CJRF is excited to share the recipients of our recent participatory grantmaking pilot. For the first time ever, CJRF made small grants for new partners. Each of the following groups received $15,000 USD to use for capacity building.
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As the climate crisis intensifies, communities across the Pacific continue to experience devastating losses that cannot be measured solely in monetary terms: losses of culture, identity, land, and ways of life. These profound, non-monetary impacts are what international frameworks refer to as Non-Economic Loss and Damage (NELD).
The Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, located in the border of Kenya and Tanzania, is home to Indigenous pastoralist communities who have stewarded land and ecosystems for generations. Yet despite their deep knowledge and long-standing presence, these communities—particularly women, youth, and people with disabilities—continue to face exclusion from decision-making spaces that shape their futures.
CJRF tried an innovative, trust-based participatory grantmaking mechanism that deployed $792,000 to communities to address Non-Economic Loss and Damage.
CJRF’s current and past grantee partners played a central role in a new grantmaking process that deployed $893,420 to communities to address Non-Economic Loss and Damage.
The Climate Justice Resilience Fund is pleased to announce the four grant recipients from our recent global open call: Mainyoito Pastoralists Integrated Development Organization (MPIDO), Centrum Inisiatif Rakyat Mandiri (CIRMA), Samprity Aid Foundation, and Development of Educational Action Network (DEAN). Each organization will receive a multi-year, flexible $200,000 USD grant under the proposal theme of “Building connections, networks, and collaborative spaces for climate justice and resilience.”
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