Ways to give
Types of support
Citizens’ Climate Lobby and Citizens’ Climate Education are supported by individuals at all levels, foundations, and mission-aligned corporations. Learn more about all the ways to support our climate advocacy work.
Individual Donors
Individual donors make up XX% of Citizens’ Climate’s annual budget — that’s XX% for Citizens’ Climate Lobby, our 501(c)(4) side, and Citizens’ Climate Education, our 501(c)(3) side.
Many of our individual donors choose to give monthly. This steady, recurring revenue helps ensure our consistent, coordinated climate advocacy.
Donations of $1-$10,000 will recieve
- Quarterly impact report
Climate Guardians – donations $10,000 and above.
As a Climate Guardian, you will receive:
- Invitations to a quarterly roundtable with Citizens’ Climate’s Executive Director
- Quarterly impact report
- Access to the Climate Guardian reception at Citizens’ Climate’s annual Summer Conference & Lobby Day
All donations, including Climate Guardian gifts are possible through many different channels as seen below.
More ways to give
Donate by check
Write the check to “Citizens’ Climate Education” or “Citizens’ Climate Lobby” and mail it to: 1330 Orange Ave, Suite #309, Coronado, CA 92118
Donor advised funds (DAF)
DAFs offer valuable tax advantages along with the flexibility to support CCE through cash, appreciated securities, and other assets. When making a gift through your DAF, select Citizens’ Climate Education and verify our EIN (26-2948811) and mailing address (PO Box 181020, Coronado, CA 92178).
Stock gifts
Donating appreciated stock is one of the most tax-efficient ways to donate. Avoid capital gains taxes, maximize deductions, and make a big impact.
Qualified charitable distributions (QCD)
If you are 70½ years or older, you can reduce your taxable income by giving directly from your Individual Retirement Account to Citizens’ Climate Education (501c3).
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Cryptocurrency
Donate cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin and more, to Citizens’ Climate Education! Donating cryptocurrency can also provide greater tax incentives than cash donations.
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Employee matching gifts and volunteer grants
Employee matching gifts are donations that an employer makes to a charitable organization to match its employees’ donations.
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Start a Fundraiser
Start your own pledge-a-thon as part of CCL's annual Pledge It fundraiser
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Legacy gifts
There are several gift arrangements to choose from, all of which allow you to provide for your family while supporting the work of Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) and Citizens’ Climate Education Corp. (CCE).
Learn moreFoundation Grants
Citizens’ Climate Education’s work has been made possible by past or ongoing grants from the following organizations:
- Arnold Ventures
- Energy Foundation
- Rick Steves’ Europe
- Micah Philanthropies
- DEPLOY/US
- Mott Foundation
- VoLo Foundation
- Clif Family Foundation
- MacArthur Foundation
- David Rockefeller Fund
- Keeling Curve Prize
- Twilio
- The Educational Foundation of America
- The Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation
- Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation
- Julian Grace Foundation
- Mertz Gilmore Foundation
- FThree Foundation
- Elmo Foundation
- Cool Planet
- Craigslist Fund
- The Kendeda Fund
- Carbon Advocacy Project
- Joseph Robert Foundation
We are enormously grateful for this generous support, as well as to all individuals whose donations enable our and our supporters’ work.
If you would like to reach out to Citizens’ Climate Education about possible funding opportunities, please contact our development team.
Corporate Sponsors
Each year, Citizens’ Climate brings together up to 1,200 volunteers from every state and across the political spectrum, along with industry partners and policy leaders, for two days of education, community, and action in Washington, D.C., culminating in hundreds of meetings with Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle.
Sponsoring Citizens’ Climate’s Conference & Lobby Day is an opportunity to connect directly with highly engaged climate advocates.
Our volunteers are:
- Community leaders and organizers
- Early adopters of climate solutions
- Passionate advocates influencing their networks and decision-makers
Download the sponsorship packages for our 2026 Summer Conference