One Earth Philanthropy
We are one earth. Together, we can solve the climate crisis.
One Earth Philanthropy
EIN: 85-2588841
as of December 2022
as of December 12, 2022
Mission
One Earth is a nonprofit organization working to accelerate collective action to solve the climate crisis through groundbreaking science, inspiring media, and an innovative approach to climate philanthropy. The solutions for the climate crisis already exist, and the latest science shows we can achieve the 1.5°C goal through three pillars of action – a shift to 100% renewable energy by 2050, protection and restoration of half of the world’s lands and oceans, and a transition to regenerative, climate-friendly agriculture. To achieve these goals, we must rapidly scale philanthropic capital to meet critical funding gaps over the coming decade.
Ruling year
2020
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Justin Winters
Main address
8611 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232 USA
EIN
85-2588841
Environmental justice
Climate change
Biodiversity
Philanthropy
Population served
Children and youth
Adults
Women and girls
Indigenous peoples
NTEE code
Environmental Quality, Protection, and Beautification N.E.C. (C99)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Less than 2% of all charitable giving goes to organizations working to solve the twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change, and only one-quarter of that funding makes it to on-the-ground climate solutions. And less than 0.2% of foundation dollars go to supporting women-led initiatives.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Science & Policy
One Earth funded a groundbreaking research effort entitled Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals (Teske et al. 2019), which gives us a roadmap for limiting global average temperature rise to 1.5°C. The culmination of a two-year collaboration with 17 leading scientists at the University of Technology Sydney, two institutes at the German Aerospace Center, and the University of Melbourne’s Climate & Energy College, the 500-page book was released by the prestigious scientific publisher Springer Nature and has become the most downloaded climate text in the publisher’s history, cited in dozens of scientific papers. It provides least-cost pathways for decarbonizing our energy system and shows the powerful role of nature-based solutions, including shifts required in our agricultural system. One Earth is taking this work forward by supporting science & technology efforts focused on solving three complex, interconnected challenges – climate change, biodiversity loss, and food security
Scaling Philanthropy
To solve the climate crisis and build the future we want, we must radically scale climate philanthropy to target these on-the-ground efforts. One Earth’s mission is to mobilize significant philanthropic capital - from high-net-worth families, companies, and everyday citizens - to provide urgently needed resources to leaders, organizations, and communities who are implementing climate solutions today. In 2020, we launched a first-of-its-kind online global marketplace featuring a growing curation of impactful projects around the world that are directly working to solve the climate crisis and are in need of additional funding. The projects are organized through a biogeographical framework organized by three main solutions pathways of One Earth -Energy Transition, Nature Conservation, Regenerative Agriculture- connecting capital with changemakers on the ground. The Marketplace is a vehicle to deliver funding to these projects and galvanize additional resources from funders at all levels
Media & Advocacy
A few years ago, “climate deniers” were derailing progress, but today the greatest threat to solving climate change is a sense of hopelessness. We need everyone to know that the 1.5°C goal is achievable if we act together with focus and determination. One Earth works to raise awareness about the urgency of limiting global average temperature rise to 1.5°C and what needs to be done to achieve this goal, focusing on three key audiences. We showcase inspiring projects of community-led action to attract investment in frontline solutions around the world. We produce executive briefings to inform stakeholders and decision makers advocating for key policy shifts. And we use social media to build a broad public movement of engaged and optimistic changemakers, telling the story of the transformation that is already underway and the just and vibrant future that is possible
Where we work
Awards
World Changing Idea Honorable Mention 2020
Fast Company
Awarded silver in Best Strategy category for Sustainability, Environment, & Climate 2022
Antham Awards
External reviews
Photos
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of organizational partners
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth, Indigenous peoples, Women and girls
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Total number of organizational partners that One Earth partners with through our three programs: On the ground Projects, Science & Policy, and Media & Advocacy.
Number of Facebook followers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Media & Advocacy
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Average web impressions per month
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Our web impressions have grown substantially, doubling in the last 6 months to over 3M per month.
Number of petition signatures
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Over 3M people in 92 countries have signed our petition we launched in partnership with Avaaz and RESOLVE calling on world leaders to protect and restore 50% of the planet. globaldealfornature.org
Our Sustainable Development Goals
Learn more about Sustainable Development Goals.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The solutions for the climate crisis already exist, and the latest science shows we can achieve the 1.5°C goal through three pillars of action – a shift to 100% renewable energy by 2050, protection and restoration of half of the world’s lands and oceans, and a transition to regenerative, climate-friendly agriculture. To achieve these goals, we must rapidly scale philanthropic capital to meet critical funding gaps over the coming decade.
Less than 2% of global giving supports environmental issues and climate change, and only one-quarter of that funding makes it to on-the-ground climate solutions. And less than 0.2% of foundation goes to supporting women-led initiatives. One Earth’s goal is to inspire greater ambition and collaboration in the philanthropic sector, and to drive urgently needed resources where they’re needed most – to frontline leaders and organizations directly implementing climate change solutions.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
One Earth launched a first-of-its-kind online global database (https://www.oneearth.org/project-marketplace/) featuring a growing curation of impactful projects around the world that are directly working to solve the climate crisis and are in need of additional funding. The projects are organized through a biogeographical framework organized by three main solutions pathways of One Earth — Energy Transition, Nature Conservation, and Regenerative Agriculture — connecting capital with changemakers on the ground. The Marketplace is a vehicle to deliver funding to these projects and to galvanize additional resources from funders at all levels.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Our marketplace of climate solutions has grown to showcase over 100 placed-based projects that are working to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C and create a just and sustainable future. These projects can be explored in our online filterable database (https://www.oneearth.org/project-marketplace) and on our interactive navigator sphere (https://www.oneearth.org/navigator).
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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Who are the people you serve with your mission?
We serve the general public by creating actionable scientific plans to solve the climate crisis, advocating for the role of philanthropy in the climate fight, and creating a vibrant community of educated activists. In addition, we serve our partners who are organizations that have on-the-ground projects enacting those climate crisis solutions everyday, by communicating the importance of their work and galvanizing philanthropic investments to support them.
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.),
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals,
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
Originally, our goal was to serve as many on-the-ground partners as possible through our OE Marketplace. We created assets to walk them through the process and goals in order to quickly onboard them to the platform. However, after engaging several organizations, we realized that we were not providing enough support and have recently opened more internal capacity for phone calls and onboarding sessions. This slows the pace of our total number of partners, but deepens our relationships and ability to support each partners’ needs.
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
Our staff, Our board,
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How has asking for feedback from the people you serve changed your relationship?
For the projects that we serve, we worked with our early adopters to structure our fundraising strategies to best suit both our needs. The feedback we received was eye-opening, it showed us how often “partners” extract money from on-the-ground projects at exorbitant rates. This allowed us to see why our partners might be wary of our own fundraising efforts, and gave us the opportunity to explain our considerably lower fee structures. Due to these conversations, our partners are now armed with the knowledge that there are options outside of paying for partnerships. In the future, when they consider engaging with others who charge high fees, they now have a working example for another way. This gives them power in negotiations, and an ally in rectifying this type of extraction.
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.),
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome,
Financials
Assets info
Financial data
One Earth Philanthropy
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: 2021
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Revenue | |
|---|---|
| Contributions, Grants, Gifts | $4,596,396 |
| Program Services | $0 |
| Membership Dues | $0 |
| Special Events | $0 |
| Other Revenue | $0 |
| Total Revenue | $4,596,396 |
| Expenses | |
|---|---|
| Program Services | $588,811 |
| Administration | $422,068 |
| Fundraising | $0 |
| Payments to Affiliates | $0 |
| Other Expenses | $0 |
| Total Expenses | $1,012,111 |
One Earth Philanthropy
Balance sheetFiscal Year: 2021
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Assets | |
|---|---|
| Total Assets | $3,996,739 |
| Liabilities | |
|---|---|
| Total Liabilities | $493,315 |
| Fund balance (EOY) | |
|---|---|
| Net Assets | $3,525,937 |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Justin Winters
Driven by a passion for nature, Justin Winters is committed to democratizing climate philanthropy in order to create an inclusive and impactful movement to address the climate crisis from the ground up. Through One Earth, she is focused on creating a vision for the world that is possible by 2050 – one in which humanity and nature coexist and thrive together. This vision is based on three pillars of action: 100% renewable energy, protection and restoration of 50% of the world’s lands and oceans, and a transition to regenerative, carbon-negative agriculture. Prior to One Earth, Justin served as Executive Director of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation for 13 years, where she built the organization’s grant-making program, which awarded over $100 million in grants across 60 countries and created a series of innovative philanthropic funds, including Oceans 5, Shark Conservation Fund, The Solutions Funds, Lion Recovery Fund, Elephant Crisis Fund, and Quick Response Fund for Nature.
There are no officers, directors or key employees recorded for this organization
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
One Earth Philanthropy
Board of directorsas of 01/20/2023
Board of directors data
Rick Ridgeway
Patagonia
Coretta Anderson
Roberta Baskin
Spike Buckley
Jay Halfon
Jena King
Michele Hunt
Brad Leibov
Justin Winters
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
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Gender identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
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Equity strategies
Last updated: 09/21/2022GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more
- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
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