VoLo Foundation joins them in their belief that fighting climate change is the best way to build a better future. VoLo’s grants have enabled NRDC to make significant advances in passing important environmental protection laws. In 2016, the NRDC successfully led a campaign that pushed President Obama to issue a permanent ban on drilling in 98 percent of U.S. Arctic waters and huge areas of the Atlantic. That year they also worked extremely hard to help Flint, Michigan achieve safe drinking water with the replacement of lead pipes.

VoLo Foundation has supported Camp Boggy Creek’s mission to give these children moments of adventure, laughter, and happiness.

VoLo Foundation’s grant supported the collection and analysis of data used to build a case for this forest conservation as an approach to climate change mitigation. The support for this endeavor has now grown into a 245-million-dollar project that protects 79 million acres and has avoided 46.3 tons of emissions in the forest of Colombia. It has been under implementation since July 2023 and is set to be completed in July 2033. VoLo is honored to have provided the seed money to WWF to help initiate this project.

VoLo Foundation’s grant to support this environmental education program allowed them to send several students to explore conservation work all over the country as paid interns.

VoLo Foundation’s support to Lelt in 2018 provided funding to build one of the only renewable-energy technology labs in Eastern Africa, the VoLo Computer Lab. This facility teaches disadvantaged students advanced IT programming skills and uses alternative energy sources, allowing students to continue their work, even when the power grid falters.

Additionally, the progress of the technology provided to students has led to the launch of a new program, Girls Who Code, an intensive learning course for ten of the most advanced technology students.

In 2019, VoLo’s grant supported their Fleet Farming Program which transforms the average American lawn into biodiverse, productive micro-farms and edible gardens. With its headquarters located in Parramore, a federally recognized food desert and “Promise Zone,” IDEAS For Us is working to educate the next generation on sustainable urban farming to combat climate change. Additionally, since 2018, Fleet Farming has worked with K-12 schools to launch programs that will benefit the community around food, farming, entrepreneurship, and healthy eating.

VoLo Foundation supports their commitment to organize, educate, and mobilize communities for impact.

VoLo Foundation supports Amplio’s Talking Book audio device which enables governments and development organizations to provide access to information in hard-to-reach communities. They are on a mission to reach the world’s most vulnerable communities through this inclusive digital technology. There are nearly 800 million people who cannot read or write. With the Talking Book, people can play messages in their local language on-demand and record feedback. In September 2019, the UN Secretary-General called on all sectors of society to mobilize for a decade of action for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through partnerships with UNESCO, the World Bank, UNICEF, and others, Amplio aims to reach 10 million people in the next 10 years to help achieve the UN SDGs.

With VoLo Foundation’s support, Eco Club engages students in taking action to improve the environment through project-based learning experiences in nutrition, sustainability, and agriculture.

In 2020, Ocean Conservancy partnered with Sachamama to connect communities, particularly Latino neighborhoods, to ocean health, climate change, and biodiversity to spur actions and policies to protect marine ecosystems.

In 2020, with the support of VoLo Foundation, CLEO partnered with the Union of Concerned Scientists, Miami-based agency, Zubi Advertising, and award-winning artist Bob Partington to create the Melting Florida campaign, which aimed to raise awareness in our community about how rapidly rising temperatures are affecting the state’s wildlife and people. The melting wax sculptures were an artistic metaphor for the toll human-caused climate change is taking on Florida’s wildlife and people. The campaign, garnering the support of several elected Florida leaders, was featured in hundreds of media outlets, including CNN, Univision, Fox, and many others.

In 2021, VoLo Foundation committed to help fund The Heart Program at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital and provide extraordinary pediatric surgical treatments. They are continuing these efforts with their newly built operating rooms in the five-story tower including the “VoLo Foundation Cardiac and Neurology Floor.”

In 2021, VoLo Foundation partnered with the Cox Science Center and Aquarium located in West Palm Beach, FL to display the “Earth Matters: Rethink the Future” exhibit, highlighting the importance of creating a sustainable future for the planet. This exhibit features five interactive learning zones, teaching children about ecosystems that are at risk, the effect of climate change on tree growth, how much power it takes to energize an entire town, how to restore coral reefs, and more.

The highly successful exhibit was created in Australia to deep dive into the science behind some of the changes we are seeing in our environment. With VoLo Foundation’s support, the exhibit travelled to West Palm Beach to educate children and families in the community.

In partnership with The Ohio State University, VoLo Foundation supported the scientific research conducted by the Ice Core Paleoclimatology group at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center. This collaboration facilitated ice core drilling projects and analysis, student participation in the research, and long-term storage of the ice, all under the direction of Drs. Lonnie G. Thompson and Ellen Mosley-Thompson. 

VoLo Foundation funds the ongoing work of Dr. Jose Guevara-Patiño, MD, Ph.D., and his team, as they make advances on bladder and kidney research, utilizing the immune system to battle cancer.

In 2022, VoLo Foundation supported their Conservative Outreach Initiative, which aimed to engage people and foster collaboration across the political spectrum to achieve impactful change in climate legislation. Fast-acting and innovative climate policies are urgently needed in the United States – and bipartisan cooperation is crucial to making it happen. CCE’s Conservative Outreach Initiative recruits, educates, and mobilizes politically right- of-center individuals to strategically build political will for climate solutions in Congress.

VoLo Foundation’s grant supports their research to find a cure for those suffering from these hereditary inclusion body myopathies.

In 2021, VoLo Foundation committed to help fund The Heart Program at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital and provide extraordinary pediatric surgical treatments. They are continuing these efforts with their newly built operating rooms in the five-story tower including the “VoLo Foundation Cardiac and Neurology Floor.”

VoLo Foundation supports Water People Theater in their goal to form high-quality professionals, as well as better human beings through the development and reinforcement of social values in children and adolescents through theater, as well as in their commitment to achieving a more just society.

VoLo Foundation supports Best Buddies in Florida, as they ensure that individuals with IDD are learning about climate-specific topics and enacting positive global change through training, advocacy, and civic engagements. VoLo is proud of the way Best Buddies educates people with IDDs about bugs and their significant role in our environment.

They also host trivia nights to create dialogue about positive climate action taking place in the world. Climate experts are joining “Working Wednesdays” to educate those looking for work on various climate initiatives they can involve themselves in.

Together, VoLo Foundation and Project Alianza have created VoLando: a training program upskilling and deploying women as Community Educators in climate vulnerable communities. The purpose of this program is to train local women as educators, mentor girls through school, and develop, disseminate, and facilitate teaching high-quality reading materials for youth in their communities.

VoLo Foundation values this research recognizing the increasing understanding that the environment plays a significant role in human health and disease.