Awareness
About
Action starts with awareness. We provide philanthropic support to fact-based communication projects. Our work is predominantly in Georgia and the Carolinas, the places we’ve had the privilege of calling home.
Green South’s current priority is raising awareness about our changing climate. There is a wide gap between our scientific understanding of this issue and what the average person knows. We are working diligently to close it by informing communities in the region about climate change causes, impacts, and solutions.
Funding criteria
Proposals are evaluated based on the strength of their ideas and the capabilities of their leaders. Key questions include:
How many people can a project inform and at what cost?
Does it speak to the priorities, values and concerns of folks in our region?
Is there a well defined plan, with clear goals, metrics and an implementation timeline?
Local journalism initiative
In 2021 we started making donations to help restore local news in the region. Newsrooms supported by Green South Foundation always have complete editorial independence. We are not involved in the editorial process or staffing decisions.
We believe strong, independent journalism is important to the vitality and wellbeing of the Southeast. During a period of financial hardship for local news, our funding is helping newsrooms regain the capacity to cover stories about our changing climate and other important environmental issues our communities are facing.
Fact-based journalism is an essential pillar of a functional society. By supporting local newsrooms, we can all help maintain an informed citizenry, defend ourselves from disinformation, and strengthen the bonds in our communities.
