Universities Get Big Bucks, Climate Does Not. But Recent Gifts Show Growing Crossover

Universities Get Big Bucks, Climate Does Not. But Recent Gifts Show Growing Crossover

Does a series of recent awards for climate-related university projects suggest a promising fundraising trend amid a planetary crisis, or is this just a case of more of the same?

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A Wave of Turnover at Laurene Powell Jobs’ Climate Fund, as Four Strategy Staff Depart

A Wave of Turnover at Laurene Powell Jobs’ Climate Fund, as Four Strategy Staff Depart

The Waverley Street Foundation burst onto the climate funding scene in 2021, building a new team to move $3.5 billion to the cause. In recent months, four members out of a staff of about a dozen either left or were let go.

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Laurene Powell Jobs Pledged $3.5 Billion for Climate Action. Here’s What She’s Backing So Far

Laurene Powell Jobs Pledged $3.5 Billion for Climate Action. Here’s What She’s Backing So Far

Billionaire Laurene Powell Jobs is now one of the world’s top climate funders. Find out where her Waverley Street Foundation’s first two years of grants went, who’s helping make those decisions, and what we still don’t know.

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