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Foundation president, Harvey Fineberg, and chairman emeritus and co-founder, Gordon Moore, discuss the Statement of Founders’ Intent with staff.

Environmental Resources Trust

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First Grant

2005
Total Number of Grants

1
Cumulative Grant Amounts

$322,783

Focus Areas
Environmental Conservation

Based in Washington, D.C., Environmental Resources Trust was a nonprofit organization that pioneered the use of market forces to protect and improve the global environment. Founded in 1996, the trust harnessed the power of markets to address the challenges of tempering climate change, securing clean and reliable power and encouraging environmentally beneficial land use.

Environmental Resources Trust implemented economic ideas that addressed environmental challenges, using the organization's nonprofit status to take risks, produce results and publicize successes. The organization is no longer in existence.