Climate strategy, philanthropy, and fundraising
Climate philanthropy changes fast. We help funders and nonprofits get on the same page.
Climate Connectors is a small advisory firm. We work with climate organizations, coalitions, foundations, and family offices on strategy, giving, fundraising, and the teams that do the work.
Selected clients
Who we work with
Climate organizations
Sharpen your strategy and how you talk about it, then build the team to match.
Coalitions
Get partners behind one plan, then fundraise and run it together.
Foundations
Strategy and grantmaking advice from people who’ve sat where you sit.
Family offices
We start with what you care about, then find where your giving gets the most bang for the buck.
Four areas of work
How we help
Most engagements touch more than one of these.
01
Strategy & program design
How do you turn a big idea into work on the ground?
02
Giving & grantmaking
Who’s doing the best work, and how do you back them well?
03
Narrative & fundraising readiness
How do you talk about your work so funders and partners want in?
04
Organizational development
What team do you need to pull this off?
Why we do this
Getting climate money to the right work is still hard.
Priorities shift quickly, and every funder decides a little differently. New foundations and new family money keep arriving, often without the staff to match. When funders and the organizations they back talk past each other, it wastes everybody’s time.
Between us, we’ve made grants and raised money, so we can help each side see what the other needs. And when it makes sense for everyone, we connect people.
A small team
Who you’ll work with
Zack Braunstein
Founder & Principal
Started out as a farmer, spent years in the nonprofit world, then moved to the funder side as Chief of Staff at the Climate Emergency Collaboration Group, where he helped grow annual grantmaking from $10M to $30M. Board Chair of Work on Climate.
Tell us what you’re working on.
We’ll be straight with you about whether we’re the right fit, and if we’re not, we’ll point you to someone who is.
or email hello@climateconnectors.com
