Introducing Home Planet Fund: A radically different approach to the climate crisis

This week, the Home Planet Fund launches. It is a new independent nonprofit that supports local and Indigenous communities who work in concert with nature to stop climate breakdown. In 2021, outdoor apparel company Patagonia committed $20 million in seed funding to help launch the Home Planet Fund. This new, independent nonprofit will operate as a 501(c)(3) that can receive contributions from other donors, large and small.  Home Planet Fund will also let the communities it invests in make their own decisions. “We trust Indigenous Peoples,” said Dilafruz Khonikboyeva, executive…

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Introducing Home Planet Fund: A radically different approach to the climate crisis

This week, the Home Planet Fund launches. It is a new independent nonprofit that supports local and Indigenous communities who work in concert with nature to stop climate breakdown and was started with $20 million in seed funding from outdoor apparel company, Patagonia. Home Planet Fund will operate as an independent public charity—a 501(c)(3)—that can receive contributions from other donors, large and small. Thanks to the seed funding from Patagonia, every dollar received from outside donations will go directly to local and Indigenous groups working on regenerative agriculture, reforestation and…

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