Catalyzing carbon removal

We use philanthropic capital to scale permanent carbon removal.

what

We need high-quality, permanent carbon removal—now.

As a 501c3, we pool tax-deductible donations from people, foundations, family offices, and donor advised funds, and make strategic purchases of high-quality carbon removal.

Scaling carbon removal is essential. The benefits of these projects go far beyond just removing carbon—they create jobs, boost biodiversity, and support local communities. They improve soil health, strengthen wildfire resilience, and revitalize marine ecosystems.

Carbon removal solutions exist, but they’re not growing fast enough, and there aren’t enough of them. We need to rapidly accelerate the deployment of permanent, high-quality carbon removal.

To do that, we need government support, corporate buyers, venture capital, philanthropy—we need it all. We’re here to channel more of the philanthropic dollars to carbon removal.

Tax-deductible

As a 501c3, donations are tax-deductible, and you’ll receive a tax-compliant receipt via email.

Transparent

We believe in being open about everything we do, from our research sources and methodology to our decision-making process and project portfolio.

Simple

Our work is straightforward by design. We make it easy for anyone to support carbon removal.

how

A tax-deductible vehicle for carbon removal.

We use research from leading organizations like Frontier and CarbonPlan and evaluate potential recipients against strict criteria to ensure donations drive real impact.

Donors include Grantham Foundation, Conscience Bay Research, Tim Ferriss, Paul Graham, and dozens of other funds and people who want to shape the future of the carbon removal market.

Additional

Carbon is removed as a result of the donation, and wouldn’t otherwise have happened.

Verifiable

Providers have scientifically rigorous, transparent reporting on the amount of carbon removed as a result of the purchase.

Long term

Carbon is stored for centuries or millennia.

Ethical

Projects have no negative social and economic impact in the communities they operate in.

Scalable

Projects have the potential to scale to many megatons per year and become drastically more affordable.

Validated

Leading experts have published research on or publicly supported the project.

Catalytic

Our purchase increases the odds that a company successfully reaches scale as quickly as possible.

portfolio

Putting philanthropic dollars behind high-quality carbon removal projects.

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“Deploying carbon dioxide removal at gigaton-scale is crucial. Terraset is helping drive philanthropic capital towards the projects that’ll make it possible.”

Andrew Beebe, Managing Director – Obvious Ventures

“While the voluntary market can only take us so far, it is playing a critical role in jumpstarting the CDR market, and enabling donors and philanthropists to direct funds in this important area is creative and potentially hugely impactful. I’m excited to see where this goes!”

Jason Jacobs, Partner – My Climate Journey

“Early demand for high-quality carbon removal projects like Planetary is crucial. It funds early development and sends a signal to the market. What Terraset is doing to bring philanthropic dollars to serve this purpose is brilliant and exactly what we need more of.”

Mike Kelland, CEO – Planetary

“Removing 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide in the next 15 years is possible, but it’s hard. We need organizations like Terraset to lead the charge in driving early demand, so we can scale up and drive costs down.”

Shashank Samala, CEO – Heirloom

“With Terraset, I know I’m purchasing high-quality, long-term carbon removal, and the tax benefits mean my purchase goes further. They’re removing carbon right when we need it most.”

Calvin French-Owen, Founder – Segment

who

Our people.

Carbon Council

The Carbon Council is a diverse group of experts in science, technology and finance that helps Terraset identify the most high-potential carbon removal projects for philanthropic purchases.