Momentum for the Environment Initiative
The Curated Project Pipeline

This pipeline responds to a critical inflection point in global environmental action: the loss of over $1 billion in annual USAID climate and environment funding and the institutional capacity, data systems, and local partnerships behind it. Our research shows implementing organizations have been hit hard: some have closed, while others have scaled back significantly, slowing progress. The pipeline is designed to preserve momentum by capturing high-value opportunities and connecting them to new sources of support.

The pipeline is a curated set of high-potential, implementation-ready activities identified from hundreds of prior efforts. It focuses on the most catalytic pieces: those that sustain institutional capacity, unlock systems change, and advance integrated progress across climate, biodiversity, and pollution. We built this pipeline through direct relationships with implementing partners to identify specific activities that are currently viable and updated to reflect on-the-ground realities.

Shaped with input from philanthropic advisors and donor collaboratives, the pipeline aligns with funder needs while maintaining rigor and practical deployability. We are former funders and have applied the same standards used to manage large-scale portfolios: strong evidence, credible partners, institutional feasibility, and clear pathways to sustained impact.