The Sunrise Project (Australia)

The Sunrise Project is a global network of independent organisations that share a common mission and common values. We believe in the power of social movements to change the world. We’re passionate about building networks who can drive the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy to reduce greenhouse pollution and create a healthy and prosperous future for everyone.

How We Work
Sitting at the intersection of social movements and philanthropy, we’ve developed a ‘directed network’ model that supports networks of people and organisations to work together to achieve large-scale change that wouldn’t have been possible by individual organisations acting alone.

We essentially do six things:

Analysis to understand the political, social and economic systems driving the climate crisis;
Strategy design for multi-partner efforts that create systemic change;
Partner with philanthropy to resource these strategies;
Fund a diversity of organisations and support them to work together for collective impact;
Support organisations and movements to sharpen their strategies and build their capacity to achieve real-world outcomes; and
Drive strategic interventions that will hasten the transition beyond fossil fuels.
From experience, we understand that complex webs of power shape our society, and many factors usually need to come together to achieve large-scale change. Our strategies start with a focus on understanding who has the power to implement the changes we need, what motivates them, and how they can be influenced.

Mission
Driven by the imperative of climate justice, The Sunrise Project’s mission is to scale social movements to drive the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy as fast as possible.