CarbonFixer Foundation 2025 Survey

We kindly ask you to complete our Survey for 2025. This survey helps us better understand your progress, performance, and priorities, and ensures we can provide the most relevant support to your team. It's also part of our yearly annual reporting.

Feel free to be as open and transparent with us. All input will be handled confidentially.

Please complete the survey by: August 1, 2026

The survey should take approximately ~25 minutes to complete.

Project/Organization Name

Which category is your initiative?

Biggest positive surprise this year and why?

Biggest negative surprise / setback (and what you changed because of it)?

The single most important thing you achieved this year (in one sentence).

If we remember only one thing from your year: what should it be?

Progress versus Plan (Deliverables, Milestones, Evidence)

Were you on track vs the grant plan?

What took longer or proved more difficult than expected?

Did you need to pivot (materially)?

What exceeded expectations?

What did you stop doing or deprioritize—and why?

Link your 3–7 most important outputs (reports, submissions, standards drafts, coalitions launched, datasets/tools, convening, media pieces, etc.).

What is the best “proof” that the work mattered this year? (decision influenced, adoption, endorsement, measurable shift, etc.)

Theory of Change (updates, assumptions, leverage)

Did your Theory of Change change this year?

If yes, what changed and why?

Which assumption became more true than expected?

Which assumption became less true / got falsified?

What is your current best hypothesis for the highest-leverage next step?

Outcomes & systemic signals

What are the 2–3 most meaningful outcomes you saw this year from your project? (describe + evidence)

Who changed behavior because of your work? (specific stakeholders/users/decision-makers)

What early systemic signals suggest the system is shifting (or not)?

What resistance did you encounter (political, institutional, narrative, incentive, coordination)—and how did you respond?

Ecosystem intelligence

What are the most important developments in your ecosystem/pathway this year?

What do you expect will change most in the next 12 months?

What are the top three systemic obstacles for the pathway?

Which 2–5 actors (orgs/people/institutions) matter most for progress next year, and why?

Organization & execution capacity

What is your current execution bottleneck? (capacity, partners, access, skills, governance, comms, etc.)

Any major team/governance changes this year?

Are you adequately resourced to deliver the next-year plan? Where are you thin?

How is the overall team dynamics ( ranging from 1-5)

What are the biggest team challenges you face?

Have any of these been true for you this year?

Funding & sustainability

Funding outlook for next 12 months for your project?

What is your current runway in months?

Are you fundraising next year?

If yes, what is the timeline + target amount + purpose

What is the biggest funding-related risk to delivery?

If CarbonFix funding ended tomorrow, what would be your plan?

If you are currently fundraising, who have you been speaking to/if you have committed amounts, who are they from and how much?

Support needed from CarbonFix

What are your top 3 support needs from CarbonFix/network next year?

What support do you need from CarbonFix (or our network) in 2026? Funding, team, strategy, brand, sales, tech, all of the above, please specify.

If intros: who do you need to meet (roles/institutions), and why?

What would CarbonFix doing “great support” look like in practice (cadence, type of engagement)?

Do you have any feedback or recommendations for CarbonFix? We are learning and pivoting all the time too. Feedback is a gift, so thanks in advance

What is one thing CarbonFix misunderstands about your space (if anything)?

If you could allocate a €250K CarbonFix grant (not to yourselves), what would you fund and why?

What was the funnest or most proud moment in your time working on the initiative?

Will you join the CarbonFix portfolio event 3 December, 2026 in Amsterdam? Invitations following soon!