Reflective

Year

2024

Grant Level

Scale Partner

Focus Area

Mitigating the Risks of Climate Overshoot

Website:

   reflective.org

The goal of Reflective is to equip the world with the data and tools needed to make informed decisions about options for sunlight reflection, particularly Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI). These approaches could be used in concert with emissions reductions and removals to reduce or avoid overshoot, representing safer and more effective alternatives to accidental cloud brightening with sulfur from coal-fired power plants and providing options to compensate for the existing aerosol mask as we ramp down coal. In 2024, ARC worked closely with the Reflective team, including CEO Dakota Gruener and Chief Scientist Doug MacMartin, to incubate and launch this ambitious initiative, including joint fundraising, advising on model development, staffing, and long-term strategy.

Program Personnel

Dakota Gruener

CEO

Doug MacMartin

Chief Scientific Advisor

Seed Grants

ARC’s Seed grants will provide early-stage funding to catalyze promising ideas addressing catastrophic climate risks.

ARC Seed grants support promising ideas with exploratory efforts, scoping studies, concept development, early-stage research, and small pilot projects, to help develop and refine innovative concepts or unblock initial barriers.

Timeline: ARC Seed grants are provided for 3-6 month engagements.

Grant Amount: ARC’s Seed grants generally provide $30–100K in funding as well as deep engagement on project design and strategy.

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Build Grants

ARC’s Build grants will enable leaders to turn promising concepts into actionable programs.

ARC Build grants support the development of independent organizations or partnerships with existing entities, focusing on activities such as program planning, roadmapping, early implementation, and organizational development.

Timeline: ARC Build grants are provided for 6-month to 1-year engagements.

Grant Amount: ARC’s Build grants generally provide $100-400k in funding as well as strategic and operational support, and a variety of technical expertise.

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Scale Partners

ARC’s Scale grants will empower our partner organizations to achieve significant impact by advancing key program objectives.

ARC’s Scale Partnerships provide targeted support to help organizations working on challenges aligned with ARC’s mission to enhance their efforts addressing climate risks.

In addition to resources, we offer technical expertise, strategic guidance for organizational growth and research, and hands-on support in fundraising and partnership development. By working closely with our partners, we ensure that promising initiatives are well-positioned to succeed and grow.

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