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Pro6 minute read· Updated 5 November 2026

Finding family offices that fund climate and nature

Find family offices and their foundations that fit your climate or nature project, reach the person who decides and write a first message for them.

Family offices can move faster than institutions, take risks a fund cannot and fund a project with a grant and an investment from the same family. They are also hard to find, rarely publish a mandate and usually ignore anything that reads like a mass mailing. This guide shows you how to tell the types apart, find the one or two people who decide, get a warm route in, and write a first message that suits climate and nature projects such as pre-issuance carbon finance or blended structures.

Inside this playbook

  1. What you need
  2. 1. Know the types
  3. 2. Know how they invest
  4. 3. Decide what you can offer them
  5. 4. Find the family offices
  6. 5. Find the decision-maker
  7. 6. Get a warm route in
  8. 7. Write the first message for one person
  9. 8. Follow up and keep it personal
  10. Checklist
  11. Further reading

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