Campus Climate Network

Name

Campus Climate Network

Legal name

Campus Climate Network

Website

https://campusclimatenetwork.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Advocacy Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Organizations & Club Administration (EDALAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Campus Events, Programming & Student Engagement (EDALAHAC)

Keywords

• Student climate organizing
• Climate justice training
• Fossil fuel divestment
• Campus activism support
• Nonprofit climate coalition

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Monthly sustaining gifts and one-time contributions from individual donors support organizing infrastructure, training programs, and rapid-response actions led by students.
2. Foundation & Movement Partnerships: Foundations and major donors underwrite gatherings, stipends for organizing fellows, and special projects across the network. CCN is a fiscally sponsored project of The Hack Foundation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Campus Climate Network is a nonprofit student organizing coalition that provides climate justice training, fossil fuel divestment campaign support, research resources, and advocacy infrastructure to student groups on college campuses. Originally founded in 2022 as Fossil Free Research, it was renamed Campus Climate Network in October 2023 and is fiscally sponsored by The Hack Foundation. Participation in the coalition is offered free of charge to member campus groups.

Product overview

Campus Climate Network is a coalition infrastructure organization (not a software product) that provides a unified platform for student climate organizing. The core offerings consist of Leadership Development programs (in-person campus trainings, coaching, and organizing fellowships), Network Building services (connecting student organizers across 50+ campus organizations), and periodic College Climate Gatherings (regional conferences for skill-building and coalition coordination). The Member Portal provides password-protected resources for member groups. The organization evolved from Fossil Free Research in October 2023 to support a broader multi-issue campus climate movement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Student Climate Organizing Coalition A coalition membership offering that connects campus climate and environmental student groups across colleges, providing shared advocacy infrastructure, peer learning, and a coordinated national student voice on climate issues. Intended for student organizers and campus climate groups in higher education.
• Climate Justice Training

Quantifiable outcome

• Trained 1,300+ students through workshops, campus gatherings, and online teach-ins in 2025
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Climate Resistance Incubator (CRI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCN staff leaders receive regular coaching and support from Varshini Prakash, co-founder and former Executive Director of Sunrise Movement, through CRI programs.
• University of Miami Climate Accountability LabminorStrategic or Co-development Partner28 students from CCN member organizations worked with Geoffrey Supran, CCN Advisory Board Member, to uncover connections between universities and fossil fuel companies.
• Project Rise Up (PRU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCN joined and organized with PRU, a coalition of labor and student-led organizations fighting authoritarianism on campus. Partner organizations include Ohio Student Association, Higher Ed Labor United, AAUP, Sunrise Movement, Educational Freedom Project, Frontline for Freedom, Youth Action Fund.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Sierra Club (Sierra Student Coalition): The Sierra Student Coalition is the youth/student arm of the Sierra Club running campus environmental organizing. It is comparable to CCN in targeting students with climate organizing and training, but it sits within the much larger Sierra Club umbrella, making it a broad incumbent peer.
• Greenpeace USA: Greenpeace USA is a large climate and environmental advocacy organization with established grassroots and youth campaign programs targeting campuses and youth audiences. It operates at a much broader campaign portfolio and scale than CCN, classifying it as a broad incumbent peer.
• 350.org: 350.org is a large global climate movement organization running grassroots campaigns, fossil fuel divestment pressure, and student mobilization including a divestment network. It operates at a much broader scale and across continents, making it a broad incumbent in the same organizing and fossil-free-divestment space as CCN.

Direct peers

• Sunrise Movement: Sunrise Movement is a youth-led climate movement that trains student organizers and runs hub-and-chapter organizing on campuses and in communities. CCN explicitly coordinates with Sunrise groups (e.g., Sunrise Princeton, Sunrise UNC) and draws strategic support from Climate Resistance Incubator co-founded by Sunrise's former ED Varshini Prakash, making them a closely aligned peer in student climate organizing.
• Power Shift Network: Power Shift Network is a youth and student climate organizing network that ran coordinated training, convenings, and campaign infrastructure for campus climate groups. Although programming has wound down, it is a peer reference point for the nationwide student climate coalition model that CCN now operates.
• Earth Uprising: Earth Uprising is a youth-led climate organization that trains and mobilizes student climate advocates globally through chapters and campaigns. Like CCN, its core operating model is grassroots student organizing, training cohorts, and coordinated campus-facing advocacy, making it a near-direct peer in mission and structure.
• SEAC (Student Environmental Action Coalition): SEAC is a student-led network supporting campus environmental and climate justice organizing, training, and direct action. Its mission and target audience (student organizers on campuses) closely match CCN's, making it a direct peer in student environmental coalition-building.
• Climate Resistance Incubator: Climate Resistance Incubator (CRI) is an organizer-coaching program co-founded by Varshini Prakash that provides strategic coaching to movement leaders and partner organizations, including CCN staff. It is a direct peer in building climate-organizing leadership and capacity for movement-aligned groups.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/campus-climate-network/campus-climate-network
• Xx.com/cclimatenetwork
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/campus-climate-network

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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