disproportionate exposure to pollution and often the result of decades of environmental racism. joining me now is mustafa santiago ali, vice president of the national wildlife federation. and the founder of black girls environmentalists. let me start with you and thank you both for joining us tonight. let me start with this. black communities will mark earth day while being disproportionately exposed to the impacts of the changing climate and the concentrated environmental hazards. starting with you, during black climate week in february, you pointed out that historically less than 2% of u.s. based climate philanthropy has gone to groups like yours, led by people of color. what s the impact of that
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Charitable giving to organizations that work to slow climate change have increased in the past year, and many more groups are receiving funds than just a few years ago. But despite the increases, giving from individuals and foundations to climate-related causes remains a stubbornly small percentage of overall charitable giving…
Many more nonprofits are receiving aid as a result of the increased dollars. Still, the share of philanthropic money that goes to climate change is tiny compared with all funds donated to causes like education and the arts.
The jump in giving was significant 25 percent over 2020 and it outpaced the growth of giving overall. Yet contributions to climate philanthropy accounted for just 1 to 1.5 percent of all giving, according to the report just $7.5 billion to $12.5 billion out of the $810 billion given to all causes in 2021.