ADM Capital Foundation

In 2006, the partners of investment advisor, ADM Capital, established ADMCF recognising the need for innovative and replicable models of funding for impact. To achieve results, RESEARCH is the first step in our “theory of change”, helping us identify the specific environmental challenge and solution within our five key programmatic areas. We then CONVENE partners who COLLABORATE with us to design action plans for change. Where we can’t find the right partner, we INCUBATE initiatives to support our CHANGE objectives. Use of media – both traditional and social – is critical to the EDUCATION component of what we do since any change should be underpinned by public understanding and support. We see our programmes as fundamentally interrelated as the tangible environmental challenges we face intersect with the biggest of our time: Our climate emergency. Consequently, we work towards “unsiloing” how we approach environmental challenges and promoting a low-carbon economy. We believe it is impossible to think only of air or water pollution, about protecting our forests, our oceans and their biodiversity, without considering also the development challenges we face in Asia. There are inherently trade-offs involved in balancing sustainable growth and conservation – and in how to finance the change that needs to happen. Until recently, ADMCF also had a Children and Youth at Risk (CAR) programme but given the environmental degradation Asia has seen over the past two decades of rapid growth, the relative lack of funding for environmental philanthropy, we have chosen to concentrate our efforts in the environmental sector and have consequently reduced our CAR commitment to three core partners. ADM Capital Foundation has been granted tax exempt status under Section 88 of the Hong Kong Government Inland Revenue Ordinance and 501(c) (3) charitable status in the United States.