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Join Us at the 2024 Fall Retreat!

We invite EGA members to join us at the largest gathering for our community, on September 22 - 25 in Stevenson, Washington! The 2024 Fall Retreat occurs within the context of a high stakes for climate collaboration, connected advocacy, and infrastructure alliances across the globe. Learn More

This Earth Day and Beyond, It’s Time for Grantmakers to Be Bold and Take Risks

Interview with EGA member, Denis Hayes, CEO of the Bullitt Foundation and Coordinator of the first Earth Day. Earth Day started as a grassroots effort to raise awareness about the environment and has become the longest-running day of action for people and planet around the world. Learn More

Earth Day Reflections: Advancing Equity and Justice in Environmental Grantmaking

As I think about the significance of Earth Day, I reflect on how much has changed since the start of the modern environmental movement. Nowadays, the concept of environmental justice is well-known in public discourse, but that wasn’t always the case. Learn More

2024 Winter Briefing Reflections

Our community conversations at the 2024 Winter Briefing are a part of the work to build muscle for concrete action in philanthropy. Together we can go further to support the conditions for a healthy planet with a healthy democracy. I invite you to read on for the full recap, next steps, and reflections from the Winter Briefing. Learn More

2024 Winter Briefing Resources: Follow up on our work in Baltimore, Maryland

At the 2024 Winter Briefing, leaders across philanthropy, government, and communities joined us to share their collaborations to advance environmental solutions at every level of government and community. Learn More

ICYMI: Environmental Philanthropy as a Catalyst for Peace and Justice

The 2023 EGA Fall Retreat was a gathering of over 240 members of our community in Montgomery, Alabama. Together, we drew parallels from the rich history of basic rights struggles to today’s movements for racial equity and environmental justice. Learn More

Member Perspective: The essence and science that guide us

Casa Socio-Environmental Fund has shown “what it came for” in the past 18 years. Evidence of our efficiency is apparent in various forms, not only in our ability to support a growing number of community-based groups in a way that, combined, we can demonstrate significant positive advancements in the causes we embrace, but also in our recognized role within the philanthropic field, national and most of all international. Learn More

Our Year of People and Planet

I hope this message finds you in health and strength, or recovery as we are challenged at every level of our humanity. As we near the end of the year, I invite you to reflect on our work as a member community in 2023. Read Story

“We Must Dramatically Increase Funding:” Two Funders Reflect on COP28 Outcomes

Two EGA members, Jonathan Pershing, Program Director at the Hewlett Foundation, and Rick Theis, Secretary/Treasurer of the Fledgling Fund, share their insights from COP28. Learn More

Celebrating the Inaugural Winners of the Donald K. Ross Founders Award and Risk Taker Awards

At the 2023 EGA Fall Retreat in Montgomery, Alabama, we honored leaderful members at our first-ever EGA awards ceremony. EGA members, Adelaide P. Gomer, President of the Park Foundation, Farhad A. Ebrahimi, President of the Chorus Foundation, and The JPB Foundation Environment Team, were celebrated for their efforts to shift power and resources in environmental philanthropy. Learn More