Unleash Your Donor-Advised Fund to Advance Climate Solutions!

Do you have a donor-advised fund (DAF) or charitable giving account? Put it to work for climate change action! 

DAFs can be a great way to advance urgently-needed equitable climate solutions–and potentially unlock matching funds to help your grant go further! We are almost halfway through the decisive decade for climate action—so please consider a DAF gift right now.

Why Now?

Your giving today can make a big difference in ensuring effective, equitable implementation of the history-making federal climate laws—helping to deliver benefits to frontline communities and struggling rural areas. 

So much more needs to be done as we speed toward the halfway point in this decisive decade for climate action. More attention is needed on fossil fuel subsidies, adaptation and community resilience for climate impacts that cannot be avoided, and environmental justice.

The #HalfMyDAF Challenge

If you want to go even further and take DAF giving up to the next level, we have the perfect opportunity for you. The #HalfMYDAF challenge was created to encourage DAF owners like you to grant out half the funds in their DAF—to power the causes you care so much about!

Please consider committing to give out half of the funds in your DAF by either of two deadlines: June 28, 2024 and September 27, 2024. By doing so, you increase the chances of EESI receiving a dollar-for-dollar match of up to $50,000!

$1.8 million in matching funds is available to nonprofits—please help unlock some of these matching funds for urgently needed climate solutions!

How?

To join the 2024 #HalfMyDAF challenge, all you have to do is fill out this form by the #HalfMyDAF challenge organizers and submit proof of your grant to EESI. (It’s not nearly as long as it looks at first, as many questions are repeated four times, if you are submitting four charities for possible matching funds.)

Please join the challenge and be an even stronger partner in advancing equitable climate solutions at this time when it is so critical and there is so much opportunity!
 

STEP 1: Make a gift to EESI from your donor-advised fund. Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, and BNY Mellon have made it easy through the box above! If you have another DAF, contact them directly.

STEP 2: Once you have designated half the funds in your DAF for specific charities, fill out this form to increase the chances of doubling your impact for climate solutions via bonus funds!

Questions? Feedback? Contact Susan Williams at [email protected] or 202-662-1887.

And, if giving out half the money in your DAF doesn’t work for you, simply increasing the amount from what you have distributed in the past would be so helpful!

As you know, climate change solutions need more attention—and investment—during this decisive decade for climate action.

More resources for mitigation and adaptation right now will be more helpful to addressing climate than gradual efforts spread out over a longer time.

No DAF? No Problem!

If you don't have a donor-advised fund, you can still advance climate solutions by giving online here!