About Us

The Climate Justice Resilience Fund (CJRF) makes grants that support women, youth, and Indigenous Peoples to create and share their own solutions for climate resilience. CJRF puts people, their rights, and their lived experience directly at the center of climate action.

CJRF pools funds from private foundations and philanthropists. To date, our core grantmaking pool has received funding from the Oak Foundation, The Kendeda Fund, the Robert Bosch Foundation, and Mackenzie Scott.

Since its launch in 2016, CJRF has pooled US$25 million in service to more than 40 major grant partnerships around the world. CJRF also has hosted several initiatives to promote funder learning and collaboration on climate justice, and launched a unique re-granting partnership with the Scottish Government on climate-induced loss and damage in 2021.

In 2022, CJRF shook up traditional philanthropic power structures with the announcement of a new Governing Board. This practitioner-led board takes the place of our former funder-led board and will guide CJRF in its grantmaking decisions on important topics such as climate justice, loss and damage, and climate resilience. The board will also set the strategy and priorities for the fund moving forward. You can learn more about this transition on our blog.

Vision

We envision a world where those hit hardest by climate change lead the way to a more just and equitable future for everyone.

Mission

To empower women, youth and Indigenous Peoples on the front lines of climate change to create and share their own solutions for resilience.