Colorado River Basin Water Scarcity Challenge Winners Selected
Three Emerging Water Management Projects Selected to Collaborate with Quantified Ventures to Design, Capitalize, and Scale Solutions to Water Scarcity
In 2022, Quantified Ventures sought applications from prospective partners to collaborate on innovative solutions that address the water scarcity crisis throughout the Colorado River Basin. 40 million people in communities across 7 U.S. states and 30 recognized tribes depend on increasingly depleted water from the Colorado River.
Selected organizations receive Quantified Ventures' support - at no charge, thanks to grant funding - to design, finance / fund, and scale investible, cost-effective solutions that deliver beneficial outcomes for Colorado River Basin ecosystems and communities.
Grant funding from Gates Family Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation enables Quantified Ventures to structure the challenge and provide complimentary advisory services to selected projects.
Review the Request for Statement of Interest for details on challenge eligibility, submission expectations, deadlines, and evaluation criteria.
PLEASE NOTE: THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE HAS PASSED AND THE PROPOSAL WINDOW IS NOW CLOSED
Environmental and Resilience Solutions in Focus
Colorado River Basin map (source: U.S. Geological Survey)
We are targeting environmental and resilience initiatives that:
Prioritize cost-effective solutions for water demand management and supply enhancement;
Promote the leveraging and pooling of environmental funding and financing; and
Provide scalable, equitable solutions.
If you are a representative of a public, private, or non-governmental organization, we want to work with you, and encourage you to consider submitting a proposal.
The Colorado River Basin Challenge is supported by the Walton Family Foundation and the Gates Family Foundation.
Quantified Ventures Case Studies
This is the sixth regional outcomes-based finance challenges conducted by Quantified Ventures. These challenges have produced numerous new initiatives and outcomes-based transactions to support climate resilience, environmental justice, public health, and nature-based solutions in communities around the country.
Examples of our environment and resilience solutions include:
Benefits to Selected Organizations
Selected organizations will receive the support of Quantified Ventures to catalyze, finance / fund, and scale investible solutions to address water scarcity in the Colorado River Basin. Benefits include:
Design and Deployment of Innovative Resilience Solutions: Innovative financing and funding models enable communities to develop and scale novel solutions to build resilience in the face of water scarcity.
Broader Access to Capital: Organizations can attract new investors, funders, and partners that align with your mission and may be willing to share risk to achieve desired project outcomes.
Minimized Transaction Fees: Grant funding will cover Quantified Ventures’ costs. Other typical deal-related expenses may apply, such as rating agency, legal counsel, and municipal advisor fees.
Stakeholder Engagement Support: Outcomes-based solutions require stakeholder engagement across entities and present opportunities to engage new partners. Quantified Ventures will help to identify, engage, coordinate, and align relevant stakeholders.
Tailored Transaction Structuring for Outcomes-Based Solutions: The context and needs of a particular community drive the transaction terms and program design, such as capital sources, cash flows, partnership structure, and outcomes performance scenarios.
By designing transactions around their program’s impacts, outcomes-based financing and funding enables the public sector, private companies / investors, and NGOs to pilot and scale innovative solutions in an organizationally and financially efficient way.
In addition, the monitoring and evaluation process used to determine performance outcomes provides valuable data on the cost-effectiveness and replicability of these programs.
While the submission period is closed you may contact us at co-river@quantifiedventures.com with questions or additional project ideas.