/Goldman Sachs

Cumulative

  • $12.5 million Trust Funds Contribution

2022

  • $12.5 million Trust Funds Contribution

The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund is a nonprofit corporation that gives grants to a wide range of charitable projects.

In February 2022, the foundation committed a grant contribution of $12.5 million to the ADB-administered Climate Innovation and Development Fund (CIDF). The CIDF was established in February 2022 to support innovative nonsovereign climate change projects in South and Southeast Asia. Its purpose is to support sustainable low-carbon economic development in developing countries in South and Southeast Asia by increasing the pace, scale, and ambition of climate solutions and contributing to the clean energy transition.

Active Trust Funds

Trust funds with ongoing projects or no active projects but with remaining funds are considered active

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ADB and TPDDL, the distribution arm of Tata Power, entered into an agreement to subscribe to nonconvertible debentures for ₹1.5 billion (equivalent to $18.2 million) to enhance Delhi’s power distribution through grid enhancements, and a $2 million grant to partially finance the purchase and integration of a pilot battery energy storage system.

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