'The Fund for Frontline Power is a leading example of 'solidarity philanthropy' in action,' says F4FP, announcing $5 million in climate justice grants.
Jul 17, 2023A grassroots climate justice fund on Monday announced its inaugural slate of grants totaling more than $5 million for 48 organizations working to tackle the worsening planetary emergency, while calling on"big green groups" to redirect investment to frontline climate initiatives.
More than 400 climate justice groups have applied for F4FP grants totaling over $60 million since the program's launch.The Fund for Frontline Power is a leading example of"solidarity philanthropy" in action. Traditional philanthropy revolves around donors rather than recipients, imposing potential solutions from outside, and putting recipients in the position of having to"prove" that they are worthy of funding.
"We put meeting the needs of our fellow frontline communities at the heart of every decision we made—from designing the grantmaking process to selecting grantees," F4FP governing body member Julia Ho, founder of Solidarity Economy St.
Marion Gee, co-executive director of the Climate Justice Alliance—which supports the F4FP on fundraising and communications—called on"big green groups that received grants from the Bezos Earth Fund to redirect a portion of their funds to a pooled Fund for Frontline Power designed to move funding to powerful, yet under-resourced, frontline organizations."is a $10 billion grant launched by multibillionaire Amazon.
Seven Bezos Earth Fund recipients have contributed to F4FP: the Hive Fund for Climate & Gender Justice, ClimateWorks Foundation, Building Equity & Alignment for Environmental Justice, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Rocky Mountain Institute, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Solutions Project.. "Philanthropy needs to move in unity with the movements we support, and rapidly scale up our support while building greater trust through transparency and accountability.
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