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The Center on Global Energy Policy is supported through contributions to Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs from a variety of sources, including foundations, corporations, and individual donors who share Columbia University’s commitment to improving energy policy through rigorous and independent analysis and engaged dialogue on global climate and energy issues. We are deeply appreciative of those who support our work and take transparency of funding very seriously, which is why all are listed on our website.
Corporate Partnerships
Visionary Annual Circle
Visionary Annual Circle members consist of corporations that have made an annual or multi-year, aggregate commitment of $1,000,000 or more.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Tellurian Inc.
Transformative Circle
Transformative Circle members consist of corporations that have made an annual commitment of $250,000 or more.
Aramco Services Company
bp, plc.
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
ConocoPhillips
Coterra Energy Inc
Devon Energy
Equinor
ExxonMobil
HIF Global
National Grid plc
ONEOK, Inc.
Shell plc
TotalEnergies
Venture Global LNG, Inc.
Innovator’s Circle
Innovator’s Circle members consist of corporations that have made an annual commitment of $100,000 or more.
Capital Power
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Chevron
EQT Corporation
JERA Co., Inc.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Sempra
Sunnova Energy International
Future Power Markets Forum
Future Power Markets Forum members consist of corporations that have made an annual commitment of $5,000 or more and participate in a regular roundtable discussion series to explore practical solutions for efficient and reliable power market design based on the observed trajectory of decarbonization.
ACORE
CAISO
Calpine
Clean Energy Buyers Association
Clearpath
Constellation
EPRI
Google
Gridlab
Meta
National Hydropower Association
NextEra
NRG
Rocky Mountain Institute
Sustainable FERC
Tenaska
Vistra Energy
Foundations and Individual Donors
Visionary Annual Circle
Visionary Annual Circle members consist of foundations and individual donors that have made an annual or multi-year, aggregate commitment of $1,000,000 or more.
Anonymous
Anonymous
the bedari collective
Jay Bernstein
Breakthrough Energy LLC
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
Arjun Murti
Ray Rothrock
Kimberly and Scott Sheffield
Leadership Annual Circle
Leadership Annual Circle members consist of foundations and individual donors that have made an annual commitment of $200,000 or more, or a multi-year, aggregate commitment in excess of $500,000.
Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust
Jonathan Goldberg
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Maria Jelescu
Mark Gallogly and Lise Strickler / Three Cairns
New York Power Authority
Jeremy Oppenheim / Quadrature Climate Foundation
Mike and Sofia Segal
Sumant Sinha and Vaishali Nigam-Sinha
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Sustaining Annual Circle
Sustaining Annual Circle members consist of foundations and individual donors that have made an annual commitment of $1,000 or more.
Osmar Abib
American Council on Renewable Energy
Nick Beim
Bill Budinger / Rodel Foundation
California Independent System Operator (CAISO)
ClimateWorks Foundation
Paul F. Curran
Arden D. Down
Veenita and Chinonso Emehelu
Enel
Environmental Defense Fund
European Climate Foundation
Exelon
Charities Aid Foundation of America
Charles and Sara Fabrikant
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Founders Pledge, Inc.
Matt Fox
Tanya and Gary T. Giglio
Global Infrastructure Partners
Growald Family Fund
Hrousis Family Fund
Paul Joskow and Dr. Barbara Zita Chasen
Peter Kagan and Susannah Smetana Kagan
Karen Karniol-Tambour
Maria Jelescu
J.M. Kaplan Fund
Laura and Brooks Klimley
Cheryl LaFleur and William Kuncik
Jonathan Scott Lavine and Jeannie B. Lavine
Linden Trust for Conservation
Bruce MacLennan and Wan Li SIPA ’01
Christopher P. McDougal
The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Dr. Edward L. Morse and Linda Morse
Natural Resources Defense Council
New Jersey Resources
Mary Nichols
Dr. Meghan O’Sullivan
Pioneer Natural Resources
Daniel B. Poneman
Point72 Asset Management LP
Ann and Gopal Reddy / Climate Pathfinders
Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance
Theodore Roosevelt IV
Dr. Gary N. Ross / Gary and Carol Ross Foundation
Salim Samaha
Wendy and Jeffrey E. Schwarz
Phil Sharp
Suhail Adham Sikhtian
Susan Tierney
Michael Tusiani
United States Energy Association/Department of Energy
David Wallerstein
Lulu C. Wang
Cynthia Warner
Whalesback Foundation
Douglas M. Wharton
Tracy Wolstencroft
Daniel Yergin
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