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Learn more about RMI’s Solutions Council and Innovators Circle below, and join us as we pick up the pace of change.

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Solutions Council

Annual Contributions of $1,500–$24,999

When you make an annual contribution of $1,500 or more, we welcome you into RMI’s Solutions Council — a growing community of dedicated philanthropists, industry experts, policy leaders, and community advocates who are accelerating solutions that will secure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future.

In the rapidly changing landscape of energy transformation, our Solutions Council’s collective generosity provides flexible funding to help RMI build capacity, set Institute priorities, and respond to time-sensitive opportunities that accelerate the pace of change.

By joining the Council, you’ll gain extra insight into RMI’s research and analysis and how we are scaling energy solutions at the edge of innovation. Through your liaison within our development team, you can access RMI experts and exclusive Solutions Council programming that you can share with your networks.

Are you interested in joining other leaders on the Solutions Council? Contact Margaret Salamon at [email protected] or by phone at +1 303-567-8716.

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Innovators Circle

Annual Contributions of $25,000 and Above

Donors who join our Innovators Circle are building a better future for people around the world through their leadership and generosity. By contributing $25,000 or more, you are welcomed into this growing network of change-agent donors who — together — are reshaping the energy landscape as we know it.

Our Innovators Circle donors create collective and individual impact through their support. You may choose to make an unrestricted gift that provides critical, flexible funding for key opportunities or a direct donation to the program or initiative of your choice

By joining the Innovators Circle, you also have exclusive access to opportunities to interact with RMI’s senior leadership, who will share how we are shaping markets and transforming our climate future. You will work one-on-one with a personal liaison on the RMI development team to achieve your clean energy philanthropic goals and catalyze change through your giving.

Are you interested in joining other leaders on the Innovators Circle? Contact Margaret Salamon at [email protected] or by phone at +1 303-567-8716.

Estate gifts of any size are meaningful contributions.

Legacy Society

Transforming our energy system requires bold, immediate action, it also calls for thoughtful long-term planning.

Members of RMI’s Legacy Society have made a lasting investment in our mission by including RMI in their estate plans. Their commitment helps ensure we can continue to drive the clean energy transition in the decades ahead, just as we have for more than 40 years. Legacy Society donors keep their resources aligned with the values they hold dear, advancing a verdant and equitable energy future for generations to come.

By joining the Legacy Society, you’ll gain extra insight into how we are scaling energy solutions at the edge of innovation. Through your liaison within our development team, you can access RMI experts and exclusive programming that you can share with your networks.

Are you interested in joining RMI's Legacy Society? Learn more about planned giving>>

What will be your legacy? When your grandchildren ask what you did to meet humanity’s supreme energy challenge, how will you answer? I’ve made provisions for RMI in my will and know I can rely on its talented staff and forward-thinking leaders to use that support wisely to carry on my vision.

‐Amory B. Lovins, RMI Cofounder and Chief Scientist

Reflections from Our Legacy Society Donors

“We get so much back in joy and sense of mission to be able to support RMI, even after we’re no longer alive. You can’t do what you’re doing without us. And we can’t do what we’re doing without you. It’s a community.” — Marge Wurgel and Keith Mesecher, Legacy Donors since 2004
“The main reason for choosing RMI above so many others–and the main thing that makes RMI stand out–is the global scale on which they are contributing. There’s a lack of opposition that I feel RMI has in its views between renewable, environmental, and progressive ideals on the one hand, and business ideals on the other. I feel RMI looks at those two worlds not in terms of how they are opposed, but how they can support each other.”– Meredith McIntosh, Legacy donor since 2012
“My connection with RMI goes back to the 1970s. At that point, Amory Lovins was among the first to raise awareness, at a national and international level, that there was not an eternity of fossil fuels, and that it made economic sense to move toward a sustainable energy program. His whole approach is thinking beyond the box. Something he said always stuck with me: You can start an avalanche by moving the right rocks.”– John Harter, Legacy donor since 2007
“For decades, RMI has worked with the diverse interests of different stakeholder communities to find common ground and create win-win solutions that leave everyone better off. As a Legacy donor, I feel I can do my very small part in ensuring that RMI has a solid and predictable foundation to support its long-term goals and strategies.”– Chuck Sieloff, Legacy donor since 2012
“My association with RMI started with hearing Amory during those years. He’s impressed me with his insight and tenacity, and also with the fact that he’s worked around government to foster private partnerships, and even make change with corporations people don’t much care for. I think we shouldn’t write off any potential partnership as long as it moves us toward the goal line.”– Mark Schaffer, Legacy donor since 2007
“It’s important for us to support the key institutions in the world. People say, ‘Think global, act local.’ In my striving for that, I find RMI right in the middle of that outward path. They are a vehicle for my impact to be global.”– Liza Loop, Legacy donor since 2012
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