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Blue Haven Initiative

Foundation

Blue Haven Initiative is an innovative family office that operates as a multi-asset-class impact investor, managing a diversified portfolio spanning public equities, fixed-income holdings, private equity, and direct investments. They are dedicated to putting wealth to work for competitive market returns while generating positive social and environmental change across various sectors. As one of the first family offices created with impact investing as its primary mission and focus, Blue Haven seeks both market rates of financial return and maximum social and environmental impact. They take a total portfolio approach to managing investments, applying rigorous portfolio-management principles while leveraging their flexibility and multigenerational time horizon to deploy diverse forms of capital including traditional investments, grants, and catalytic investments. Blue Haven has established itself as a significant player in the impact investing ecosystem, being recognized as the Impact Asset Owner of the Year in 2018 by the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment. They believe that solving the world's biggest social and environmental issues requires creative long-term investors who prioritize partnership, patience, and continuous learning, positioning themselves as leaders in demonstrating how family offices can drive systemic change.

Community DevelopmentEnvironment & ConservationImpact FinanceUnited States

Blue Meridian Partners

Foundation

Blue Meridian Partners is a pioneering philanthropic model that brings together values-aligned philanthropists to find, fund, and scale solutions that increase economic and social mobility for young people and families in America. With an investor mindset, they provide transformative capital to social sector leaders expanding strategies that create opportunity and help break cycles of poverty. The organization employs a rigorous, performance-based approach, treating grants as investments and measuring success through outcomes for people. They make long-term investments in strategies that help individuals reach key success markers from cradle to career, while also investing in organizations that influence public policies and build sustainable infrastructure for mobility over time.

Community DevelopmentUnited States

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Breakthrough Energy

Impact Fund, Venture Capital, Fellowship

Breakthrough Energy is a climate-focused investment and innovation platform founded by Bill Gates to accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy. The organization supports cutting-edge climate technologies, policy initiatives, research, and investment vehicles designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at global scale. Breakthrough Energy works across venture investing, project financing, policy advocacy, and ecosystem development to help scale breakthrough solutions in energy, manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, and industrial decarbonization.

Clean EnergyClimate TechEnvironment & ConservationCalifornia, United States

Bregal Sphere

Impact Fund

Bregal Sphere is a climate and nature focused investment platform that aims to invest in companies and projects that create positive societal and environmental impact while generating attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors. As part of Bregal Investments, which has invested more than €19 billion to date, the platform was founded in 2023 with a focus on natural capital investments. The platform's first strategy, Bregal Sphere Nature, was launched in 2024 and is established to invest in the natural capital sector through long-term partnerships and project finance. They partner with best-in-class project developers with a track record of restoring ecosystems and capturing carbon at scale, and have formed a strategic partnership with Conservation International as an Impact Advisor to accelerate achievement of impact and elevate the ambition of their impact strategy.

Impact FinanceUkraine

Builders Vision

Impact Fund, Family Office, Foundation, Private Equity

Builders Vision is an investment and philanthropy platform founded by Lukas Walton, focused on scaling solutions across food and agriculture, energy, and ocean systems. The platform combines venture capital, private equity, and philanthropic capital to drive large-scale environmental and social outcomes. Through its integrated model, Builders Vision supports entrepreneurs, funds, and initiatives working to transform global systems. Its approach is rooted in long-term partnerships, market transformation, and deploying flexible capital to accelerate sustainable innovation.

Clean EnergySustainable Food & AgricultureWater & Oceans

Burnt Island Ventures

Venture Capital

Burnt Island Ventures is a specialized investment firm that finds, funds, and supports the best entrepreneurs and founders in the water sector. They focus on water technology innovations that help water and wastewater services reach people and businesses at the right quality, quantity, price, place, and time, positioning themselves as experts in one of the most undercapitalized areas of climate and infrastructure innovation. Their mission is grounded in the belief that climate change is fundamentally water change, and that water is the medium through which society will experience the effects of a warming earth. The firm operates with the philosophy that the strongest impact compounds alongside strong commercial outcomes, working to manage Earth's most precious resource through strategic investments and founder support. Burnt Island Ventures plays a critical role in the water innovation ecosystem by bringing deep sector expertise and an extensive network to support portfolio companies. Their impact extends beyond capital, as evidenced by portfolio companies already delivering measurable outcomes including billions of gallons of water processed, hundreds of millions of gallons saved, and major improvements in incident response, treatment, reuse, and energy systems.

Climate TechEnvironment & ConservationImpact Finance

Calvert Impact

Impact Fund

Calvert Impact is a global impact investment firm with 30 years of experience connecting investors to solutions that benefit people and the planet. The organization channels investments from individual and institutional investors (from $20 to billions) into high-impact projects that mainstream capital markets typically avoid, such as renewable energy funds in Sub-Saharan Africa and small business lending to underserved US populations. Through their Community Investment Note® and other financial products, Calvert Impact has moved billions of dollars into sectors like microfinance, affordable housing, and clean energy access, serving 163.4 million clients (78% women) across 100+ countries while reducing 6.4 million metric tons of CO2.

Impact FinanceSouth Africa

Camco Clean Energy

Impact Fund

Camco Clean Energy is a specialist climate and impact fund manager with over 30 years of experience leading the transition to sustainable development in emerging markets. The firm manages $363 million in assets under management across 7 active impact funding vehicles, having completed over 200 transactions in 30+ countries. Camco focuses on delivering transformative impact to local communities while maintaining strong return profiles, combining the discipline of a development bank with the agility of a private company. The firm has achieved significant impact metrics including 17,710 direct jobs created, 342 MW of renewable energy capacity funded, and 229,629 tCO2e avoided through their managed funds.

Clean EnergyCentral African Republic

Capital Impact PartnersNew

CDFI, Debt Finance, Impact Fund

Capital Impact Partners is a nonprofit community development financial institution that lends to affordable housing, health, education, healthy food, cooperatives, and related community real estate. It traces to 1981–1982 federal cooperative-development roots and today operates as part of the Momentus Capital branded family with CDC Small Business Finance and Momentus Securities. The site frames Capital Impact as a mission-driven lender for projects banks often skip, with place-based clusters where staff know local partners. Affordable housing examples include preservation and mixed-use work such as a Redwood City project with HIP Housing that converted a small building into affordable studios in a high-rent market. Cooperative housing and ROC USA–style manufactured-home community resident ownership appear in long-running program history. Lending sits beside capacity-building programs for community-rooted real estate developers and co-op innovation awards. Growth-stage impact investments — venture debt, revenue or profit share, and preferred equity — target companies expanding economic opportunity, food and health access, or employee ownership. Investors can buy the Capital Impact Investment Note to fund the lending book while seeking a financial return. Borrowers apply through mission-driven financing and loan-offering pages for nonprofits, entrepreneurs, and community organizations. Because Momentus Capital is already listed separately in the Causeartist directory as the family brand, this profile keeps the Capital Impact Partners name and capitalimpact.org URL for operators who meet the CDFI as a housing and community-facilities lender. Capital Impact is a CDFI and community lender, not a housing-credit syndicator at NEF’s scale. Its edge is flexible debt and programs for housing, co-ops, health, and neighborhood facilities inside the Momentus continuum.

Built EnvironmentCommunity DevelopmentImpact FinanceCalifornia, United States

Capricorn Investment Group

Foundation

Capricorn Investment Group is a sustainable investment platform that has been serving families, foundations, and institutional investors for over 25 years. The firm provides comprehensive Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) services and impact investment solutions aimed at solving environmental and social issues while building sustainable wealth for clients. With $14-19 billion in assets under management and 46 employees across offices in New York City and Palo Alto, Capricorn has established itself as a leader in sustainable investing. The company was founded in 2000 with the belief that sustainable investment practices can enhance risk-adjusted returns while demonstrating the investment potential in breakthrough commercial solutions to the world's most pressing problems.

Environment & ConservationImpact FinanceUnited States

Carbon Equity

Impact Fund

Carbon Equity is the world's leading climate fund investor that specializes in unlocking climate private equity opportunities for individual investors. They focus on investing in pioneering energy and climate tech companies that are handpicked by top investment teams around the world, offering access to carefully curated portfolio funds. Their mission centers on helping investors use their capital to fight climate change and shape the future net zero economy. Carbon Equity operates by creating portfolio funds that include multiple funds managed by top climate investors globally, making it easier for individuals to access high-quality climate investments that were previously available only to institutional investors. Carbon Equity plays a crucial role in democratizing climate investing by bridging the gap between individual investors and impactful climate solutions. They matter because they enable more people to participate in funding the transition to a net zero economy while offering strong risk-adjusted returns, effectively scaling climate finance beyond traditional institutional boundaries.

Climate TechImpact FinanceNetherlands

Catalyst Fund

Impact Fund

The Catalyst Fund is a pre-seed VC fund and accelerator that invests $200K in early-stage startups and follows on at Seed and Series A rounds. As a thesis-driven investor, they focus exclusively on backing founders building climate adaptation and resilience solutions across Africa. The fund operates as both an investor and venture builder, with ex-founders and operators providing hands-on support spending 400+ hours with each startup to accelerate growth. Since 2015, they have accelerated 81 companies across 19 markets, connecting startups to their global network of 250+ investors and ecosystem partners. Their comprehensive approach includes tailored venture building support across key business areas including data, tech, sales, talent, product, fundraising, and growth.

Impact FinanceCentral African Republic

Cerulean Ventures

Venture Capital

Cerulean Ventures is a $10 million pre-seed venture capital firm that backs founders building asset-light, rapid scaling software companies focused on climate solutions. They specifically target companies applying AI to build exponential solutions for nature and climate change. Their mission is to bring climate solutions to market quickly while fighting greenwashing and moving the climate economy beyond the green premium. Unlike traditional climate investors who focus on niche markets with green premiums or first-of-a-kind moonshots with decades-long timelines, Cerulean takes a different approach by identifying systemic leverage points where proprietary data, compute, AI scaling, and fintech solutions can rapidly scale. Cerulean matters in the ecosystem because they focus on transforming large economic sectors that have been resistant to digital transformation, including mining, niche manufacturing, soft tropical commodities, pharma supply chains, and emerging markets of natural capital and biodiversity. They position themselves as addressing the gap in climate investing by targeting systemic change rather than status quo business model disruptions.

AI & TechnologyClimate TechEnvironment & ConservationCentral African Republic

Circular Valley

Accelerator

Circular Valley is a Germany-based innovation ecosystem and startup accelerator dedicated to accelerating the global transition to a circular economy. Often described as the "Silicon Valley of the Circular Economy," the organization brings together startups, corporations, research institutions, governments, and investors to commercialize circular innovations across manufacturing, materials, construction, energy, mobility, textiles, packaging, food systems, and industrial technologies. Through its Circular Economy Accelerator, Circular Valley provides mentorship, corporate partnerships, pilot opportunities, investor access, and a global network to help early-stage companies scale technologies that reduce waste, improve resource efficiency, and enable circular value chains. Since launching its accelerator, the organization has supported 178 startups from 45 countries that have collectively raised more than €350 million in follow-on funding.

AI & TechnologyBuilt EnvironmentCircular EconomyGermany

Circulate Capital

Impact Fund

Circulate Capital is a leading impact investment firm dedicated to accelerating the circular economy in high-growth markets. The firm invests in companies building resilient circular supply chains, with an initial focus on plastics and expanding into broader circular economy solutions. By partnering with multinational corporations, institutional investors, development finance institutions, and entrepreneurs, Circulate Capital finances businesses that reduce waste, increase recycling infrastructure, improve resource efficiency, and generate measurable environmental and social outcomes alongside competitive financial returns.

Built EnvironmentCircular EconomyWater & OceansSingapore

Cisco Foundation

Corporate

The Cisco Foundation, established in 1997 by Cisco Systems, Inc., supports nonprofits and NGOs worldwide through strategic investments of cash, technology, and expertise to multiply their positive social impact. Working alongside Cisco Social Impact Investments, the Foundation catalyzes a vibrant ecosystem of changemakers focused on creating equitable, resilient, and empowered communities. The Foundation's mission centers on partnering with organizations to create and scale innovative digital solutions that promote a healthy planet and advance the well-being and self-reliance of underserved communities globally. They accomplish this by leveraging Cisco's comprehensive offerings including strategic guidance, catalytic funding, technology donations, and support from the broader Cisco community across four priority social impact sectors.

AI & Technology

Citi Foundation

Corporate

Citi Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Citigroup, working to build equitable and resilient communities through strategic partnerships with community organizations across 80+ countries and territories globally. The foundation invests in efforts that increase financial inclusion, catalyze job opportunities for youth, and reimagine approaches to building economically vibrant communities. Through major initiatives like the Global Innovation Challenge, Community Progress Makers, and Community Finance Initiative, Citi Foundation provides substantial funding to nonprofits addressing critical social issues including youth employability, homelessness, housing affordability, and household financial resilience.

Impact FinanceUnited States

Clean Energy Ventures

Venture Capital

Clean Energy Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage climate technology companies developing disruptive energy innovations and decarbonization solutions. The firm focuses on backing founders building scalable technologies capable of achieving significant greenhouse gas emissions reductions over the coming decades. With deep expertise in climate investing and commercialization, Clean Energy Ventures works closely with startups advancing breakthroughs across energy, transportation, industrial systems, and climate infrastructure.

Clean EnergyClimate TechMassachusetts, United States

Climate Asset Management

Impact Fund

Clean EnergyEnvironment & Conservation

Climate Collective

Impact Fund

Climate Collective is a leading innovation network that specializes in putting digital technologies to work for climate and nature at scale. They focus on connecting AI and digital tools with environmental impact, running innovation programs and building AI fluency across climate and nature nonprofits. The organization operates by connecting innovators, nonprofits, and global leaders to turn technology into lasting climate and nature impact. They accomplish this through running innovation programs, building AI fluency across climate and nature organizations, and convening sustainability leaders and technologists to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing. Climate Collective plays a crucial role in the ecosystem by bridging the gap between technology innovation and environmental impact. Their flagship AI Explorers Summit brings together 100 leaders annually and is co-hosted by major organizations like Conservation International, UNDP, and TechChange, demonstrating their significant influence in shaping how AI is responsibly deployed for climate and nature solutions.

AI & TechnologyClimate TechEnvironment & ConservationNew York, United States

Climate Fund Managers

Impact Fund

Climate Fund Managers (CFM) is a for-profit investment manager specializing in climate finance across emerging markets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The firm uses blended finance structuring to attract public and private capital for high-impact climate investments, with over USD 2 billion in assets under management and targeting an additional USD 6 billion. CFM provides complete lifecycle financing solutions for infrastructure developers, covering development, construction, and operational stages of projects. Their investment approach focuses on climate change mitigation and adaptation in areas most affected by climate consequences, delivering both environmental impact and risk-adjusted returns to investors.

Clean EnergyEnvironment & ConservationCentral African Republic

Climentum Capital

Venture Capital

Climentum Capital is a European venture capital firm investing in early-stage climate hard tech companies driving the sustainable reindustrialization of Europe. The firm backs B2B technologies addressing emissions and resource constraints across energy, industry, infrastructure, and supply chains. Climentum focuses on companies moving from early commercialization toward industrial scale, providing capital and operational support for hardware, deep tech, and first-of-a-kind deployments. Its portfolio spans seven European countries and includes companies working across industrial decarbonization, energy systems, resilient supply chains, and climate infrastructure.

Built EnvironmentCircular EconomyClean EnergyDenmark

Closed Loop Partners

Venture Capital, Impact Fund

Closed Loop Partners is a leading investment firm dedicated to accelerating the transition to a circular economy. The firm innovates, invests, and operates to build the circular economy, focusing on optimizing supply chains, advancing natural resource efficiency, and driving economic value. With over a decade of experience, Closed Loop Partners has kept over $7.5 billion worth of materials in circulation through their investments and engaged with more than 50 corporations across the firm. The firm is comprised of three key business segments: Closed Loop Capital Management (their investment group managing venture capital, private equity, and catalytic capital & private credit strategies), the Closed Loop Center for the Circular Economy (an innovation center helping businesses solve material challenges), and Closed Loop Builders (an operating group that incubates, builds, and scales circular economy infrastructure and solutions across the U.S.). Based in New York, their team includes former industry CEOs, CFOs, senior executives of government agencies, and fund managers with an average of 20+ years of operational and investment experience.

Circular EconomyEnvironment & ConservationImpact FinanceNew York, United States

CNote

CDFI

CNote is a fintech company founded in 2016 by financial executives Catherine Berman and Yuliya Tarasava that connects investors and institutions with mission-driven community banks to expand economic opportunity and strengthen local communities. The platform specializes in cash and fixed-income solutions that help institutions and individuals achieve competitive returns while preserving capital and creating positive community impact through CDFIs, MDIs, and community banks and credit unions. CNote applies institutional-grade discipline, modern technology and rigorous risk management to channel capital into the overlooked $5 trillion community finance market at scale. The company offers 100% FDIC- and NCUA-insured deposits with competitive returns, funding impact initiatives like affordable housing, disaster recovery, and small business growth in underserved communities.

Community DevelopmentImpact FinanceUnited States