Celebrating a Decade of Impact

Explore our past work and our vision for the future.

Who We Are

From local roots to global vision

The Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF) was founded in 2012 by Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty in honor of her grandparents, Clara and Lionel Braithwaite. Growing up in Barbados, Rihanna saw firsthand the unique challenges faced by communities of color and created CLF to support various social justice initiatives and prepare Caribbean communities to withstand natural disasters.

Highlights

& Milestones

+35 countries

and all 50 states

Over the course of the decade, CLF has funded education, health, and climate-related projects from Barbados to Burkina Faso.

150

ongoing projects

We’re not only funding innovative climate justice and climate resiliency programs around the world — we’re redefining what is possible within philanthropy.

$54M

toward justice initiatives

Our collaborative efforts with partners have allowed us to address global injustices and provide support for climate and social justice initiatives.

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10 Years

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CLF

2012

Rihanna Donates Equipment to Barbados Hospital in Honor of Her Grandmother
CLF Officially Launches

2013

CLF Partners with MAC to Raise $60M

2014

Rihanna Hosts First Diamond Ball Benefit

2016

Global Scholarship Program Launches

2017

Rihanna Wins Harvard Humanitarian of the Year Award
PUMA Partnership Raises Funds for CLF

2018

Rihanna Partners on $200M Global Education Effort
Annual Campaign Collaborations with Savage x Fenty
Fenty Beauty Supports CLF Through Product Collaborations

2019

Climate Resilience Initiative (CRI) Launches
Support for Education Programs Expanded
CLF Donates $1M After Hurricane Dorian
Plan to Fortify Reproductive Health Clinics in the Caribbean Announced

2020

CLF Commits $36M to COVID Relief Efforts
CLF Among World’s Most Innovative Nonprofits
CLF Deploys $11.5M to Fight Racial Inequity
Rihanna Receives NAACP President’s Award

2021

Dominica Renewable Project Announced
CLF Commits to Fortifying More Health Clinics
Rihanna Recognized as National Hero of Barbados
CLF Donates $3M to Support the AAPI Community

2022

New Climate Justice Grants Announced

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Where We’re Going

The future we hope to create

Going forward, we see the opportunity to map new pathways that will help position CLF for ever-increasing positive impact. One goal in particular is to approach our work through a lens of intersectionality — viewing categories such as gender, race, and class as overlapping rather than isolated when looking at systemic inequalities. This will ensure our grantmaking tackles multiple social injustices whenever possible.

If there’s anything that I’ve learned, it’s that we can only fix this world together.

Rihanna, 2020 - NAACP Image Awards Speech

Thank you to all our supporters

Celebrating 10 years of impactful philanthropy would not be possible without the support of individuals, companies, and organizations that believe in our mission. We are grateful for every donor and partnership who made our vision to create a more just world a reality.

Check out the 2012-2022 Partner Catalog
API Equality – Northern California
API Rise
Action St. Louis / Arch City Defenders
Adhikaar
Advancement Project
Afya Foundation
Airlink
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (grant w. FB)
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Justice grant)
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates
Austin Area Urban League
Austin Street Center
Barbados Family Planning Association (BFPA)
Black Feminist Fund (BFF)
Black Visions
Braven
Breast Cancer Research Fund
Brooklyn Workforce Innovations
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
Camfed
CapraCare
Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN)
Center for Policing Equity
Charles Broome Primary School
Chicago Parks District
Child Mind Institute
Chinatown Community Development Center
Chinatown Community for Equitable Development
Chinese Community Center Houston
Chinese-American Planning Council
Climate Justice Alliance
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund (New Venture Fund)
Coalition for Asian American Families and Children
Color of Change
Communities United for Police Reform
Community Foundation of Greater Flint
Covenant House NOLA
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
Delete Blood Cancer
Direct Relief
Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation
Executive Leadership Council
Feeding America
Fokal
Fondation Communautaire Haïtienne-ESPWA (FCH-ESPWA)
Food Bank Council of Michigan
Fos Feminista
Freedom House
Funds for Public Schools
GAIA
GLAAD
Girls CARE
Give Directly
HEY Campaign (The Ashley Lashley Foundation)
Haiti Air Ambulance
Hawai’i Workers Center
HeadCount
Health Equity International
Heart of Dinner
Helen's Daughters
Hispanic Federation
Hive Fund for Gender and Climate Justice (Winward Fund)
Hope For Haiti
Human Rights Watch
INROADS
Indigenous Environmental Network
Information Technology Disaster Resource Center (ITDRC)
Institute for Myeloma and Bone Cancer Research
Integrated Health Outreach
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Internews
JED
Jumpstart (United States)
Keep A Breast
Kevin Durant Charity Foundation
LAFD Fdn
La Casa de Don Pedro
Le Korsa
Management Leadership for Tomorrow
Mayor's Fund L.A.
Metavivor
Minnie's Food Pantry
Movement for Black Lives (M4BL)
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
NDN Collective
NY Immigration Coalition
NYC Mayor's Office (ENDGBV)
Native Movement
Newark Emergency Services
Operation Triple Threat (OTT)
Rapino Family Foundation
Red Canary Song
Rocky Mountain Institute
Sakhi for South Asian Women
San Antonio Food Bank
Save the Children
Second Harvest NOLA
Send Chinatown Love
South Asian Council for Social Services
Southeast Asian Community Alliance*
Southwest Solutions/Coordinated Assessment Model (CAM)
Sponsors of Educational Opportuntiy (SEO)
St. Paul Primary School
Stop AAPI Hate
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
The Audre Lorde Project
The Bail Project
The Caribbean Climate Justice Project (Soloricon)
The Caribbean Equality Project
The Combermere School
The Network
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
The Resurrection Project
The Solutions Project, INC
The St. Michael School
The TransLatin@ Coalition
The Trevor Project
Total Community Action NOLA
Trans Wellness Center
Transgender Law Center
Trinidad health clinic
UCLA
UNICEF
USVI Relief Fund
UWI
Wayne Metro Community Action Agency
Welcome to Chinatown
West Side United/Rush
Westbury Primary School
World Central Kitchen
World Health Organization
Zanmi Lasante

#StartSmall
15 Seconds of Fame
45th and 3rd Music LLC
ACE Champagne Armand
Adam Wilses
All Market Inc
Amazon
Amber Saba
American Express
Angus Mitchell
Apollo Jets
Apple
Armand de Brignac
Attention Capital
Audi
Bacardi
Balmain
Barbados Tourism Marketing
Barclays
Bera Ivanishvili
Bessemer Trust
BET
Bob Washington
Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment
BSE Global
BSE Global Barclay's
Cardi B
Charitable Gift Fund
Charities Aid Foundation
Charity Buzz LLC
Chopard
Christian Dior
Christie & Joe Marchese
Citi Bank
Clive & Patricia Calder
Clutch City Foundation
Combermere Entertain - Hard Rock Cafe Royalties
Corporate Travel Man
D'usse
Daniel Poku
Dao and Co
David Ali
Davis Shapiro Lewit
DF Concerts - Scotland
Dick Clark Productions
Dior
Domo
Don Ressler
"Dr. Shawn Veiseh "
Dr. Simbiat Adighije
Dreamworks
Dreamworks Animation
Earvin Johnson Jr
eBay
Edmonton Oilers Hockey Corp
Eighth Day Sound Sys
Elma Caribbean Foundation
Endeavor
Epione Medical Corpo
Essence
Estee Lauder Inc
Evenko
Facebook
Fendi Adele Via Flam
Fendi North America
Fenty Beauty
FENTY CORP
Fenty Maison
Fenty Skin
FFO
Fidelity Charitable
Forward by Elyse Wal
Foundation to Promote Open Society
FWD think LLC
G-Eazy, LLC
Gary Ross
Gerald & Janet Carru
Gerald & Janey Carrus Foundation
Give Smart
Give Smart - James Chit
Give Smart - John Herzo
Give Smart - Michael Go
Give Smart-  Donalrd Res
GiveSmart - Kathy Will
GiveSmart - Shivakumar
GiveSmart - Trevor Noah
GiveSmart- Christophe
Glam Seamless Hair Extensions
Goldman Sachs
Granderson Des Rochers, LLP
Gregg Lemkau
Gucci America, Inc.
Guccio Gucci Spa
Guwop Enterprises
Guys Choice 2014 Donation New 38th Floor Productions
H&M Hennes & Mauritz L.P.
Hard Rock Cafe
Hard Rock Cafe Memorabilia
Hard Rock Cafe Roylaties
Holly & Rick Alden
Home Box Office, Inc
Human Ventures
Human Ventures Company
iHeart Media
IlDico, Inc.
Interpublic Group
Jack Dorsey
Jacob & Co.
Jacquie Aiche
Jacquie Ma
Jaime Leonoff
Jairus Byrd & Family
Jamie Reuben
Jay Brown
Jeff Grossman
Jennifer Salke
Jeny Bania
John Herzog
Joseph Marchese
K. Hart Enterprises
Kathy Will
Kathy Willard
Katz Group
Kendo
Kendo Brands
Kendo Holdings
Kendo/LVMH
Kevin Durant - C/O M
Knowledge Katti
L'Arena Des Canadien
Lavender Lingerie, LLC
Le Lis Blanc
Leon Blaiweiss
LePages 2000
Live Nation
LVMH
M.A.C. Aids Fund
Maddy Kim
Mai & James Lassiter
Maple Leaf Sports &
Mark Scheinberg
Marshall Mathers Foundation
Martino Family Foundation
MAS Group LLC
MAS Group LLC - meet & Greet Auction Payment
Meek Mill
MGM Resorts Int'l
Michael Gooch
Michael Ke
Miley Cyrus c/o Suss
MLSE
Mojo Concerts - Holland Amsterdam
Momentum
Monster Inc
MSG Sports & Enterta
National Financial Services LLC
Naturi Naughton
Naturi Star
Navid Mirtorabi
New 38 Floor Production
New Meadowlands Stad
Nezhet Tayed
Nezhet Tayed - Auction income
Nickelodeon
NOS Energy
ofo
Oilers Entertainment Group
Oliver Brodlieb
Open Society Foundation
Overbrook
Paddle 8
Panta Rhea Foundation
Parlux LTD
Paul Barkus
Paul Mitchell
Payam Mirtorabi
Pedersen Family Fund
Peter Miller
Peter Prostowich
Pierre Balmain
Pravin Vaz
Pretty Little Thing
Prometheus Global Me
PUMA
Radical Media
Radical Media LLC
Rapaport Group
RBC Capital Markets
Red Bull
Reed Smith
Rick Fowler
Robinson Cano
Robinson Cano Mercedes
Robinson J Cano Merc
Roc Nation
Roc Nation LLC
Rock Paper Collective
Royal Wine Corp
RRF CKG
RRF for Flint
Samsung
Savage X Fenty
Schultz Family Found - Starbucks
Sean Michael Anderson Foundation
Shawn Carter Foundation
Shervin Pishevar
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Sony Music Group
Sotheby's Int'l Real
SPM 2012 Holdings LL
Square
SRC Entertainment
Stadler
Stadler Family Charitable Foundation
Stance
Starbucks
Techstyle
The Brand Lab
The Brandlab
The Cara Delevingne Foundation
The David Rockefeller Fund
The Giving Back Fund, Inc.
The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
The Marshall Mathers
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rubin Family Foundation
The UK Online Giving
Ticketmaster
Tiffany Haddish
Tommie Lee
Tor Hermansen
Twitter
Tyran Smith
Uncharted Waters TB
Unique Homes
Universal Music
Universal Music Group
University Executive
Vacation Style LLC
VacationStyle
Viacom
Vivint Smart Home
Waistgang
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Inc
Warner/Chappell Music Publishing
Will & Jada Smith Fa
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
WME
Yavonne Hands
Zach Horowitz
Zach James

This is just the beginning

Let’s work together to invest in climate justice and resiliency initiatives and help communities in the Caribbean and United States prepare for and withstand natural disasters.

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