Innovative Policy Achievements at Local, State, and Federal Levels

This report highlights a selection of the innovative policies that resulted from the work of frontline environmental justice communities and organizations supported by The Solutions Project at the local, state, and federal levels over the past three years.

The report finds that these 20 policy achievements led by or involving The Solutions Project grantees have the potential to benefit 106 million people at the national level and over 43 million people at the local and state levels, unlocking over $350 billion in public investments for climate justice solutions. The achievements featured in the report indicate the success of The Solutions Project’s movement accountable grantmaking model and can also serve as a model for future philanthropic action to ensure that a Just Transition can be realized.

The Solutions Project enlisted the Just Solutions Collective, to assess a subset of our grantees’ policy achievements and how people’s lives are improved by our grantees’ approach to policy change. This report showcases the impactful policies at local, state, and federal levels resulting from the tireless work of frontline environmental justice communities and organizations supported by The Solutions Project over the past three years.