationally, it manages large, multiyear grantmaking programs and fiscally sponsors projects that accelerate change toward environmental and equity goals. This grant is for the U.S. Nature Initiative, a fiscally sponsored project of Resources Legacy Fund, which aims to support short-term defense of public lands and water policies and strengthen public support for durable outcomes.
for general operating support  
Resources Legacy Fund is a nonprofit organization that partners with leaders in philanthropy, communities, government, science, and business to promote smart policies and secure equitable public funding for the environment, climate change resilience, and healthy communities. Across the Western U.S. and internationally, it manages large, multiyear grantmaking programs and fiscally sponsors projects that accelerate change toward environmental and equity goals.
for wildfire strategies  

Resources Legacy Fund advances bold, collaborative solutions to secure a just and resilient world for people and nature. This grant supports its work to accelerate wildfire resilience in select states in the U.S. West and nationwide, including through community wildfire risk reduction and increasing the use of prescribed and cultural fire implementation as a critical management tool.