Case Studies
Grassroots groups and alliances have been building power, shaping public opinion, and winning policy change in environmental and climate justice for decades. One big reason their success is not well resourced or celebrated is that philanthropy and the media don’t often understand how change happens from the ground-up. Without resources to tell the stories let alone measure the impact of their success, grassroots leadership in some of the climate movement’s greatest victories is too often dismissed. This collection of impact research and case studies provides a closer look at how frontline organizations are uniquely positioned and highly effective at implementing their ideas to create the future we all want.
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.
Partnering with Frontline Solutions, The Solutions Project conducted a comprehensive analysis of our grantee partners’ achievements with the scaled support of our ecosystem approach in 2021-2023.
The Solutions Project commissioned Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy to assess the climate benefits of three grantee partner campaign wins in New York.
The Solutions Project x Climate Access: Determining bold, yet achievable, narratives that center frontline organizations in the fight for better climate policies and healthier communities.
The Solutions Project x Unbound Philanthropy: Reimagining environmental justice through solidarity-building across California’s Asian-American migrant communities.
The Solutions Project x Unbound Philanthropy: Rebuilding Gulf Coast communities impacted by climate disasters through a Green New Deal for the Gulf South.
The Solutions Project x Unbound Philanthropy: Investing in Buffalo’s climate refugee communities to build green infrastructure and a regenerative economy.
The Solutions Project x Unbound Philanthropy: Mobilizing frontline agricultural workers across the country for systemic change and labor protections in the face of climate change.