Governance and Funding

Board of Directors

SRM360 is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organisation.

The Board of Directors will have legal and fiduciary responsibility for oversight of SRM360.

SRM360’s Board of Directors draws upon a wealth of experience in academia, media, technology, and climate philanthropy.

Larry Birenbaum spent his career in high-tech, retiring from Cisco Systems as a senior vice president, He is currently a partner at the LAD Climate Fund, which supports a range of non-profit initiatives in research, governance, and advocacy of SRM.

Dakota Gruener designed, led, and built ID2020, which became the leading standards-setting organization for privacy-protecting digital ID, and currently heads Reflective, a philanthropically-funded initiative to accelerate the pace of SAI research and technology development.

Pete Irvine is a co-founder of SRM360 has worked on SRM since 2009. He is also a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago’s Climate Systems Engineering Initiative.

Brooke Sadowsky has 20+ years experience optimizing operations and driving performance across global marketing agencies and start-up environments. She is currently Director of Finance and Operations for Climate Now and SRM360, where she encourages continuous improvement, innovation, and teamwork.

Funding

SRM360 does not represent the interests of any government, corporation, or interest group, and does not accept any funding which compromises the independence of the information and analysis it shares.  

SRM360 is supported by

The LAD Climate Fund advocates for objective research in the science and governance of sunlight reflection methods (SRM), as part of a comprehensive climate strategy that includes emissions mitigation, adaptation, and carbon dioxide removal. The fund is led by Andrew Verhalen, Larry Birenbaum, and David Schwartz, former technology entrepreneurs now dedicated to this cause. 

Quadrature Climate Foundation (QCF) is an independent charitable foundation established in 2019 by the founders of Quadrature Capital. QCF funds work across climate, poverty, inequality and human security, supporting work that strengthens communities today to enable a greener and fairer tomorrow.

The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust is a progressive family foundation guided by the values of its founders. The Trust advocates for social change that promotes human dignity and contributes to a more just, democratic, and environmentally sustainable world.

The Navigation Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization seeking to advance bold solutions to the world’s most urgent problems. Their founding endowment was gifted by Jed McCaleb. The Navigation Fund offers grants to high-impact organizations and projects that are taking bold action and making significant changes in Open Science, Farm Animal Welfare, Transforming Criminal Justice, and Climate Change.