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2025 Grantees
We’re thrilled to share that The Carmack Collective has made our first round of grants for 2025, distributing $1.45 million in grants. Our total budget this year is $1.5 million, up from $1 million in 2024. The remainder of funds will be distributed throughout the rest of 2025. We are excited by this milestone as […]

Reflections From Our Director On The Carmack Collective’s Inaugural Core Grantmaking Cycle
As we complete this first round of grantmaking and reflect on our approach, it is becoming clearer to us what our role is as a funder and we will shift our approach going forward.

How The Carmack Collective Funds Climate Narrative Change
This article originally appeared in Impact Entrepreneur on August 23, 2026, written by Dmitriy Ioselevich. You can read the original article here. A trust-based philanthropy model for culture changeA trust-based philanthropy model for culture change A $10 million family endowment is testing whether flexible grants can help climate movements compete not only in policy and […]