First-of-kind work in real environments
01 / CLIMATE PHILANTHROPY
Put patient capital where evidence can find it.
Orbit Fund backs measurable climate interventions that are too early for conventional capital and too concrete for vague optimism.
verificationdeploymentlearning
02 / WHY ORBIT EXISTS
We fund the gap between a promising climate idea and the evidence required to scale it.
Every grant has a testable thesis, an accountable operator and a verification plan. We publish what worked, what did not and what the next funder should know.
03 / WHERE CAPITAL GOES
Flexible
philanthropic
capital
philanthropic
capital
Independent baselines and verification
Methods other operators can reuse
04 / CAPITAL PATH
01DILIGENCEIs the problem measurable?
02SELECTIs this the right operator?
03DEPLOYWhat must the grant unlock?
04VERIFYWhat changed, compared with baseline?
05PUBLISHWhat should the field learn?
05 / ACTIVE ORBITS
Living shoreline
12-month pilot across 3 estuaries
Baseline completeMethane measurement
Open hardware validation on 18 farms
Field testingPassive cooling retrofit
Low-cost shade systems for 6 public buildings
Monitoring06 / EVIDENCE BEFORE OPTIMISM
R42m
fictional grants deployed
19
field partners
82%
projects publishing methods
7
independent reviewers
07 / PEOPLE IN ORBIT
NKNia KahnClimate finance
OMOwen MensahField science
TRTara ReidGrant operations
SLSam LiuEvidence lead
ABAdvisory board6 external reviewers
09 / QUESTIONS AROUND THE ORBIT
01 / Who can apply for funding?
A production foundation would publish formal eligibility, governance and reporting terms. This fictional prototype focuses on the evidence-led information architecture.
02 / How do you choose independent reviewers?
A production foundation would publish formal eligibility, governance and reporting terms. This fictional prototype focuses on the evidence-led information architecture.
03 / Are results made public?
A production foundation would publish formal eligibility, governance and reporting terms. This fictional prototype focuses on the evidence-led information architecture.
04 / Can donors restrict a grant to one project?
A production foundation would publish formal eligibility, governance and reporting terms. This fictional prototype focuses on the evidence-led information architecture.
05 / What happens when a pilot fails?
A production foundation would publish formal eligibility, governance and reporting terms. This fictional prototype focuses on the evidence-led information architecture.
DONOR / PARTNER
Move capital toward a question worth answering.
OPERATOR / RESEARCHER