How Greta Thunberg helped one Quebec foundation get hooked on funding social movements
“It was inspiring. We felt invigorated…It reinforced the urgency of the climate crisis and reinforced the urgency to do more,” says Éric 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.
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