What ClimatePlan does

ClimatePlan is a California-based nonprofit policy advocacy network founded in 2007 and headquartered in Oakland. It operates as a fiscally sponsored project of NextGen Climate America, a 501(c)(3) organization, coordinating a statewide coalition of more than 50 partner organizations spanning transportation, land use, housing, public health, and environmental justice. Its core work consists of policy analysis, coalition building, advocacy with state agencies, legislative engagement, and public awareness campaigns aimed at reforming California transportation and housing investment decisions. ClimatePlan does not develop or sell any technology products or commercial services; its distribution is entirely through advocacy, policy engagement, editorial content (blog and monthly newsletter), and in-person convenings.

The organization generates no commercial revenue. It is funded through philanthropic grants and donations from foundations and institutional supporters focused on climate, transportation, and equity outcomes. Its primary 'customers' in the functional sense are California state transportation agencies and decision-makers—CalSTA, the California Transportation Commission (CTC), Caltrans, and CARB—before which it advocates for climate-aligned investment, transit funding, and equity accountability. It also serves as the California state anchor for the national Clean RIDES network. Its measurable outcomes include influencing billions of dollars in state and regional transportation investments toward transit, walking, and biking since 2008, helping establish the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program ($800M/year through 2045), and co-sponsoring AB 2560 to codify CAPTI's 10 guiding principles into law.

ClimatePlan is led by a small staff of 1-10 employees, including Director Lesley Beatty and Policy Advisor Jeanie Ward-Waller (former Caltrans Deputy Director). The network model, rather than a traditional employer-employee structure, is the primary vehicle for execution. Major coalition partners include the American Lung Association, NRDC, MoveLA, The Greenlining Institute, Enterprise Community Partners, NextGen Policy, Coalition for Clean Air, Planning Conservation League, Climate Resolve, CalBike, Transform, and Public Advocates.

Name

ClimatePlan

Legal name

ClimatePlan

Website

https://climateplan.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ClimatePlan is a California nonprofit policy network founded in 2007, coordinating 50+ organizations to reform state transportation and housing investment through advocacy, coalition building, and legislative engagement with agencies like CalSTA, CTC, Caltrans, and CARB.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transportation Policy Advocacy

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation (BPAGAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental & Climate Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAM), Climate Adaptation & Resilience Programs (BPADALAD)

Keywords

• Transportation policy advocacy
• Land use planning
• Housing policy reform
• Environmental justice coalition
• Climate-aligned infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Philanthropic Grants and Donations: ClimatePlan is a fiscally sponsored project of Nextgen Climate America, a 501(c)(3) organization. The network is funded through grants and donations from foundations and institutional supporters focused on climate, transportation, and equity outcomes.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ClimatePlan coordinates a statewide California network of 50+ policy, community, and environmental justice organizations to influence transportation, land use, and housing investment decisions. Its work consists of coalition building, policy advocacy, legislative engagement, and public awareness campaigns aimed at shifting state and regional funding from highway expansion toward transit, walking, biking, and infill housing near transit.

Product overview

ClimatePlan is not a software product company — it is a statewide policy advocacy network focused on transportation, land use, and housing policy in California. The organization does not offer software products or technology services. Its work consists of coalition building, policy advocacy, stakeholder engagement, and campaign organizing to influence how California funds and approves transportation and housing projects. ClimatePlan's activities include sponsoring legislation (such as AB 2560 to codify CAPTI), hosting convenings, publishing policy analysis, and coordinating advocacy campaigns among its network of 50+ partner organizations.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Funding for Everyday Mobility Strategic initiative that advocates for stable, long-term statewide funding to support excellent public transit and safe streets for pedestrians and cyclists in California. Targeted at state agencies (CTC, CalSTA, Caltrans, CARB) and California legislators.
• Beyond Highways Strategic initiative that works to reform state transportation agency decision-making and align investments away from highway expansion toward climate, equity, and multimodal outcomes. Focused on influencing CTC funding decisions and agency leadership appointments.
• Connected Communities Strategic initiative that promotes incentives and standards making infill housing and transit the default rather than sprawl and highway expansion, including affordable housing near transit and transit-oriented development. Targets housing-transportation integration with a goal of 1 million homes near transit.

Quantifiable outcome

• Since 2008, influenced billions of dollars in state and regional transportation investments toward transit, walking, and biking.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Clean RIDES NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimatePlan serves as the California state anchor organization for the Clean RIDES (Responsible Investments to Decrease Emissions in States) national network, which works across 7 states to modernize transportation systems and reduce vehicle miles traveled. This role positions ClimatePlan as a convener and leader within a multi-state policy network focused on transportation decarbonization.
• American Lung AssociationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Leadership member of the ClimatePlan network. The American Lung Association brings clean air and public health expertise to transportation policy advocacy, focusing on sustainable transportation policies that deliver clean air and public health benefits.
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Leadership member of the ClimatePlan network. NRDC contributes climate policy expertise and conducts research on transportation investment patterns in California, including studies showing over 80% of California's transportation budget is spent on roads.
• MoveLAflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Leadership member of the ClimatePlan network. Move LA is a transportation advocacy organization leading efforts in Los Angeles and across California to create more equitable public transportation, including Measure M campaign and GoPass fare-free transit for students.
• The Greenlining InstituteflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Leadership member of the ClimatePlan network. Greenlining focuses on economic equity and has developed the 'Homes Before Highways' interactive tool mapping where highway projects have displaced communities, often in low-income communities of color.
• Enterprise Community PartnersflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Leadership member of the ClimatePlan network. Enterprise Community Partners works to implement integrated housing, transportation, and urban greening projects, having secured nearly $3 billion in funding for these integrated projects across California.
• NextGen PolicyflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Leadership member of the ClimatePlan network. NextGen Policy focuses on orienting state transportation spending toward better outcomes: less traffic and climate pollution, more access to opportunity, and thriving connected communities.
• Coalition for Clean AirflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Leadership member of the ClimatePlan network. Coalition for Clean Air works to protect air quality and promote sustainable and equitable transportation systems, engaging with transportation agencies to reduce vehicle miles traveled and promote equity.
• Planning Conservation League (PCL)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Leadership member of the ClimatePlan network. PCL is a long-standing California environmental organization focused on protecting the state's natural resources through policy and legislative advocacy.
• Climate ResolveflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Leadership member of the ClimatePlan network. Climate Resolve builds coalitions for better multi-mobility options and more inclusive, livable communities, with a focus on stopping highway widening and delivering higher-quality bus service.
• California Bicycle Coalition (CalBike)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Leadership member of the ClimatePlan network. CalBike works to increase opportunities for everyone to safely bike, walk, and take transit across California, contributing expertise on active transportation policy and funding.
• TransformflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Leadership member of the ClimatePlan network. Transform advocates for equitable, affordable, sustainable, and thriving Bay Area communities, with a focus on lifting up voices of marginalized communities in transportation policy.
• Public AdvocatesflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a Leadership member of the ClimatePlan network. Public Advocates is a nonprofit law firm and advocacy organization focused on social justice, housing, and transportation justice at local, regional, and statewide levels in California.
• Local 1021 SEIU and Local 3916 AFSCMEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabor unions that co-funded and participated in the February 2025 convening organized by ClimatePlan. Their involvement reflects the labor-rider-community alliance model ClimatePlan is building to advance transit funding campaigns.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council): NRDC is a flagship ClimatePlan leadership member and major national environmental advocacy organization with deep California transportation policy research. Both organizations lobby California agencies and the legislature on climate-aligned transportation investment, making NRDC a close functional peer in advocacy strategy and evidence base.
• MoveLA: MoveLA is a Leadership member of the ClimatePlan network focused on equitable Los Angeles and California public transportation advocacy, including the Measure M campaign and GoPass fare-free transit for students. It is a direct peer on California transit funding ballot measures and statewide transportation equity advocacy.
• The Greenlining Institute: Greenlining is a Leadership ClimatePlan member focused on economic equity, including the 'Homes Before Highways' tool mapping displacements caused by California highway projects. It is a direct peer on transportation justice, land use, and racial-equity policy advocacy in California.
• Public Advocates: Public Advocates is a ClimatePlan Leadership member nonprofit law firm and advocacy organization working on housing and transportation justice at local, regional, and statewide levels in California. It is a direct peer co-organizing convenings and legislative campaigns alongside ClimatePlan.
• Transform: Transform is a ClimatePlan Leadership member advocating for equitable, affordable, sustainable Bay Area communities and elevating marginalized voices in transportation policy. It is a direct peer on regional Bay Area transit funding and land-use advocacy, including 2026 ballot measure activity.
• Coalition for Clean Air: Coalition for Clean Air is a ClimatePlan Leadership member working on air quality, sustainable transportation systems, and vehicle miles traveled reduction in California. It is a direct peer engaging the same state agencies (CARB, CalSTA, Caltrans) on overlapping transportation decarbonization priorities.
• Planning and Conservation League: Planning and Conservation League is a long-standing California environmental policy organization and ClimatePlan Leadership member, with parallel focus on land-use planning and transportation-climate linkages. It is a direct peer in statewide California environmental and land-use legislative advocacy.
• NextGen Policy: NextGen Policy is a ClimatePlan Leadership member focused on orienting California state transportation spending toward lower traffic and climate pollution with more access to opportunity. It is a direct peer on California climate-transportation policy reform and is affiliated via ClimatePlan's fiscal sponsor NextGen Climate America.

Broad incumbents

• Sierra Club California: Sierra Club California is a broad, established environmental advocacy organization with significant California transportation decarbonization and land-use advocacy programs. It is a broad incumbent operating across many environmental causes, with overlapping priorities to ClimatePlan on transit, active transportation, and climate policy.
• Enterprise Community Partners: Enterprise Community Partners is a national affordable housing and community development nonprofit and ClimatePlan Leadership member that has secured nearly $3B for integrated housing, transportation, and urban greening projects across California. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps with ClimatePlan on affordable-housing-near-transit policy and funding advocacy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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