Subject: Good news ‹ Bloomberg grant
From: Charlotte Pera <[email-masked]>
To: Larry Kramer <[email-masked]>, Carol Larson <[email-masked]>, Pamela Matson <[email-masked]>, Kristian Parker <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Susan Tierney <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 02:49:33 +0000

Dear ClimateWorks board members,

I wanted to share some good news:

As you know, we’ve had a funding request in to Bloomberg Philanthropies since May 2015 and have been hoping since to hear a positive response.  To our delight, just before the holidays Bloomberg approved a $500,000 grant to ClimateWorks.  Bloomberg also decided they wanted to move the funds in 2015, so our team worked quickly to finalize the paperwork Bloomberg needed.  We received the $500,000 by wire transfer on December 23.  The funds are designated to support our “green finance strategy scoping and development for China.”

This brings the number of Funders Table participants who have substantial current investments in ClimateWorks to six (Oak, Packard, Hewlett, KR, MacArthur, and Bloomberg).  You’ll recall one other Funders Table participant, the Tilia Fund, also made a modest first-time contribution to ClimateWorks in 2015 ($120,000 over two years).

Of course, we continue to explore funding options with other Funders Table participants—as well as other funders that aren’t part of the Funders Table—and hope to attract additional support in 2016.  We’ll continue to enlist your help and update you on our progress.

Best wishes in the new year,
Charlotte
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Charlotte Pera
President & CEO
ClimateWorks<http://www.climateworks.org/> Foundation
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