CLARA LIONEL FOUNDATION
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Mission Statement
The Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF) was founded in 2012 by Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty in honor of her grandparents, Clara and Lionel Braithwaite. CLF invests in climate justice and climate resilience initiatives in the Caribbean & United States and helps communities prepare for and withstand natural disasters.
About This Cause
To achieve maximum impact moving forward, our mission driven work is concentrated across three core strategic pillars in the Caribbean and United States: 1. Climate Resilience & Emergency Response - We seek to bridge the humanitarian and climate sectors in order to alleviate poverty and build resilience. At the heart of this work is our Climate Resilience Initiative—a strategic vehicle focused on investing philanthropic dollars across multiple dimensions of emergency preparedness while scaling climate change solutions across the Caribbean. By investing in preparedness and working with on-the-ground partners, we are enabling more communities to better withstand natural disasters before they hit. 2. Climate Justice - We believe in the power of collective action to combat racial and socioeconomic disparities so that all people can thrive, no matter where they live. We support grassroots organizations fighting for systems and policy change on behalf of BIPOC populations in order to build a more equitable future for all, not just some. 3. Legacy - As a throughline of these core strategic pillars is a third strategic focus: the continuation of our Legacy Projects portfolio. The origin story of our Legacy work began in Barbados with an inaugural grant to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and has continued to take its cues from our Founder’s dedication to unlocking the potential of underserved communities, particularly women and children, in her native Caribbean country and the U.S.