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SIPA Partners in Improving Energy Policy

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.

Foundations and Individual Donors

Visionary Circle

Visionary Circle members are foundations and individual donors that have contributed $1,000,000 or more since July 1, 2021.

  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • Aphorism Foundation
  • the bedari collective
  • Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
  • David Leuschen
  • Mike and Sofia Segal
  • Kimberly and Scott Sheffield
  • Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust
  • Ray Rothrock

Leadership Circle

Leadership Circle members are foundations and individual donors that have contributed between $200,000 and $999,999 since July 1, 2023. 

  • Len Baker
  • Bezos Earth Fund
  • Climateworks Foundation
  • David and Victoria Foley
  • The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
  • Zach Schreiber
  • Sumant Sinha and Vaishali Nigam-Sinha
  • Tracy Wolstencroft
  • Jay and Jill Bernstein

Sustaining Circle

Sustaining Circle members are foundations and individual donors that have contributed between $1,000 and $199,999 since July 1, 2023. 

  • Dwight Anderson
  • Anonymous
  • Mark Berg
  • Paul Curran
  • Ruth Dreessen
  • Energy Foundation China 
  • Jonathan Goldberg
  • Hendrik W. P. Gordenker
  • Eric Harris
  • Matt Harris
  • Harvard University
  • Maria Jelescu Dreyfus
  • Paul Joskow
  • The Journey of Hope Fund
  • Marianne Kah
  • Cheryl Ann LaFleur
  • Linden Trust for Conservation
  • Edward Morse
  • Arjun Murti
  • Meghan O’Sullivan
  • Sunaina Ocalan
  • Rockefeller Foundation
  • Salim Samaha
  • Greg Sharenow
  • Phil Sharp
  • Gajtana Simonovski
  • Suhail Sikhtian
  • Jessica Uhl 
  • United Nations Development Programme
  • Will VanLoh
  • Cynthia Warner
  • Kassia Yanosek
  • Dan Yergin

Corporate Partnerships

Visionary Circle

Visionary Circle: Visionary Circle members are corporations that have contributed $1,000,000 or more since July 1, 2021.

  • Occidental Petroleum
  • Tellurian

Transformative Circle

Transformative Circle members are corporations that have contributed between $250,000 and $999,999 since July 1, 2023. 

  • Aramco Americas
  • Chubu Electric Power 
  • ConocoPhillips 
  • Coterra Energy 
  • Devon Energy 
  • Equinor
  • ExxonMobil
  • HIF USA
  • ONEOK
  • Pioneer Natural Resources 
  • Shell

Innovator’s Circle

Innovator’s Circle members are corporations that have contributed between $100,000 and $249,999 since July 1, 2023. 

  • bp
  • Capital Power
  • Expand Energy Corporation
  • Chevron
  • EQT Corporation 
  • GE Vernova
  • JERA Americas 
  • JERA Co. Inc
  • JPMorgan Chase Foundation
  • Sempra
  • TotalEnergies

Affiliates Circle

Affiliates Circle members are corporations that have contributed between $50,000 and $99,999 since July 1, 2023. 

  • Atlas N.V. of the AtlasInvest Group

Sustaining Circle

Sustaining Circle members are corporations that have contributed between $5,000 and $49,999 since July 1, 2023. 

  • American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
  • California Independent System Operator
  • Calpine
  • Clean Energy Buyers Association
  • Constellation Energy 
  • Corporación Andina de Fomento
  • Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
  • FutureScaleX Insights
  • GridLab
  • Hartree Partners
  • Hess 
  • MN8 Energy
  • Natural Resources Defense Council Inc Sustainable FERC Project
  • NRG Energy
  • Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
  • Tenaska 
  • Vistra Corporate Services

Additional Resources and Information

  • Partnerships: The Office of Corporate & Foundation Relations in the University’s Office of Alumni and Development works with foundations and corporations to develop partnerships that advance Columbia’s research, scholarship, and strategic initiatives, and that align with our partners’ philanthropic missions.
  • Research Compliance: The Office of Research Compliance and Training helps ensure that Columbia faculty, students and staff are in compliance with the complex web of regulatory requirements that govern research.
  • Conflicts of Interest: The University’s policies addressing conflicts of interest in research are designed to maintain the trust of the public, research volunteers, and the University research community and to protect against risks to research integrity, research participants and the academic mission that may result from individual or institutional conflicts of interest in research.
  • Research Misconduct: The University’s Standing Committee on the Conduct of Research implements the Institutional Policy on Misconduct in Research has put in place policies and procedures that define misconduct, outline the process for investigating allegations, and explain the consequences of committing misconduct to ensure the integrity of our research.
  • International Research: To help researchers plan for risks and requirements that may be associated with international projects, the University has established International Research Risk Management Procedures
  • Economic Sanctions and Restricted Parties: Certain entities and individuals are subject to sanctions or other restrictions under U.S. law. These restrictions apply to both domestic and foreign entities and individuals and may restrict the University’s ability to engage in a project, collaboration or other transaction with that entity or individual.
  • For a full list of donors from FY23 and FY22, please see here.