Climate Reality Project

What Climate Reality Project does

The Climate Reality Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit climate advocacy organization founded in 2006 by former US Vice President Al Gore following the success of "An Inconvenient Truth." Its mission is to recruit, train, and mobilize people worldwide to push for climate solutions that speed the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. The organization is headquartered in Washington, DC (555 12th Street NW, Suite 350), operates 11 international branches across six regions covering Africa, Australia/Pacific, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India/South Asia, Indonesia, Japan, Latin America, the Philippines, and the United States, and claims a global network of 4.5 million supporters.

Its core programmatic offerings are: (1) the Climate Reality Leadership Corps—immersive multi-day training programs (in-person and virtual) with Al Gore and expert faculty that certify individuals as Climate Reality Leaders; (2) coordinated campaigns including Global Week of Action, Reducing Emissions, Financing a Just Transition, and Promoting Global Climate Leadership; (3) regional convening through training partnerships with universities, NGOs, and UN bodies; and (4) supplementary programs such as the Climate Finance Bootcamp, Green Schools Campaign, Climate TRACE emissions-data integration, and the 20th Anniversary Fund. Technology is not a product surface; the main digital tool is the FastAction single-click advocacy platform for petitions, emails, and voter engagement.

The organization is funded entirely through charitable giving: individual donations ($30-$150 preset tiers and custom amounts on monthly, yearly, or one-time cadence), the Solutions Circle premium donor program ($1,000+/year or $84/month), donor-advised funds (Fidelity Charitable, DAFgiving360, BNY Mellon), and foundation and institutional grants. It holds 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, a Charity Navigator Four-Star Rating, and Candid Platinum Transparency (both 2026). Leadership includes Founder/Chairman Al Gore, President/CEO Phyllis Cuttino, and CFO Val Gonzalez; the Board includes Robert Bullard, Theodore Roosevelt IV, and Tammy Snyder Murphy among others. The entity is registered as The Alliance for Climate Protection d/b/a The Climate Reality Project in the District of Columbia.

Name

Climate Reality Project

Legal name

The Alliance for Climate Protection d/b/a The Climate Reality Project

Website

https://climaterealityproject.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

The Climate Reality Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2006 by Al Gore that recruits, trains, and mobilizes a 4.5 million-member global network through its Leadership Corps training program, coordinated advocacy campaigns, and 11 international branches spanning six regions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Advocacy and Education

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation (BPAGAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Climate Adaptation & Resilience Programs (BPADALAD), Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation & Resilience Programs (BPAIAMAD), Climate Policy, Governance & NDC Support (BPADALAA)

Keywords

• Climate advocacy
• Grassroots mobilization
• Environmental education
• Nonprofit campaigns
• Clean energy policy

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: The organization receives donations from individual supporters through online platforms, with options for one-time, monthly, and yearly contributions. Donors can give via credit card or bank account (ACH).
2. Solutions Circle Membership: Annual contributions of at least $1,000 or monthly $84 donations from the Solutions Circle, a community of loyal supporters who help advance the mission.
3. Donor-Advised Funds: Climate Reality accepts grants through donor-advised funds from Fidelity Charitable, DAFgiving360, and BNY Mellon.
4. Foundation Grants: Operating budget is comprised mostly of donations, grants, financial contributions, and gifts from foundations and institutional donors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Climate Reality Project recruits, trains, and mobilizes people of all ages and backgrounds to work for just climate solutions that speed the global transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. It delivers the Climate Reality Leadership Corps training program, runs coordinated global advocacy campaigns on emissions reductions, climate finance, and policy ambition, and operates a 4.5 million-member global network across 11 international branches.

Product overview

The Climate Reality Project operates as a nonprofit climate advocacy organization rather than a software product company. Its core offering is the Climate Reality Leadership Corps—a training program that recruits, trains, and certifies Climate Reality Leaders through immersive sessions with Al Gore and climate experts. The organization runs coordinated global campaigns including the Global Week of Action, Reducing Emissions initiatives, Financing a Just Transition, and Promoting Global Climate Leadership. A network of 11 international branches and local hubs mobilizes advocates across six regions worldwide. Additional programs include the Climate Finance Bootcamp (educational), Climate TRACE integration (emissions tracking tool), and the Solutions Circle (donor membership tier). The portfolio functions as an advocacy and education platform rather than a commercial software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 10,000+ volunteers mobilized across 20 countries in Global Week of Action
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National University of SingaporecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Partner for Singapore training event (September 8-9, 2026). Professor Lian Pin Koh from NUS serving as Vice President of Sustainability and Resilience and Dean of Science. Melissa Low from NUS Sustainability Academy participating as speaker.
• BirdseyeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Training partner for Singapore Climate Reality Leadership Corps training event.
• Conservation InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Training partner for Singapore Climate Reality Leadership Corps training event.
• ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Southeast AsiaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Training partner for Singapore Climate Reality Leadership Corps training event. Organization focused on sustainable urban development.
• Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Training partner for Singapore training. Golda Hilario, Director for Urban Development, serving as speaker.
• Institute for Energy and Rational Resource Use (IESR)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Training partner for Singapore Climate Reality Leadership Corps training event.
• IRIDminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Training partner for Singapore Climate Reality Leadership Corps training event.
• KlimaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Training partner for Singapore Climate Reality Leadership Corps training event.
• Manila ObservatorycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Training partner for Singapore Climate Reality Leadership Corps training event.
• Reef Check MalaysiaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Training partner for Singapore Climate Reality Leadership Corps training event.
• Singapore Sustainability Forum (SSFA)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Training partner for Singapore Climate Reality Leadership Corps training event.
• The Nature Society (Singapore)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Training partner for Singapore Climate Reality Leadership Corps training event.
• Climate Vulnerable Forum V20 SecretariatcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Partner for Singapore training. Nazca Castro, Director for Membership and Partnerships Coordination, serving as speaker.
• United Nations Food Systems Coordination Hub / FAOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Partner for Singapore training. Dr. Rathana Peou Norbert-Munns serving as speaker, Senior Agrifood System Policy and Climate Foresight Planning Specialist.
• Asia Climate Philanthropy AdvisoryminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Partner for Singapore training. Almo Pradana, Director of Climate, serving as speaker.
• Right Energy Partnership with Indigenous PeoplecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Partner for Singapore training. Adrian Lasimbang, Founder of TONIBUNG, serving as speaker on indigenous energy partnerships.
• SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2026Partner for Singapore training. Dr. Renzo Guinto serving as speaker, Associate Professor and Lead for Planetary Health.
• Training Event Partners (Various Regional)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners for various training events including Nashville, Mongolia, Rio de Janeiro, Nairobi, Paris, Rome, New York, South Korea, and West Africa trainings. Gallery of partner organizations shown for each training location.
• Climate TRACEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to enable advocates to identify big polluters and track pollution in their communities using satellite and other data. Climate TRACE provides real-time carbon emissions data.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• 350.org: Global grassroots climate advocacy organization focused on mobilizing citizens to push for fossil fuel phase-out. Closely comparable to Climate Reality in community-led climate mobilization, training, and global campaign architecture.
• Friends of the Earth: International environmental advocacy network operating campaigns on climate, food, and economic issues. Closely comparable to Climate Reality in donor-supported grassroots advocacy structure and policy focus.
• Earth Day Network: International environmental organization that organizes Earth Day and related civic mobilization campaigns. Comparable to Climate Reality in mobilizing millions of people around climate and environmental campaigns.

Broad incumbents

• Sierra Club: One of the largest and oldest US environmental NGOs, with broad conservation and climate policy advocacy. Comparable to Climate Reality in donor-funded advocacy but operates at significantly larger scale and broader scope.
• Greenpeace: Global environmental advocacy organization running high-profile climate campaigns and direct action. Comparable in mobilizing public support for climate action but with a broader mandate beyond climate change.
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Major US-based environmental advocacy organization combining policy, legal, and scientific work. Comparable in climate policy advocacy but materially larger and more science/research-oriented than Climate Reality.
• Environmental Defense Fund (EDF): Large US environmental advocacy organization that blends scientific research with corporate and policy engagement. Comparable in working on climate policy and corporate accountability, but operates at much larger scale and with deeper corporate engagement.
• World Resources Institute (WRI): Global research organization that produces data and analysis to inform climate and sustainability policy. Comparable in climate policy advocacy and presence at international forums like COP, but primarily research-driven rather than grassroots-mobilization.

Emerging players

• Sunrise Movement: US youth-led climate advocacy organization focused on political mobilization and a Green New Deal. Partially comparable to Climate Reality in mobilizing activists for climate policy, but with a narrower demographic focus and more overt political alignment.
• Climate Nexus: Strategic communications organization focused on climate media and public engagement. Partially comparable in amplifying climate messaging and supporting advocacy campaigns, though primarily a communications support organization rather than a direct grassroots mobilizer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ClimateReality
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/ClimateReality
• Facebookfacebook.com/climatereality
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-climate-reality-project
• Instagraminstagram.com/climatereality
• TikToktiktok.com/@climatereality

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles26 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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