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Our Supporters
With the help of our generous donors, The Sierra Club Foundation provides the Sierra Club and other grassroots organizations with the tools and the resources they need to create dramatic, lasting change on the most pressing environmental issues of our time. We are grateful to all of our supporters for their trust, their dedication, and the steadfast support of our mission.
Special Update
The Sierra Club Foundation is grateful for the substantial financial resources provided by David Gelbaum in support of the specific programs noted in his statement (PDF). Going forward we will seek funding from other donors sources to sustain these initiatives to the best of our ability.
Testimonials
One challenge eclipses them all: climate change. And the problem isn't only global -- we are already feeling the effects in New York City.
No single city or organization can address these forces alone, but collective effort can. Working with government, nonprofits, private companies, and investors we can face climate change head on, and turn our challenges into opportunities to invest in our cities and neighborhoods, create new jobs, and improve our quality of life, especially in our most vulnerable communities.
That's why I've joined the Sierra Club's Climate Recovery Partnership. With its grassroots strength and record of environmental accomplishment, the Club can play a powerful role in developing and advancing the solutions to the threat of climate change. Please join us!
Michael Bloomberg,
Mayor, City of New York
"Three years ago we launched a six month strategic planning process to see where we could best leverage the bulk of our philanthropy. We decided to focus on minimizing climate change, and to support activists working to stop new coal fired power plants in the United States.
When we surveyed the landscape, the only organization operating effectively at a local, regional and national level was the Sierra Club. We were impressed by how the Sierra Club was not only there first, but was collaborating with others to bring other funders and activist groups into the fight.
Now only 16 months after our donor-advised fund wrote its first checks, many other organizations and a growing list of like-minded funders have joined us. And we are seeing success. Out of the 150 new coal-fired power plants that were proposed at the start of our inquiry, 88 have been cancelled or shelved.
Though many fear that dramatic climate change cannot be stopped, the Sierra Club has shown once again that with adequate funding, strategically targeted activism can overcome even the most daunting environmental challenges. Together, we have really made a difference."
Paul and Eileen Growald
Shelburne, Vermont
"At the same time that the Sierra Club is working to blunt the magnitude of climate change, it's crucial that the Club advance its Resilient Habitats Campaign to reconnect wild areas and strengthen the survival potential of the natural world."
Longtime supporters and advocates for wilderness,
Allan and Marilyn Brown
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