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Less Than 1%

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Youth Climate Justice Study

PART 1: The Purposeful Investor

Your Capital And the Power of Generosity

Navigates the funding gaps and opportunities in youth-led climate justice initiatives, which could inform strategic philanthropic investments.

The Youth Climate Justice Study's 'Less Than 1%' report is included because it provides concrete evidence of severe funding inequities for youth-led climate justice — finding only 0.76% of grants from the largest climate foundations (≈$14.2M/year) reach youth-led initiatives and that an additional $4.5M would be needed to reach 1%, while per‑capita funding in the U.S. is nearly 16× the global average; these findings, together with the row's note about disproportionate funding toward the U.S. and the minimal share reaching Black, Indigenous, and people-of-color-led justice groups, directly support PART 1: Our Agency & Climate Urgency and the chapter 'Your Capital And the Power of Generosity' by making the case for justice-centered, flexible, long-term philanthropic investment in frontline youth movements.

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