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2020 Climate Education Fund

Parent Organization: New Venture Fund (NVF)
Project of:

New Venture Fund
Funding Organization:

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

The objective of the 2020 Climate Education Fund is to get younger people and people of color involved in projects that support left-leaning climate and energy policies. It was launched in 2016 with a $1 million grant from the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation through the New Venture Fund (NVF). 1 2

NVF provides incubation services for several other left-of-center organizations. Arabella Advisors, a for profit consulting firm, is the parent organization of NVF. Arabella was founded in 2005 by Eric Kessler, a Clinton administration alumnus and long-time staffer at the League of Conservation Voters. 3 4 5

Background

The objective of the 2020 Climate Education Fund is to get younger people and people of color involved in projects that support left-leaning climate and energy policies. 6 It was launched in 2016 with a $1 million grant from the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation. 7

According to the Hewlett Foundation the New Venture Fund (NVF) is the fiscal sponsor of the 2020 Climate Education Fund. 8 The New Venture Fund (NVF) is a 501(c)(3) funding and fiscal sponsorship nonprofit that makes grants to left-of-center advocacy and organizing projects and provides incubation serves for other left-of-center organizations. 9

Arabella Advisors is the parent organization of NVF. Arabella is a for profit consulting firm that guides the strategy, advocacy, and management for high-dollar left-leaning nonprofits and individuals. Arabella provides these clients with services that ease their operations and that enable them to enact policies focused on environmentalism and other left-of-center issues. The company was founded in 2005 by Eric Kessler, a Clinton administration alumnus and long-time staffer at the League of Conservation Voters who remains a senior managing partner at the firm. Between 2008 and 2018, Arabella’s nonprofits paid the company nearly $103 million in contracting and management services fees. 10 11 12

Other examples of left-leaning NVP-sponsored projects include the Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy (CAELP), Americans for Tax Fairness, and Climate Interactive. The Hewlett Foundation has also provided funding to CAELP. 13 14

References

  1. New Venture Fund: For Support of The 2020 Climate Education Fund.” William + Flora Hewlett Foundation. Accessed March 12, 2020. https://hewlett.org/grants/new-venture-fund-for-support-of-the-2020-climate-education-fund/ ^
  2. New Venture Fund: For Support of The 2020 Climate Education Fund.” William + Flora Hewlett Foundation. Accessed March 12, 2020. https://hewlett.org/grants/new-venture-fund-for-support-of-the-2020-climate-education-fund/ ^
  3. “Arabella Advisors.” Devex. Accessed May 29, 2020. https://www.devex.com/organizations/arabella-advisors-62136
  4. “Project Directory.” New Venture Fund. Accessed May 14, 2020. http://www.newventurefund.org/project-directory/
  5. “Our People.” Arabella Advisors. Accessed May 29, 2020. https://www.arabellaadvisors.com/company/our-people/
  6. New Venture Fund: For Support of The 2020 Climate Education Fund.” William + Flora Hewlett Foundation. Accessed March 12, 2020. https://hewlett.org/grants/new-venture-fund-for-support-of-the-2020-climate-education-fund/ ^
  7. New Venture Fund: For Support of The 2020 Climate Education Fund.” William + Flora Hewlett Foundation. Accessed March 12, 2020. https://hewlett.org/grants/new-venture-fund-for-support-of-the-2020-climate-education-fund/ ^
  8. New Venture Fund: For Support of The 2020 Climate Education Fund.” William + Flora Hewlett Foundation. Accessed March 12, 2020. https://hewlett.org/grants/new-venture-fund-for-support-of-the-2020-climate-education-fund/ ^
  9. “Project Directory.” New Venture Fund. Accessed May 14, 2020. http://www.newventurefund.org/project-directory/
  10. “Arabella Advisors.” Devex. Accessed May 29, 2020. https://www.devex.com/organizations/arabella-advisors-62136
  11. “Our People.” Arabella Advisors. Accessed May 29, 2020. https://www.arabellaadvisors.com/company/our-people/
  12. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990) (multiple). New Venture Fund, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Hopewell Fund, Windward Fund. 2008-2018. Part VII. Section B (Independent Contractors)
  13. Feb 27, 2020 $50, 2019 $50 Nov 18, and 2019 $250 Nov 1. “New Venture Fund – for the Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy.” Hewlett Foundation, August 15, 2017. https://hewlett.org/grants/new-venture-fund-for-the-center-for-applied-environmental-law-and-policy/
  14. “Project Directory.” New Venture Fund. Accessed May 14, 2020. http://www.newventurefund.org/project-directory/
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