Series - Editorial Fellowship: Transforming Funding Models

How Greta Thunberg helped one Quebec foundation get hooked on funding social movements

Author Gabe Oatley
โ€œIt was inspiring. We felt invigoratedโ€ฆIt reinforced the urgency of the climate crisis and reinforced the urgency to do more,โ€ says ร‰ric St-Pierre, executive director of the Trottier Family Foundation.

Why It Matters

Foundations have finite resources and big social policy objectives. A new report from the Broadbent Institute argues funders can make bigger strides on their social policy goals by funding social movements than they can through lobbying or research alone.

var TRINITY_TTS_WP_CONFIG = {"cleanText":"How Greta Thunberg helped one Quebec foundation get hooked on funding social movements. This independent journalism \u200b\u200bis made possible by the Future of Good editorial fellowship covering the social impact world\u2019s rapidly changing funding models, supported by Future of Good, Community Foundations of Canada, and United Way Centraide Canada. See our editorial ethics and standards here. On a warm Friday in September 2019, \u00c9ric St-Pierre and his family hit the streets of Montreal,\u00a0 the unceded lands of the Mohawk Nation.\u00a0 St-Pierre, the executive director of the Quebec-based Trottier Family Foundation, was there, as were half a million others, to demand more aggressive political action on the climate. It was the largest protest

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