About the Chorus Foundation

The Chorus Foundation worked for a just transition to a regenerative economy in the United States. We supported communities on the front lines of the old, extractive economy to build new bases of political, economic, and cultural power for systemic change.

We envision an economy in which everyone can find meaningful work; an environment in which everyone has access to clean air, clean water, and a stable climate; and a democracy in which everyone has a say.

Our plan was never to exist in perpetuity, and in 2023 we distributed our remaining assets to the frontline organizations we have been partnering with for years, and closed the foundation.

What We Believe

The climate crisis is embedded in a larger ecological crisis, which is in turn inextricably linked to parallel crises within our political and economic systems. Communities of color and working class communities are on the front lines of these crises, and they are already experiencing disproportionate impacts.

To respond to these crises, we must reclaim our democracy and move from the extractive economy to one that is restorative of people, place, and planet. The economic alternatives we require are already possible, but they are unsung and under-resourced.

As an essential step in this process, we must eliminate the fossil fuel industry’s undue influence on our democracy, and accelerate the end of the extraction, export, and use of fossil fuels. This particular transition is inevitable, but we will have to work hard to ensure that it is both timely and just.

We will not be able to address the climate crisis without a broad-based social movement that demands deep systemic change. We have been inspired by the work happening in local communities across the country, and we believe that their leadership is essential to the collective future that we all want to see.

An Invitation to Progressive Funders

To support truly transformative work, we believe that philanthropy itself must transform – by challenging our own assumptions, learning from social movements, and finding new ways to collaborate.

Please join us!

About Farhad Ebrahimi

Board of Directors

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Farhad Ebrahimi,
Founder and President

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Sasha Ebrahimi,
CEO, Board Chair, and Co-Founder,
Rostam Capital

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Nina Ross,
President and Co-Founder,
Rostam Capital

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Eric Griffith,
Research Associate,
Department of Neurobiology,
Harvard Medical School