Cool Davis

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$40,000 Goal


Stand Together On Climate! The Future Belongs To Everyone!

We are a collaboration of community members, city leaders, organizations, artists, and businesses who strive to live sustainably. We work closely with the City, the County and other community partners to set goals and act together to implement our local Climate Action and Resilience Goals.  

Cool Davis works primarily with households, neighborhoods and organizations. Since its founding, Cool Davis has engaged thousands of households in active greenhouse gas reductions through our rooftop solar, home energy efficiency, electric vehicle, and Cool Solutions campaigns. We partner with members of our Coalition as well as local businesses and community institutions to host popular public events, including talks, workshops, ride and drives, showcases, festivals, film screenings, panels, and educational forums. 

In the last year we have renewed our mission and completed a strategic plan calling us forward to: 

Recenter the organization - implementing equity and inclusion strategies and resources into all aspects of Cool Davis as an organization in existing and new programs, all our governance structures, staffing and volunteer corps.  Fully implement stipends for planning and program participation, update and renew culturally appropriate materials and on line tools website, engage in collaborative conversations with special populations within program areas including seniors, youth, vulnerable populations, cultural communities and rental households.

Strengthen our internal systems and external relationships preparing to respond to new partnerships and requests for services, ensuring risk management, and  the scaling and enhancing HR systems for staff and volunteer management as well as updating of database, website and other tech and communications tools to reflect our strategic direction and to better integrate program management to improve program management & reporting,  volunteer management and fundraising, donor relations and grant management tools.

Respond to the calls for expansion of our programs engaging in & planning the work in and beyond Davis to deliver Home Energy Make A Plan activities, transportation and other program activities and resilience initiatives within our new Climate Ready Neighborhoods framework. Planning includes conversations with partners, leaders and community groups, planning activities like surveys and focus groups, database design and development for asset mapping.

By Standing Together on Climate we can create enduring community resilience through equitable and inclusive strategies that lower greenhouse gas emissions and help our region adapt to a changing climate.  We are dedicated to better understanding and meeting the needs of the whole community, to contribute to a strong and resilient neighborhoods, and to inspire everyone to act!

As we move forward, we must all act for the people in our community and around the world who do not have the voice or resources to act but share an even greater portion of the risk. Together we can transform our lifestyles for the future of our children, our communities, and our planet. 



Mission

Cool Davis envisions a climate resilient region where everyone has equitable access to resources for sustainable, healthy lives.

Cool Davis works to create enduring community resilience through equitable and inclusive strategies that lower greenhouse gas emissions and help our region adapt to a changing climate.

Needs

$100,000 to support a portion of the expenses for the staff and resources of our Cool Solutions Campaigns. These key staff recruit and direct volunteer champions doing outreach to households in our Household Engagement, Clean Energy Homes and Ride Cool Campaigns.

$25,000 to fund discounts, incentives, and prizes to demonstrate and stimulate key household actions.

Key leadership volunteers to assist with committee and board leadership are needed to reach the next level of our goals. In particular Cool Davis is looking for volunteers who come from and are involved with varying parts of our community, who have skills in public speaking, an interest in GHG reduction activities, a willingness to help seek funding sources, and a passion for action to mitigate Climate Change.

People who have a passion for helping other people in our community start working on their next step in living sustainably. It can take a household ten years to make all the changes that they need and would like to make. Having a friendly supportive voice to trouble shoot ideas, suggest solutions and encourage each other along the way is what Cool Davis is all about.

Equipment and tablets for outreach teams working in neighborhood outreach.

Equity Statement

The statement below is an excerpt from the Cool Davis Statement of Commitment June 2020.

"Cool Davis pledges to listen, engage, and act as follows:

Listen to voices in our community impacted by injustice, to learn more meaningfully about different experiences, to become a better ally, and to use our platform to elevate those individuals and groups to become part of building strong networks for change.

Reform our recruiting practices (board, staff, volunteers), outreach programs, and services and approaches to community transformation to ensure that they are inclusive and truly address the needs of all the households in our community.

Work to protect and restore the environment and commit to building more just systems and programs that restore and enhance the right of all people to a clean, safe, and thriving planet; and, toward that end,

Specifically invite and empower voices from the black community and other communities of color to lead webinars and convenings, and post, edit, and curate content on our media channels."

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Cool Davis

Year Established

2010

Tax id (EIN)

27-3056050

Mission Category

Community Improvement, Capacity Building

Operating Budget

$100,001-$250,000

Organization Need

Funding: Program, Board Members, Volunteers, Technology

Demographics Served

General population

Local Counties Served

Yolo

Equity Statement

Equity Statement

Address

PO BOX 4013
DAVIS, CA 95617

Service areas

Davis, CA, US

Yolo County, CA, US

Phone

530-219-1712

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