Not to worry, they’ve figured out how to make millions off their donations
co-founder & CEO of the Climate Emergency Fund is:
Wikipedia: Trevor Neilson
Co-founder and Chairman of the Climate Emergency Fund...
Upon leaving Washington State University, Neilson moved to Washington, D.C. where he became an intern for United States Representative Jolene Unsoeld (D)... Following that internship and Bill Clinton’s election as president, Neilson moved to the White House where he became an intern in the White House Office of Scheduling and Advance. After serving in that role, Neilson became a member of the White House Advance Team, travelling ahead of President Clinton to manage meetings and events around the world...
btw the NYT is late with their report:
12 Jul: Guardian: US philanthropists vow to raise millions for climate activists
Fund donates £500,000 to grassroots Extinction Rebellion and other groups, with promise of more to come
by Matthew Taylor
Neilson said the three founders were using their contacts among the global mega-rich to get “a hundred times” more in the weeks and months ahead. “This might be the single best chance we have to stop the greatest emergency we have ever faced,” he told the Guardian...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/12/us-philanthropists-vow-to-raise-millions-for-climate-activists
6 Aug: International Institute for Sustainable Development:
The Climate Emergency Fund Board of Directors includes Trevor Neilson, Rory Kennedy and Sarah Ezzy. The Advisory Board includes Aileen Getty, Bill McKibben, David Wallace-Wells, Katie Eder and Margaret Klein Salamon. In a story on Medium, Neilson explained that the fund will “catalyze hundreds – if not thousands – of new climate activist groups.”…
https://sdg.iisd.org/news/climate-emergency-fund-established-to-support-climate-activists/