OUR GRANTEES

Overlooked by Markets, Underserved by Governments

The Look And See Foundation partners with organizations tackling fundamental failures around the acute needs of people and the planet via general operating and project-based support, and program-related investments.

  • Climate Vault


    Founded at the University of Chicago by a leading climate policy scientist, our seed capital catalyzes the development of a high-integrity voluntary carbon market. The "Tech Chamber" of leading scientists approves carbon removal technologies to be funded by voluntary purchasers as cost per ton aligns with regulated markets.

  • Fernhill Food Forest


    Fernhill Food Forest is a community-powered teaching farm in Northwest Philadelphia rooted in permaculture, social and environmental justice, and intergenerational learning. We're cultivating a future rooted in harmony with self, others, and the natural world.

  • FoodCorps


    In supporting FoodCorps’ Nourishing Futuresā„¢ Initiative, we see the power of feeding quality food to students, and the joy in learning that comes with food education. 

  • Giffords


    Gifford’s is an organization dedicated to saving lives from gun violence led by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

  • Jeremiah Program


    By supporting Jeremiah Program’s work with single mothers and their children, the immersive solution of housing and educating both generations builds  a new narrative about agency.

  • Next Step


    In providing the concessionary capital to Next Step Network’s Kilpatrick Woods housing  development in Hagerstown, Maryland, we  hope to prove a new model of land development, offsite manufacturing and  financing for low-income families to form.

  • Only One


    The new action platform for the planet. Plant your own ocean trees and coral reefs. Remove carbon and plastics. Take action and see results.

  • Plant Futures


    Plant Futures empowers the next generation of food system leaders through education, community, and career development, fostering a global network of students driving a transition toward healthy, sustainable, and equitable plant-centered food systems.

  • Pristine Seas


    Pristine Seas’ Earthshot  Prize idea – to protect 30%  of the seas by 2030 by working with indigenous communities and  governments – is an example of a replicable model leveraging the best elements of people, place and profits. 

  • Rural Beacon Initiative


    Rural Beacon Initiative is a BIPOC millennial-led social enterprise based in Durham, North Carolina, dedicated to addressing BIPOC land loss and the increasing threat of climate change in the Southeastern United States by redesigning participation in the renewable energy and regenerative agricultural supply chains.

  • Sustainable Ocean Alliance


    Sustainable Ocean Alliance activates young people, develops and implements innovative solutions, and mobilizes the global movement to restore the health of the ocean in our lifetime.

  • "We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We must change our lives, so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption that what is good for the world will be good for us."

    Wendell Berry, The Long-Legged House

  • ā€œTo love anything good, at any cost, is a bargain.ā€

    Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow

  • ā€œThere can be no such thing as a 'global village.' No matter how much one may love the world as a whole, one can live fully in it only by living responsibly in some small part of it.ā€

    Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture

OUR INSPIRATION

From Good Examples, Hope is Born

Rather than merely criticizing flawed systems, Wendell Berry dedicated his work to illuminating potential paths forward. By highlighting good examples, Berry cultivates a form of hope rooted in authentic possibility and practical imagination.