Rooted in California with initiatives across Western North America and beyond, we have a 25-year track record of building and supporting programs at every scale.

Fiscal Sponsorship

RLF fiscally sponsors high-impact projects and organizations that align with our mission and values. We provide the administrative and compliance support necessary to ensure that projects and organizations can focus on their core mission.

Click through some of our projects.

Campaign Design and Implementation

Our campaign experts deliver public policy and on-the-ground outcomes. In close partnership with our funding, coalition, and government partners we've helped:

  • Deliver more than $30B in public funding for climate, water, and nature.

    Deliver more than $30B in public funding for climate, water, and nature.

  • Remove 100 obsolete dams from rivers across the American West via our <a href="https://openriversfund.org/" target="_blank">Open Rivers Fund</a>.

    Remove 100 obsolete dams from rivers across the American West via our Open Rivers Fund.

  • Build wildfire resilient landscapes and communities across Western states.

    Build wildfire resilient landscapes and communities across Western states.

  • Pass California’s largest-ever climate bond with investments in wildfire prevention, drought and flood protection, coastal resilience, and clean energy.

    Pass California’s largest-ever climate bond with investments in wildfire prevention, drought and flood protection, coastal resilience, and clean energy.

  • Protect and sustainably manage California’s coast, marine areas, and fisheries.

    Protect and sustainably manage California’s coast, marine areas, and fisheries.

  • Codify California’s goal of protecting 30% of its lands and waters by 2030 and secure more than $1B for implementation.

    Codify California’s goal of protecting 30% of its lands and waters by 2030 and secure more than $1B for implementation.

  • Support Tribes and Indigenous Nations in driving conservation projects and public policy outcomes across the U.S. and Canada.

    Support Tribes and Indigenous Nations in driving conservation projects and public policy outcomes across the U.S. and Canada.

  • Pass the nation’s first-ever “green fee” on tourism in Hawai‘i that generates $100 million per year for investments in climate resilience and conservation.

    Pass the nation’s first-ever “green fee” on tourism in Hawai‘i that generates $100 million per year for investments in climate resilience and conservation.

  • Connect community-based organizations with opportunities for public funding.

    Connect community-based organizations with opportunities for public funding.

Some of our wins.

Strategic Grantmaking

We are strategic grantmakers who collaborate with funders to strengthen their philanthropic impact, identifying and executing strategies to advance our aligned goals.

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Fund for a Better Future

Through our 501(c)(4) affiliate organization, Fund for a Better Future, we use additional tools to shape public policy and deliver impact including lobbying, ballot measures, and political expenditure. FBF also provides fiscal sponsorship to 501(c)4 focused projects that are interested in using a broader set of advocacy tools.

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Shared Ascent Fund

The Shared Ascent Fund is our affiliated 501(c)(3) organization that works to strengthen voting rights, build economic prosperity, and advance improved health outcomes. SAF also provides fiscal sponsorship to projects undertaking social change work.