Climate Justice Resilience Fund
A Mid-Term Review of the Climate Justice Resilience Fund
Executive Summary
The Climate Justice Resilience Fund (CJRF) is a new and innovative endeavor which seeks to support climate justice and resilience. Initiatives are
selected to catalyze integrated and nuanced approaches to climate resilience, and to build movements and leaders. This mid-term review was commissioned to assess its efforts and achievements to date. While it is too early to assess the full impact of CJRF’s grantmaking, the evidence clearly demonstrates positive early results. CJRF has a compelling and innovative portfolio, and its grantmaking finances promising initiatives
at local and international levels. There are signals of both initial impact and potentially significant contribution toward long-term, sustainable change.
This mid-term review is built upon qualitative reflection, harvesting of stories elicited through a series of in-depth narrative interviews, document review, zoom-roundtable discussions with diverse participants, and a stakeholder survey. The review specifically explores:
- The strategy and grantmaking processes that the Fund established to support its work; and
- Emerging results of grantee work supported by CJRF to date, especially related to community empowerment, advocacy, resilience solutions, policies, and funding priorities.
Citation: A Mid-Term Review of the Climate Justice Resilience Fund (2020). Colorado, USA: ISET-International.
