Catalyzing Climate Resilience

Welcome

Shockwave Foundation invests in climate resilience and adaptation solutions that strengthen food and water systems, help communities withstand climate shocks, and scale innovations that endure.

Through our targeted philanthropic grantmaking, impact investments, and strategic partnerships with aligned funders and organizations, we accelerate impact where it matters most. We make big bets on bold, promising, and scalable climate solutions.

Climate change is a lived reality. Investing in resilience changes lives and communities, and makes every other climate solution possible by ensuring communities survive and thrive in the realities they face today. Our approach is shaped by:

Systems Thinking

Treat climate disruption as an opportunity to improve communities, ecosystems, and economies

Catalytic Funding

Provide catalytic funding & raise visibility for promising organizations and innovative market solutions

Funder Collaboration

Collaborate with foundations and fellow philanthropists to increase leverage and sustainability

Bold Bets

Take risks on high-impact, innovative solutions

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Our North Star

Shockwave Foundation’s
Funding Priorities

We invest in solutions that help communities adapt and thrive in a changing climate, with an emphasis on food and water security — humanity’s most vulnerable systems and the foundation of resilience and survival. Across both our funding priorities, we invest in innovative projects that establish best practices as well as advocacy and field-building initiatives.

Water Security

  • Water resource management solutions and nature-based solutions

  • Data platforms and decision-making tools

  • Finance and governance platforms for water security and sustainability

Food Security

  • Agroecology and regenerative agriculture

  • Climate-resilient agriculture technologies and products

  • Agricultural finance and economic resilience initiatives

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