Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment

To: Trustees and Executive Committee
From: MT- Land & Cattle · Office of the Director
Re: RESEARCH YEAR · FY2027 funding pathway — mandate, gap, and rebuild plan
Date: 2026-08-25

Mandate
Put science into climate action through research, education, and outreach that protects the health of people most vulnerable to climate change — at every level: individuals, health care systems, communities and cities, and national and global policy.

State of the funded stack
Our four pillars carry $8M in annual program commitments. 42% is secured ($3.38M), $1.45M is in review with funders, and $3.15M is on the rebuild list — primarily federal continuations we are actively re-sourcing (NIH NHLBI, HRSA, NIEHS P42, EPA EJ collaborative, USAID climate-health). The runway to fully rebuild sits at $4.62M, and matched capital is already on the pathway.

Pillar-by-pillar
  • Individuals — APECS · Air Purification for Eosinophilic COPD
      Commitment $1.85M · Funded 88% · To rebuild $222K · Runway needed $222K
  • Health care systems — Climate MD + Frontline Clinic Resilience
      Commitment $2.40M · Funded 28% · To rebuild $900K · Runway needed $1.73M
  • Communities and cities — ACRES · Mystic River Watershed + C-EARTH heat interventions
      Commitment $2.10M · Funded 27% · To rebuild $1.33M · Runway needed $1.54M
  • National and global policy — CHAIR-India + Climate-Smart Public Health (Madagascar/Nepal)
      Commitment $1.65M · Funded 32% · To rebuild $700K · Runway needed $1.13M

The rebuild pathway
We are actively engaged with 9 matched funders representing $8.80M in addressable capital:
  • Kansas Agricultural Trust · Climate & Health — Discovery Award · $1.5M / 3 yr. Fit 96. Ask $1.45M. Window: Rolling · next review Mar 2026. Status: Drafting.
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies · Environment — Climate-resilient health systems RFP. Fit 91. Ask $900K. Window: LOI due Apr 15, 2026. Status: Tracking.
  • Kresge Foundation · Environment — Climate Change, Health & Equity initiative. Fit 88. Ask $750K. Window: Invitation-only · warm intro in hand. Status: Tracking.
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — Policies for Action · climate & health. Fit 84. Ask $600K. Window: Concept note open Feb–May 2026. Status: Tracking.
  • Google.org · Climate & Health AI — AI for Climate-Resilient Health Systems. Fit 89. Ask $1.20M. Window: Invitation cohort · next intake May 2026. Status: Tracking.
  • AstraZeneca · Sustainability — Healthy Heart Africa × Climate Resilience extension. Fit 86. Ask $950K. Window: LOI window Feb–Apr 2026. Status: Tracking.
  • Apple · Health Research — Environmental exposure × wearable data collaboration. Fit 81. Ask $700K. Window: No RFP · relationship-led, quarterly reviews. Status: Tracking.
  • Salesforce.org · Sustainability — Frontline Health Equity + Net Zero Cloud grant. Fit 79. Ask $450K. Window: Rolling · quarterly review. Status: Tracking.
  • Novo Nordisk Foundation — Planetary Health · Climate & NCDs. Fit 84. Ask $1.80M. Window: Open call · Sep 2026 close. Status: Tracking.

Pursuing the top three (Kansas Ag Trust Discovery, Bloomberg climate-resilient health systems, Kresge CCH&E) closes roughly 67% of the rebuild gap within one 12-month cycle without requiring mandate expansion.

Ask of the board
1. Approve the Kansas Ag Trust Discovery Award submission (drafting now) and the Bloomberg LOI at the April 15 window.
2. Authorize a 6-month internal bridge against the Health-Care-Systems pillar to protect FQHC training deployments while CDC review resolves.
3. Confirm the mandate as stated — the rebuild strategy assumes no scope change; any deviation should be surfaced now.

Every figure in this memo is generated from the MT- Land & Cattle funding pathway in CHELCIE Agriculture Access BETA Compass and is traceable to its source line. This memo is a draft; replace signatories and refine narrative voice before circulating.

— Prepared via CHELCIE Agriculture Access BETA Compass · 2026-08-25