Grantmaker Investors in Clean Transportation

Bezos Earth Fund is one of the world’s largest philanthropic initiatives focused on addressing climate change, protecting nature, and accelerating the transition to a sustainable global economy. Established by Jeff Bezos, the fund represents a $10 billion commitment to climate and environmental action through 2030. The organization supports scientists, nonprofits, policymakers, entrepreneurs, Indigenous communities, research institutions, and environmental leaders working to conserve ecosystems, decarbonize industries, transform food systems, advance climate technologies, and improve environmental accountability worldwide.

Flexport.org is the social-impact and sustainability program of freight-forwarding company Flexport, not a separately presented corporate foundation. It applies Flexport's logistics technology, carrier relationships, freight expertise, and staff knowledge to humanitarian aid and lower-carbon supply chains. The public program dates its humanitarian funding activity to 2018. Donations to the Flexport.org Fund are managed by CAF America, an independent U.S. public charity, and pay transportation costs for nonprofits and mission-driven organizations; that sponsored-fund arrangement must not be described as a standalone Flexport.org legal entity. Its humanitarian work combines several forms of support that should remain distinct. The fund can pay freight costs, Flexport can provide its logistics platform free to fund recipients, staff can advise aid organizations on shipping, and the product-donation program can connect donated goods with nonprofit demand. A funded shipment is therefore not necessarily an unrestricted cash grant, and the retail value of donated goods is not the same as cash deployed. Flexport.org also supports commercial customers with carbon measurement, reduction, and offset-related services, which are corporate services rather than charitable awards. The 2024 impact report says donations had funded humanitarian-aid shipments to more than 86 countries since 2018. That is an organization-reported geographic/output measure, not a count of grants, unique beneficiaries, or independently evaluated outcomes. Current public pages direct prospective organizations to shipping and contact pathways but do not publish an always-open competitive grant application, a general award calendar, or a broadly applicable cheque range. This profile therefore leaves application and cheque-size fields empty.

The UPS Foundation, Inc. is the U.S. private foundation associated with United Parcel Service, Inc., established in 1951 and reported. It is legally distinct from UPS's commercial shipping business while drawing on the company's logistics expertise, employee volunteer network, partnerships, and financial support. Corporate disaster deployments, donated transportation, employee giving, and foundation grants may work together but are not the same legal or accounting category. The foundation's current public framing emphasizes health and humanitarian relief, equity and economic empowerment, local engagement, and protection of the planet. Disaster work often combines grants with logistics expertise and transport donated by UPS. Community programs can include employee volunteerism and locally informed partnerships. Environmental work has included tree planting and resilience. These activities are broader than conventional cash grantmaking, and public contribution totals may combine forms of support.