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Current $50,000 campaign
The campaign supports approximately six months of greenhouse operations, plant production and propagation, scientific and construct development, field work and measurement, partnerships, grant preparation, and operating capacity.
It also provides partial scientific and operating compensation, increasing the share of Carbocene’s capacity available for biological development, propagation, field work, measurement, and institutional development.
The $50,000 campaign is immediate capitalization for Carbocene’s next stage and a bridge toward larger transformation and field programs.
Read the Funding Brief (PDF)
A concise overview of Carbocene’s current programs, approximately six-month funding need, and proposed use of funds.
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Carbocene Industries is an independent 501(c)(3) public charity. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. EIN 33-1631522.
Established work. A new scientific and field stage.
Carbocene begins with a real scientific and field record.
A collaborative predecessor program at Living Carbon extended from plant engineering and event selection through propagation, nursery scaling, regulatory strategy, field trials, operational forestry, commercial planting, measurement, and engagement with carbon buyers and standards.
The earlier work was built collectively by scientists, tissue-culture and transformation teams, greenhouse and nursery staff, field crews, forestry partners, educators, and community collaborators.
The predecessor program reached several-million-tree production scale across photosynthesis-enhanced hybrid-poplar events, repeatedly validated a final lead event, established replicated field experiments, advanced loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) into event selection, and crossed major transformation barriers in eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides).
Deer is living, maintained, and propagated under Carbocene’s nonprofit license while new plant technologies are developed through Photosynthetic Systems Engineering.
Some of the highest-value records may already be growing in the ground. Historical photosynthesis-enhanced plantings contain years of biological time that cannot be recreated quickly. Carbocene is reconstructing their provenance and present status so that surviving trees, site records, and historical measurements can support renewed longitudinal observation.
MIT Technology Review
Long-form research history.
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Field milestone.
Read The New York Times reportThe operating transition
The greenhouse and research need a durable operating base.
Patrick has personally carried much of Carbocene’s greenhouse, biological, and operating base. The campaign supports scientific collaborators, field partners, measurement, plant production, and larger research programs.
Read Patrick’s background and selected workProposed use of funds
What $50,000 pays for.
Greenhouse operation, scientific labor, plant production, field preparation, administration, and relationship development are interdependent.
Greenhouse and facility operations
$12,000Lease, utilities, lighting, water, maintenance, and basic operating costs.
Scientific work and day-to-day operation
$18,750Partial six-month compensation for scientific, organizational, fundraising, and relationship-building work.
Propagation and research supplies
$7,500Pots, media, fertilizer, plant-care and propagation supplies, greenhouse consumables, and basic construct-development expenses.
Scientific and technical support
$3,000Specialized assistance, short-term technical work, consultation, and limited laboratory or analytical services.
IP, administration, insurance, and governance
$4,500Intellectual-property preparation, nonprofit administration, insurance, accounting, compliance, and stronger organizational systems.
Scientific relationships and proposal development
$2,500Travel, proposal preparation, scientific coordination, meetings, and development of larger research awards.
Operating contingency
$1,750Unexpected plant-care, facility, administrative, or equipment needs.
What the next six months can advance
Propagation, construct development, field preparation, and records.
The campaign provides operating capacity to propagate research trees, develop technology, prepare field work, collect data, test productive applications, and build larger scientific and institutional partnerships.
- Rebuild biological inventory and propagation capacity for the licensed Deer photosynthesis-enhanced hybrid aspen platform
- Reduce dependence on personally carried greenhouse expenses and unpaid labor
- Advance Photosynthetic Systems Engineering, ePRB design, documentation, and intellectual-property preparation
- Define and begin tractable bamboo and durable-material development where resources permit
- Improve plant, construct, experimental, and operational records
- Strengthen governance, accounting, insurance, and donor reporting
- Build scientific relationships and proposals for larger dedicated research awards
- Expand the network of scientific, field, institutional, and funding partners able to support larger programs
Ways to support
Gifts, grants, introductions, and program funding.
Individual contributions build the operating base. Larger gifts, foundation support, institutional introductions, and separately scoped program funding can expand Carbocene’s scientific and field capacity.
Make a direct contribution
Unrestricted support connects greenhouse operation, plant production, scientific labor, administration, and partnership work.
Make one consequential introduction
Introduce Carbocene directly to a philanthropist, family foundation, donor-advised fund, grant program, scientific institution, laboratory, landholder, or mission-aligned partner able to provide meaningful resources or institutional access.
Make a significant gift or fund a defined program
Carbocene welcomes significant individual gifts, foundation and family-office support, larger project funding, and scientific or industrial collaborations. Defined programs are developed around shared scientific goals, funding, and reporting.
Discuss institutional or program supportMerchandise
Carbocene merchandise.
Carbocene merchandise provides a modest support and public-engagement channel. Direct gifts, institutional funding, and scientific partnerships provide substantially greater capacity for research, field work, and biological development.
Donor-advised funds and checks
Give through a donor-advised fund or by check.
Recommend a grant to Carbocene Industries through your donor-advised fund using EIN 33-1631522. For the current campaign, the suggested grant purpose is “Carbocene Industries — general operating support.” Checks may also be mailed directly to the organization.
Donor-advised fund
Legal name: Carbocene Industries
EIN: 33-1631522
Federal tax status: Tax-exempt under IRC Section 501(c)(3)
Public charity classification: IRC Section 509(a)(2)
Suggested grant purpose: “Carbocene Industries — general operating support.”
After recommending a grant, please email [email protected] with the sponsoring organization, grant amount, and expected timing so Carbocene can identify and acknowledge it.
Check
Make checks payable to Carbocene Industries and mail them to:
Carbocene Industries
7046 Outlook Avenue
Oakland, CA 94605
Please include an email or mailing address if you would like a written acknowledgment.
Please email [email protected] when a donor-advised-fund grant or check has been initiated so Carbocene can identify and acknowledge it.
Tax status: Carbocene Industries is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Nonprofit verification: Carbocene Industries is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) and is classified as a public charity under Section 509(a)(2). Its IRS determination letter is dated April 29, 2026, with exemption effective October 20, 2025. EIN: 33-1631522.
Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Verify Carbocene through the official IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search using EIN 33-1631522.
For a W-9, a copy of the IRS determination letter, documents required by a donor-advised-fund sponsoring organization, or a discussion of a defined program gift, contact Carbocene.
$50,000 / approximately six months
Support Carbocene’s next stage.
Contributions support scientific, field, and operating capacity for the next six months.
Charitable status: Carbocene Industries is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a public charity under Section 509(a)(2). Donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.