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We help communities adapt, survive, and thrive in a changing climate.
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Shockwave supports projects, initiatives and organizations that build a future where communities and ecosystems are resilient in the face of climate change. Through a mixture of grants and strategic investments, we support activities that focus on climate change adaptation and resiliency infrastructure. We prioritize projects that provide economic uplift in developing countries and provide seed funding at an early, pivotal stage. We incorporate in this work lenses on environmental justice, equity, and strive for community-first approaches.
Recent News
Recent announcements
Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature Challenge Finalists
Ten early stage initiatives, with an innovative approach that leverages the creativity of their communities, were chosen through a rigorous selection process. The RAIN Challenge will support them by providing a tailored mentoring program and communications tools to strengthen their messaging and prepare them to pitch to investors.
+1 Global Fund for Food Security Award Announcement
The very first cohort of Awardees was selected for support by the +1 Global Fund for Food Security. Hailing from across 7 countries—Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda, all 14 Awardees are making significant strides in improving food access and resilience.
2022 Year End: Focusing on the Long-Term
Most people view climate change as purely a source of disruption and loss. But we embrace a narrative that recognizes and honors these losses, even as we also understand that our communities, ecosystems, and economies are reorganizing and reassembling in complex ways that present new choices that many of us may not even be aware of.
Partnership Updates
Our most recent investment and grant news.
Semilla Nueva
$100,000 /
Developing affordable climate-shock resilient higher nutrition corn seed stock for the Americas and Africa.
The Philanthropy Workshop
$20,000 /
Mobilizing a global network of strategic funders bound together by their commitment to excellence, collective action and entrepreneurial approaches to the world’s most urgent issues.
+1:Food Security Fund
$400,000 /
Democratizing and localizing funding for worthy Food Security organizations, Elevating the visibility of new and innovative leaders.