The One Percent Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to engaging young adults in philanthropy. It is a giving circle and partners pledge at least one percent of their income to philanthropy each year. Our friend, Peter Kim, recently wrote a piece titled, Turning Crisis into Environmental Advantage, on the One Percent Foundation blog.
For the first time in our generation, government possesses enormous clout and financial power, creating a chance to exercise unprecedented leadership in environmental policy and initiatives. Meanwhile, foundations hit with reductions in their endowments are seeking ways to leverage their funds through strategic partnerships and new programmatic strategies. Environmental nonprofits can help lead the way to proactively seek and form these partnerships to transform the environmental movement and combat some of the most challenging environmental issues of our time.
Now more than ever, with significant decreases in funding opportunities and the demand for more results, environmental nonprofits must demonstrate innovation and impact. They must leverage their programmatic strengths and expertise and formulate effective strategies that partner with non-traditional allies to attract potential foundation, government and individual funding. A tremendous opportunity exists for environmental nonprofits to reframe their strategies, form new partnerships, and innovate to tackle complex environmental issues such as climate change.
About Peter Kim: Peter Kim has over 13 years of experience working internationally and in the US on environmental law and policy, education, private-public partnerships, and human rights issues. For the past five years, Peter has become a leader in the venture philanthropy field; designing, leading, and executing multi-year social venture funds. He currently consults on strategy design and multi-sector partnerships. Peter has a Bachelor of Arts from Bates College and a law degree with a certificate in Environmental & Natural Resources Law from Lewis & Clark Law School.
Photo courtesy of The One Percent Foundation
