LC3 Centres are locally governed and are self-financed through endowments ranging in size from $20M to $100M.
All Centres have a flexible set of tools to use to advance locally-tailored strategies:
Community grant-making to advance efforts of diverse local leadership.
Program development to bridge local capacity gaps and catalyze new approaches.
Impact investing to mobilize private resources towards low-carbon solutions.
Alberta Ecotrust’s Climate Innovation Fund
Calgary and Edmonton, AB
Through it’s Climate Innovation Fund, Alberta Ecotrust provides a suite of programs to complement and advance the climate leadership work undertaken by the cities of Calgary and Edmonton.
Greater Montreal Climate Fund
Greater Montreal Area, QC
The Greater Montreal Climate Fund is a climate organization that invests and develops programs to accelerate that scaling of low carbon solutions in the Greater Montreal area.
Halifax Climate Investment Innovation and Impact Fund
Halifax Regional Municipality, NS
The Halifax Climate Investment, Innovation and Impact Fund is helping to shape a greener future for the Halifax region.
Zero Emissions Innovation Centre
Metro Vancouver, BC
Working with governments, Indigenous partners, industry and others, we support ambitious climate policy, address barriers, and catalyze, accelerate and scale innovation to strengthen equitable and resilient communities for current and future generations.
The Atmospheric Fund
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, ON
Urban climate action for positive change.