Ivey Foundation to ‘spend down’ $100M endowment focusing on economy-based climate solutions. Decision offers big opportunity, but also risk of 'drowning out' other approaches.
Assuming the foundation distributes roughly an equal share of their $100 million endowment each year, they’ll be the largest private philanthropic funder of climate initiatives in Canada for the next five years, according to Devika Shah, executive director of Environment Funders Canada.
Why It Matters
The climate crisis is urgent and the Canadian philanthropic ecosystem has billions in capital that can help. Choosing to spend down offers the Ivey foundation the chance to dramatically accelerate the environmental sector’s work to ensure a liveable future. It also gives the foundation the power to pick winners within the environmental movement, shaping what narratives are dominant and whose voices are heard loudest.
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