Evergreen Climate Innovations is a nonprofit venture fund that reinvests philanthropic and corporate contributions into early-stage climate companies, focusing specifically on the Midwest, where only 3% of climate-tech investment currently goes, and it often serves as the first outside investor in hard climate technologies with long timelines to market. Beyond investing, it also manages public climate-innovation funding for Illinois and helped lead a U.S. Department of Energy-backed regional partnership, reflecting a founding team with roots in both venture building and large-scale energy infrastructure.