1.5°Climate Projects (Internal)

The Wisco Project

$200,000 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

The Wisco Project is an impactful youth vote organization in Wisconsin, running large-scale campus organizing and student-oriented digital programming across the state. This year, the 60,000+ students at the 11 colleges and universities in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District have the power to decide not only one of the top congressional pick-up opportunities nationally, but also the State Senate and Assembly races that will be the tipping point in achieving a rare Democratic trifecta. The Wisco Project’s innovative plan will enable them to reach these students everywhere they are — in person and online — and mobilize them towards delivering these critical victories.

Geography: Wisconsin

Funding Type: c4c3

Presenter(s): Alex Teodorescu, State Director

Presentation Date: 07/07/2026

guides.vote

$254,397 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

Guides.vote produces nonpartisan voter guides that help voters understand where candidates stand on key issues. Produced by experienced journalists, the guides reached more than 7 million voters in 2024 and more than 1.5 million in 2025 through print and digital distribution, supported by a network of 700+ partners. For 2026, guides.vote will produce guides for the most important Senate, Governor and House races. With support from 1.5°Climate, they will expand to cover utility commission races in Arizona, Georgia, and Louisiana. Funding will go toward research, writing, translation, and distribution for these often-overlooked races affecting energy costs, utility regulation, infrastructure, and climate-related policy.

Geography: Georgia, Arizona, Louisiana

Funding Type: c3

Presenter(s): Lendsey Achudi, Executive Director

Presentation Date: 06/16/2026

| Start-Up/Innovative Project

CivicIQ

$100,500 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

Rural Electric Co-op (REC) elections are an overlooked, high-leverage opportunity to decarbonize the Midwest. By electing pro-clean energy board members, CivicIQ’s digital segmentation and voter engagement model can scale nationally to accelerate the U.S. clean energy transition. With support from 1.5°Climate, CivicIQ will run six coordinated REC pilots across Michigan, Indiana, and Missouri alongside state partners—building scalable rural digital infrastructure and proving a repeatable model for online REC Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) campaigns.

Geography: Michigan, Indiana, Missouri

Funding Type: c3

Presenter(s): Dana Schultz, VP of Community Engagement

Presentation Date: 05/26/2026

| Start-Up/Innovative Project

| Red States Investments

Climate Cabinet PAC

$100,050 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

The front lines of the energy transition have shifted to states and communities. Climate Cabinet uses data science to identify the most strategic, under-the-radar elections where targeted investment can unlock massive policy wins. From winning pro-climate state trifectas to securing under-the-radar offices like utility commissions, Climate Cabinet levels the playing field against special interests. Your contribution will support this election cycle’s top 100 opportunities for advancing local and statewide climate action. Funding will predominantly focus on key legislative seats and local races that control land use as well as clean energy permitting.

Geography: National

Funding Type: PACc4

Presenter(s): Caroline Spears, Executive Director

Presentation Date: 04/24/2026

Arizona Power PAC

$100,000 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

Salt River Project is a public water and power utility serving more than 2 million Arizonans. It is governed by an elected board that has raised rates on captive customers year after year while wasting scarce water on polluting power generation. The time for change is now. Clean energy advocates have already won 6 of 14 board seats, and a majority is within reach. With fewer than 10,000 people deciding most SRP elections, every vote matters. Awareness alone isn't enough. Arizona Power PAC is directly supporting the candidates who can deliver accountability and a clean energy majority on April 7th.

Geography: Arizona

Funding Type: PAC

Presenter(s): Charlie Fisher, Executive Director

Presentation Date: 02/24/2026

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Georgia Conservation Voters Action Fund

$809,750 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

Georgia Conservation Voters Action Fund (GCVAF) is a Section 527 SuperPAC LCV affiliate that supports candidates they trust to do the right thing for people and the planet. This year, there are two unprecedented elections for the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC), a body of elected officials that makes key decisions about the cost of electricity and which energy sources are used. GCVAF is developing a robust and strategic electoral campaign to turn out progressive voters across the state who have the power to replace anti-climate incumbents beholden to Georgia Power with champions for Georgia families and Georgia’s climate future.

Geography: Georgia

Funding Type: PACc4

Presenter(s): Allie Brown, Deputy Director

Presentation Date: 08/12/2025

Washington Conservation Action

$57,100 Raised

Washington Conservation Action works to protect Washington's air, water, land, and democracy. To defeat Initiative I-2117, they are focusing on increasing voter turnout among younger and Latino voters across the state, particularly in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District. This effort includes site-based and door-to-door engagement in key communities. Collaborating with community partners, they will conduct site-based persuasion and voter registration at community colleges, provide in-language outreach to Latino voters, and engage suburban neighborhoods through door-to-door contact. By utilizing a shared voter file with partners, Washington Conservation Action will ensure real-time data updates to maximize efficiency and impact.

Geography: Washington

Funding Type: PAC

Presenter(s): Alyssa Macy, CEO | Lennon Bronsema, Vice President of Campaigns

Presentation Date: 09/12/2024

NAYA Action Fund

$25,200 Raised

The NAYA Action Fund is raising funds to defeat Initiative 2117 in Washington State and protect the progress made under the Climate Commitment Act of 2021. They are mobilizing a paid field team for door-to-door canvassing and phone banking, while also launching a robust social media campaign and targeted mailers. Financial support will help inform voters, amplify their message, and ensure the community's voice is heard. Together, they aim to safeguard the environment and build a sustainable future for all.

Geography: Washington, Oregon

Funding Type: c4

Presenter(s): William Miller, Executive Director

Presentation Date: 09/12/2024

GALEO Impact Fund

$58,500 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

The GALEO Impact Fund was founded in 2019 to expand and influence Latino political power in Georgia and elect progressive policymakers who align with their community's values, and hold all officials with Latino constituencies accountable. Their sister organization GALEO was founded in 2003 to increase civic participation by educating and empowering the Latino community and developing Latino leaders through strategic leadership programs throughout Georgia. GALEO’s 2023 Puente Para La Gente Survey showed them that the cost of living, access to meaningful wages and jobs, and protecting the quality of the air and water are all top priorities for the community. GALEO Impact Fund's is working hard to achieve positive outcomes for the Gwinnett and Cobb transit referendums.

Geography: Georgia

Funding Type: c4c3

Presenter(s): Kyle Gomez-Leineweber, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy

Presentation Date: 08/27/2024

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Georgia Conservation Voters

$75,000 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

Georgia Conservation Voters (GCV) believes all Georgians have the right to breathe clean air, drink clean water, eat healthy foods, and live in a world free from environmental harm. As an LCV affiliate, GCV envisions a future where Georgia’s elected leaders are informed and empowered to take action to advance climate and environmental justice. Their vision for the 2024 transit referendums in Cobb and Gwinnett counties is to enhance mobility for all by providing the right services in the right places. By turning out voters to pass this referendum, they aim to create clean jobs, foster energy independence, grow Georgia’s economy, and address transportation equity.

Geography: Georgia

Funding Type: c4c3

Presenter(s): Brionté McCorkle, Executive Director

Presentation Date: 08/27/2024

Oregon League of Conservation Voters

$50,000 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

The Oregon League of Conservation Voters PAC (OLCV PAC) is the state’s leading environmental organization for electing pro-climate candidates. As an LCV affiliate, OLCV PAC's top priority for 2024 is electing new super majorities to the Oregon House and Senate. If successful, a number of climate and other progressive policies are expected to move through the State legislature as the Republican walk-out strategy that has blocked climate legislation in Oregon for years would be much less effective. Both chambers are just one seat shy of a super-majority, and there is a path to pick up those seats in 2024 while targeting state legislative races nested within the highly competitive OR-5 congressional race.

Geography: Oregon

Funding Type: c4c3

Presenter(s): Lindsey Scholten, Executive Director

Presentation Date: 07/23/2024

Nevada Conservation League

$20,000 Raised

Nevada Conservation League (NCL) proposes an investment to support known climate champion, Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod, in what is sure to be a tight-race against extreme election-denier, April Becker, for a seat on Nevada’s powerful Clark County Commission. The commission is arguably the most powerful governing body in Nevada; tasked with regulating the most populated county in Nevada, overseeing their number one economic driver, The Strip, and most importantly for the nation, certifying elections. As the political voice of Nevada’s conservation community and an affiliate of LCV, NCL works to protect their climate, air, water, land, and health by translating conservation values into political and policy priorities.

Geography: Nevada

Funding Type: c4c3

Presenter(s): Kristee Watson, Executive Director | Britney Van Citters, Political and Organizing Director

Presentation Date: 07/23/2024

Jane Fonda Climate PAC

$63,300 Raised

Jane Fonda Climate PAC is on a mission to reshape the political landscape, ensuring that leaders are not only aware of the urgent climate crisis but are also committed to taking decisive action. Through strategic campaigns, direct candidate support, and relentless grassroots organizing, Jane Fonda Climate PAC is holding the fossil fuel industry accountable and pushing for a sustainable future. And now, in 2024, they’re taking their efforts to the next level with the launch of a groundbreaking relational field organizing program. This initiative aims to empower communities and amplify their voices in electing climate champions to state legislative seats. These are the individuals who will shape policy, drive innovation, and lead us toward a cleaner, greener tomorrow. Join to learn more about the critical climate fights at the down ballot level and how JanePAC is building a bench of climate champions to lead us to a clean energy future.

Geography: National, California, Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Oregon, Colorado, Nevada.

Funding Type: PAC

Presenter(s): Jane Fonda, Principal | Sarah Lane, Executive Director

Presentation Date: 05/28/2024

Celebrity Presentation

Sister District Project

$31,500 Raised

Sister District mobilizes their national network of grassroots volunteers around the most strategic opportunities to win elections and build power in state legislatures. In 2024, they are driving make-or-break field and fundraising capacity to state legislative races in battlegrounds ― AZ, GA, MI, NC, NV, PA, WI. Sister District is closing narrow vote margins, helping Democrats win key seats, shifting the balance of power in entire chambers, and advancing policies on climate change, democracy, and more. Funding will allow Sister District to implement their proven volunteer-powered field strategies and tactics in these seven target states, and expand their work into MN and NH.

Geography: Arizona, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia

Funding Type: c4c3

Presenter(s): Lala Wu, Co-Founder & Executive Director

Presentation Date: 05/14/2024

Save our Schools

$100,000 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

Save our Schools is organizing around protecting public school funding, an issue that has allowed them to recruit and maintain 16,000 volunteers statewide. They are currently raising funds to expand their volunteer coordination staff from 8 to 16 expanding the reach of their already cost effective volunteer powered voter registration program. Save our Schools has been uniquely successful at reaching, registering, and turning out voters in non-urban parts of Arizona with a special focus on competitive state legislative races, many of which are nested within the States’ competitive congressional districts.

Geography: Arizona

Funding Type: c4c3

Presenter(s): Beth Lewis, Executive Director | Nicky Indicavitch, Outreach Director

Presentation Date: 04/30/2024

Climate Cabinet

$112,100 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

Climate Cabinet is Moneyball for Climate. To combat the climate crisis fast, we need to activate the levers of power that have the biggest impact. Please join this presentation by Climate Cabinet which will explore state and local candidates whose elections hold outsized impact on climate policies and infrastructure. Nested within key 2024 congressional battlegrounds, these pre-vetted candidates also run strong field and media campaigns, unlocking additional benefits all the way up the ballot. Join us to learn how small investments can equal big climate wins, and boost voter turnout in key geographies.

Geography: National

Funding Type: PAC

Presenter(s): Caroline Spears, Executive Director

Presentation Date: 03/12/2024

Powering Up the Deployment Decade

Greenlight America

$100,000 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

Greenlight America is focused on leveraging local grassroots support with the goal of winning local clean energy siting and permitting fights. The U.S. needs to build 6,000 clean energy facilities over the next decade, almost 2 per day, as well as more than 10,000 miles of transmission lines to hit emission reduction goals. Local opposition is the biggest obstacle to these projects, and there are few coordinated efforts to engage supporters as advocates for these projects. Greenlight is building a scalable, nationwide clean energy campaign hub to work with partner organizations, engage and mobilize local residents, and win project approvals.

Geography: National

Funding Type: c3

Presenter(s): Matt Traldi, Founder and CEO

Presentation Date: 10/10/2023

| Coordination, Collaboration, and Technical Assistance

| Start-Up/Innovative Project

Future Now

$15,000 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

Future Now is looking to raise funding to elevate climate action within their seven policy priorities. They leverage their network of legislators in purple states to advance policies. In particular, they will take a c4 approach to advocate directly for additional appropriations for new state-funded staff dedicated to capturing federal funds, creating state matching funds for federal grant proposals, and ensuring the funds are deployed towards projects that achieve positive climate outcomes.

Geography: National

Funding Type: c4

Presenter(s): Mandara Meyers, Chief Program Officer

Presentation Date: 02/21/2023

Powering Up the Deployment Decade

Powering Up the Deployment Decade

National Association of State Energy Officials

$205,000 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

NASEO, at the request of 1.5°CSG, is launching a $100k project to develop a suite of educational materials about the various federal funding opportunities, with a focus on the economic development opportunities and the need for states to allocate funds for new dedicated federal funding-focused state employees and provide matching funds to enhance grant proposals. These materials will be distributed to state energy offices, governor's offices, and other agencies and related associations across the country.

Geography: National

Funding Type: c3

Presenter(s): David Terry, President

Presentation Date: 02/21/2023

| Coordination, Collaboration, and Technical Assistance

Louisiana Electoral Collective

$136,700 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

Louisiana stands at the precipice of a constitutional crisis, raising grave concerns for climate, justice, and democracy. With the upcoming November election likely returning the Governor's office to the Republicans and them potentially maintaining their supermajorities in both chambers, Republicans could unilaterally convene a constitutional convention, threatening to overhaul the State constitution. Alarming proposals by Republicans include stripping local regulatory and taxing authority over the State's extensive fossil fuel and petrochemical industries. Hear from two organizations that are being coordinated by the Electoral Collective in Louisiana: Greater Now Orleans Housing Alliance, and Power Coalition for Equity & Justice

Geography: Louisiana

Funding Type: c4c3

Presenter(s): Ashley Shelton & Andreanecia Morris, President

Presentation Date: 02/10/2023

Project Narrative

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Additional Davante Lewis Public Service Commissioner Runoff Investments

$143,050 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

In addition to 1.5°CSG’s fundraising efforts for Together Louisiana and POWER Coalition for Equity & Justice in support of Davante Lewis’ election to Public Service Commissioner District 3 in Louisiana, 1.5°CSG also raised $69.5k for Davante Lewis’ candidate campaign and $73.6k which was allocated to other grassroots organizations positioned to positively impact this important race.

Geography: Louisiana

Funding Type: PACc4

Presentation Date: 12/01/2022

Additional Davante Lewis Public Service Commissioner Runoff Investments

Together Louisiana

$45,000 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

A faith focused organization that is deploying both c3 and c4 resources to aid with Davante Lewis receiving endorsements from other candidates that did not advance past the primary and to turn-out voters in regions that did not trend towards the fossil fuel friendly incumbent.

Geography: Louisiana

Funding Type: c4c3

Presenter(s): Broderick Bagert, Organizer

Presentation Date: 11/15/2022

POWER Coalition for Equity & Justice

$168,700 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

An experienced organization focused on expanding the electorate by reaching disenfranchised communities which runs direct programmatic activities and also sub-grants to a large number of other aligned grassroots organizations.

Geography: Louisiana

Funding Type: c4c3

Presenter(s): Morgan Shannon, Deputy Director

Presentation Date: 11/15/2022