Taproot Earth

What Taproot Earth does

Taproot Earth is a US-based nonprofit climate justice organization that advances Global Climate Reparations through frontline-led governance, community organizing, and resource redistribution. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Slidell, Louisiana, the organization operates as a coalition hub rather than a product company, centering Black liberation, Indigenous sovereignty, and frontline community governance as foundational to climate solutions. It serves frontline communities, regional climate justice organizations, movement-aligned attorneys, and global Black diaspora leaders across 16 US states, Puerto Rico, and 24 countries, and is structured to intentionally sunset by 2030.

The organization delivers its work through three core formations: Gulf South to Appalachia (GS2A), a regional formation spanning 16 states and Puerto Rico; Taproot Noire, a global Black diaspora formation; and the Just Transition Lawyering Network (JTLN), a coalition of movement-aligned attorneys. It also maintains the Global Climate Reparations initiative as its central programmatic framework, the #WeChooseNow climate action strategy, the Climate on Tap podcast series, the Climate Cup of Solutions initiative, the River to Belém COP30 campaign, and a portfolio of published reports and policy playbooks. Since its 2022 founding, Taproot Earth has stewarded over $14 million in pooled philanthropic funds redistributed to 100 frontline organizations through participatory budgeting, mobilized 400+ Gulf South organizations, and convened gatherings of more than 200 leaders from 22+ countries.

Its revenue model is built on individual donations, institutional philanthropy, and foundation grants accepted through its website and the EveryAction platform. The organization additionally serves as fiscal sponsor for the Gulf South for a Green New Deal Community Controlled Fund, managing pooled dollars directed to frontline groups through participatory governance. The organization has no commercial products, no pricing tiers, and no AI/ML technology development; its infrastructure is human and movement-based rather than software-based.

Name

Taproot Earth

Legal name

Taproot Earth

Website

https://taproot.earth

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Taproot Earth is a US-based nonprofit climate justice organization advancing Global Climate Reparations through frontline-led governance and community organizing. It operates three formations spanning 16 US states, Puerto Rico, and 24 countries, redistributing philanthropic funds to frontline communities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Justice Advocacy and Community Organizing

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Social Advocacy Organizations (81331), Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation (BPAGAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental & Climate Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAM), Climate Finance, Carbon Markets & MRV Systems (BPADALAB), Climate Resilience & Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) (BPAGABAK)

Keywords

• Climate justice organizing
• Community-controlled funding
• Environmental advocacy
• Grassroots movement building
• Climate reparations advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Slidell

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Philanthropic Funding: Taproot Earth operates as a US-based nonprofit organization funded through individual donations, institutional philanthropy, and foundation grants. The organization accepts donations through its website and EveryAction platform, with funds supporting frontline community organizing, convenings, and climate reparations initiatives.
2. Community Controlled Fund Stewardship: Taproot Earth serves as fiscal sponsor and steward for the Gulf South for a Green New Deal Community Controlled Fund (GS4GND CCF), managing pooled philanthropic dollars distributed through participatory budgeting to frontline organizations. Taproot Earth assumed fiscal responsibility in the third year (2023), with funds directed to climate justice organizations.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Taproot Earth is a US-based nonprofit that advances Global Climate Reparations by organizing frontline communities across three formations (Gulf South to Appalachia regional formation, Taproot Noire global Black diaspora formation, and Just Transition Lawyering Network legal support formation), stewarding community-controlled funds (including the Gulf South for a Green New Deal Community Controlled Fund), and convening frontline leaders through major gatherings such as the Global Climate Reparations Jubilee and Black Climate Leadership Summits. Its core products are advocacy initiatives, campaigns, media series, and reports that document and replicate frontline-led climate solutions.

Product overview

Taproot Earth is a US-based nonprofit organization advancing Global Climate Reparations. Rather than a traditional technology product company, it operates as a climate justice organization offering a portfolio of initiatives, campaigns, formations, media series, and publications. Core offerings include the Global Climate Reparations initiative (the central programmatic framework), the #WeChooseNow climate action campaign, three named formations (Gulf South to Appalachia regional formation, Taproot Noire global Black diaspora formation, and Just Transition Lawyering Network legal support formation), the Climate on Tap podcast series, the Climate Cup of Solutions initiative, the River to Belém COP30 journey campaign, and a collection of published reports covering climate action strategy, governance assembly outcomes, community-controlled funding models, and policy playbooks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Global Climate Reparations (GCR)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $14 million redistributed to frontline organizations through participatory governance
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Project SouthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Project South served as the initial fiscal sponsor for the Gulf South for a Green New Deal Community Controlled Fund (GS4GND CCF) during its first two years. As fiscal sponsor, Project South provided organizational infrastructure for managing pooled philanthropic dollars before Taproot Earth assumed fiscal responsibility in the third year (2023).
• Gulf South RisingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGulf South Rising (GSR) was a multi-year initiative (2010-2015) focused on building movement infrastructure and collective power in the Gulf South through People's Movement Assemblies. GSR Initiative birthed the Gulf South for a Green New Deal formation and later contributed to the development of Gulf South to Appalachia.
• Southern Movement AssemblycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGS2A uses the Resist & Build framework developed by the Southern Movement Assembly to guide its shared work, recognizing that movements must simultaneously resist harmful systems and build the world deserved. This framework shapes regional priorities and collective action.
• North Carolina Central University School of LawmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost of the Summit on Climate and Environmental Justice, Racism, and the Law in November 2023. The law school collaborated with Taproot Earth and other partners to convene over 175 frontline organizers, movement lawyers, and scholars for climate justice strategy.
• Duke Law School (Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Center on Law, Race and Policy)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipated in planning and steering committees for the Summit on Climate and Environmental Justice, Racism, and the Law. Duke Law contributed environmental law expertise and resources to the climate justice convening.
• University of North Carolina School of Law Center for Civil RightsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipated in planning and steering committees for the Summit on Climate and Environmental Justice, Racism, and the Law. Contributed civil rights legal expertise to the climate justice convening.
• Movement GenerationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMovement Generation developed the Just Transition Framework that informs Taproot Earth's approach to building economic and political power to move from extractive to regenerative economies rooted in equity and care.
• Just Transition Lawyering Institute (JTLI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJTLI is a training and community-building program for lawyers committed to aligning their legal practice with just transition principles. JTLN builds on JTLI's legacy of cultivating regional and issue-based relationships supporting frontline legal needs.
• Sol NationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-host of the Queen City Climate Convergence with Taproot Noire, including the Black Climate Leadership Summit and Sol Summit. Partner in building shared power and community-led climate solutions.
• Catholic Church / VaticanmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe 2025 Global Climate Reparations Jubilee Convening was catalyzed by the Catholic Church and Pope Francis's call for a Jubilee Year in 2025. The convening brought together faith and movement leaders across different spiritualities in a radical kinship for climate repair.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Project South: Project South is a Southern-based movement support organization focused on popular education and movement building in the US South. Directly comparable as a former fiscal sponsor and operational peer to Taproot Earth's GS4GND Community Controlled Fund, with overlapping regional organizing focus.
• Southerners on New Ground (SONG): SONG is a Southern LGBTQ+ organizing and movement-building organization working on racial, economic, and climate justice across the US South. Comparable in formation-based, frontline-led organizing structure and overlapping Southern US geography with Taproot Earth's Gulf South to Appalachia formation.
• Highlander Research and Education Center: Highlander is a longtime Southern movement education and organizing institution that has supported labor, civil rights, and environmental justice movements. Comparable in its role as durable movement infrastructure supporting frontline organizing across the US South.

Direct peers

• Grassroots Global Justice Alliance: Grassroots Global Justice Alliance is a US-based alliance of grassroots organizations working on climate justice, just transition, and frontline community power. Comparable to Taproot Earth in its frontline-led structure, formation-based organizing, and explicit framing of climate as a justice and reparations issue.
• Climate Justice Alliance: Climate Justice Alliance is a US-based member network of frontline organizations advancing climate justice through just transition, fossil fuel resistance, and frontline-led organizing. It is the closest direct peer to Taproot Earth — both center frontline communities, organize around just transition, and operate formation/network structures rather than top-down programs.
• Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN): APEN is an environmental justice organization building power in Asian and Pacific Islander communities in California. Directly comparable in frontline-led, constituency-based climate justice organizing model and in centering communities historically excluded from mainstream environmental movements.
• Indigenous Environmental Network: Indigenous Environmental Network is an Indigenous-led environmental and climate justice organization working on fossil fuel resistance, Indigenous sovereignty, and environmental protection. It is directly comparable in mission to Taproot Earth's Indigenous sovereignty commitments and frontline-led organizing model.
• Movement Generation: Movement Generation is a climate justice organization that developed the Just Transition Framework referenced explicitly by Taproot Earth. Both organizations anchor frontline-led organizing around just transition principles in the US, with overlapping leadership ecosystems and shared convening infrastructure.
• WE ACT for Environmental Justice: WE ACT for Environmental Justice is a Northern Manhattan-based environmental justice organization working on climate, air quality, and community health in frontline communities. Comparable in centering frontline communities of color and operating a mix of organizing, policy, and community-controlled funding programs.

Others

• Movement Strategy Center: Movement Strategy Center is a movement support and infrastructure organization providing capacity-building, fiscal sponsorship, and strategy support to frontline movements. Comparable as an ecosystem/adjacent organization that supports many of the same formation models Taproot Earth operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

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