Joining Forces: Innovative Co-Funding to Enhance Corporate Water Stewardship Impact in the Colorado River Basin

The premise of this paper is that co-funding with existing and emerging funding mechanisms can help corporations tackle more complex problems at more meaningful scales in the Colorado River Basin and beyond. Corporations often have more flexibility than other funders, particularly federal and state agencies, in deciding how to spend their water stewardship budgets. This flexibility is an important asset, allowing funding to be deployed strategically. This white paper defines innovative co-funding as the intentional and focused use of corporate water stewardship funding alongside other funders and funding sources in new ways that expand the impact of corporate spending.