Each community foundation participating in the Collaborative participates in one of five Regional Action Networks (RAN). The purpose of the RANs is to build a robust, diverse and inclusive network of partners to advance climate action; coordinate across foundations on regionally-specific programs and issues; align and leverage resources and funding; and to ensure equity and access to resources and expertise for local communities. Each RAN developed initial region-specific priorities, as detailed below.
Greater Pacific
Priorities: Focusing on the intersectionality of climate, economic justice, and the clean energy transition; providing immediate emergency and crisis response while addressing root causes and supporting long-term resilience; shifting power to communities that have been excluded from key decision-making spaces; building alliances and capacity building for nonprofits.
- 1 Central Valley Community Foundation
- 2 Community Foundation for Monterey County
- 3 Community Foundaton for Southern Arizona
- 4 Community Foundation Sonoma County
- 5 Hawai’i Community Foundation
- 6 Humboldt Area + Wild Rivers Community Foundation
- 7 League of California Community Foundations
- 8 Marin Community Foundation
- 9 Napa Valley Community Foundation
- 10 Oregon Community Foundation
- 11 San Diego Foundation
- 12 Seattle Foundation
- 13 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
- 14 Ventura County Community Foundation
Mountain States/Great Plains
Priorities: Strategically utilizing community foundations’ voice and leaning into policy; strengthening government partnerships and collaborations; convening and building collaboration; focusing on racial equity in climate work.
- 1 Park City Community Foundation
- 2 Telluride Foundation
- 3 The Denver Foundation
Midwest/Great Lakes
Priorities: Building climate resilient households by layering funding to benefit low-income households; leveraging federal funding and disrupting inequities built in to accessing federal funds; preparing people for future disasters via resilience hubs; centering community voice and environmental justice.
- 1 Chicago Community Trust
- 2 Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
- 3 Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
- 4 Community Foundation for SE Michigan
- 5 Community Foundation of Greater Flint
- 6 Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
- 7 Hamilton Community Foundation
- 8 Lincoln Community Foundation
- 9 Omaha Community Foundation
- 10 The Cleveland Foundation
- 11 The Columbus Foundation
- 12 The Dayton Foundation
- 13 The Indianapolis Foundation
- 14 The Pittsburgh Foundation
- 15 Greater Milwaukee Community Foundation
- 16 The Minneapolis Foundation
Northeast/Mid-Atlantic
Priorities: Focusing on watershed and coastal ecosystem management in a changing climate; prioritizing the intersection of workforce development and climate resilience; focusing on communities impacted by environmental injustice; adding climate as a lens to foundation grantmaking in relevant program areas.
- 1 Adirondack Foundation
- 2 Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
- 3 Community Foundation for Nantucket
- 4 Community Foundation for Northern Virginia
- 5 Fairfield County’s Community Foundation
- 6 Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
- 7 Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation
- 8 New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
- 9 The New York Community Trust
- 10 The Rhode Island Foundation
- 11 Westchester Community Foundation
- 12 Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore
- 13 Puerto Rico Community Foundation
- 14 Vermont Community Foundation
Gulf Coast/Southeast Seaboard
Priorities: Prioritizing water, specifically around waterways and seeing water as an asset; developing strategies for working with the government beyond just funding; disaster relief, recovery, and resilience, including infrastructure and challenges around heat; federal funding opportunities.
- 1 Community Foundation of Broward
- 2 Community Foundation of South Alabama
- 3 Greater New Orleans Foundation
- 4 The Miami Foundation
- 5 Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta