The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism

The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism

The Overbrook Foundation has worked during the past few years to improve an underperforming U.S. environmental movement. 

Starting in 2013, Overbrook embarked on an effort to address some of the issues that “hobble the progress of the environmental movement.” Those problems include competition among groups and an inability to identify shared goals and align interests. Overbrook also set out to broaden the environmental movement to connect with other progressive issues like social and economic justice. 
This is a merging of two philanthropic strategies—using grantmaking power to connect groups with shared interests and making environmentalism more diverse and inclusive. …