The Mitchell Foundation | Environmental, Clean Energy Grantmakers

CGMF's New CEO

Meet Aspen Institute executive and Texas native Randall Kempner
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The Long Game

This CGMF-funded short-documentary series addresses energy development's impact in the greater Big Bend region of far West Texas, and what is being done to minimize impact to landowners and communities and conserve this unique area's natural resources.
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Clean Energy

CGMF understands Texas has a tremendous opportunity to benefit from a clean energy economy and is committed to promoting energy efficiency and minimizing the air and water impacts from energy production.
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Cooks Branch Conservancy

Cook's Branch offers a glimpse into what a century of regeneration looks like in the East Texas Piney Woods ecoregion. CGMF's award-winning 6,000-acre conservancy exemplifies habitat management and wildlife conservation on private land.
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Galveston

The Galveston Program honors George and Cynthia Mitchell’s interest in and love for the community of Galveston. CGMF's long-term objective is to drive a general transformation of the island.
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Land Conservation

CGMF is committed to working to create the conditions that enable dramatically-scaled land protection and encourage, promote, and incentivize broad-based stewardship practices on private lands.
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Shale Sustainability

CGMF focuses on improving the governance of shale development in addition to supporting efforts to reduce the negative environmental and community impacts of shale gas development.
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Sustainability Education

CGMF seeks to expand the sustainability science approach to solving complex, interrelated economic, social, and environmental problems by educating a new generation of leaders via a state-of-the-art, Texas-wide academic network.
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Water

CGMF aims to increase the scientific understanding of water issues in Texas through its Grand Challenges initiative—a means of designing effective policy that meets the water quantity needs of the environment.
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The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation is a mission‐driven grantmaking foundation that seeks innovative, sustainable solutions for human and environmental problems.

The foundation works as an engine of change in both policy and practice in Texas, supporting high-impact projects and practices at the nexus of environmental protection, social equity, and economic vibrancy.

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