The San Francisco Foundation mobilizes resources and acts as a catalyst for change to build strong communities, foster civic leadership, and promote philanthropy.
The mission of the Santa Barbara Foundation is to everyday use every tool at their disposal to facilitate the building of philanthropy, strengthen the nonprofit sector, and identify and strategically address important community opportunities and needs.
The Sapphire Foundation is a family foundation seeking to enhance the quality of life in the Dallas, Texas area by supporting the arts, education, social services and other creative endeavors. In addition, Sapphire has been a key participant in the discipline of Sustainable Philanthropy, an ecosystem of tools, capital, and structures that spark and grow sustainable, scalable impact.
The SCAN Foundation is an independent public charity devoted to transforming care for older adults in ways that preserve dignity and encourage independence. We envision a future where high-quality, affordable health care and supports for daily living are delivered on each person’s own terms, according to that individual’s needs, values, and preferences.
Decarbonization is a multi-decade secular trend, akin to the digitization of our economy. It involves globally scaling electrification, incorporating technological advances, rethinking buildings, leveraging industrial efficiency and increasing supply chain transparency. It has massive implications on how we view and experience the world and will be long lasting.
To put it into perspective, there are over 70 countries and 4000 companies that have committed to net zero. To achieve that, it will require wholesale systemic and infrastructure change. We are already spending $5.7T per year but to meet targets, an additional $3.5T or almost 3% in Global GDP needs to be committed annually, through 2050.
Launched in 2022, ScopeFour Capital is a diverse-owned investment manager that focuses on capturing one of the most significant growth opportunities of this generation: the transition to a low carbon economy.
ScopeFour Capital creates value by integrating impact and alpha throughout our investment process. Our process is best suited to a long-term investment horizon and will add growth and diversification to client portfolios over a full business cycle. We utilize a science-informed framework to identify and actively invest in public companies scaling the most commercially viable and currently impactful climate solutions globally.
We measure portfolio impact by quantifying the Emission Reduction Potential and the Time Value of Carbon and for each climate solution and then mapping the solutions to a proprietary universe of ~3000 global companies, each with one or more solutions tied to its business model. Our Climate Council is a curated group of academics and experts that operate as a sounding board to further validate our impact thesis.
Our customized ranking factors and deep fundamental analysis uncovers a select group of companies we believe are best positioned to both financially benefit from the commitments to net zero and materially contribute to reducing global emissions.
Seed Commons is a national network of locally rooted, non-extractive loan funds that brings the power of big finance under community control. By taking guidance from the grassroots and sharing capital and resources to support local cooperative businesses, we are building the infrastructure necessary for a truly just, democratic and sustainable new economy.
Our community wealth cooperative gives the power of big finance to small, community-centered actors, creating a national network that makes local investments that serve people rather than extracting from them.
