Today, the Honnold Foundation is proud to announce the Levine Impact Lab— a new capacity-building and grantmaking program of the Honnold Foundation. The Levine Impact Lab will power equitable impact by investing in grassroots leaders and organizations, building their capacity to accelerate positive change. Funded through a multi-million dollar, multi-year gift from long-time Honnold Foundation supporter, Peter Levine of a16z, the Lab will offer long-term support to organizations and individual leaders who otherwise might lack access to the best-in-class resources typically reserved for for-profit startups.
Our first cohort will include current Honnold Foundation Partner organizations and their leadership teams: Southside Blooms, Feed the Second Line, Native Renewables, and BK Rot.
“Communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis are receiving the least amount of support to address it, despite the best efforts of grassroots organizations and leaders," says Alex. “Peter and I have a shared vision to change this."
“In my work, I’ve seen that money plus time equals the best outcome,” says Peter. "So, it's not just the dollar donation, it's the fact that our team is willing to bring the concepts of best-in-class venture capital and company-building to nonprofits, striving to get the best outcomes for the organizations we serve.”