Community Trees. Corporate Funding.
RootFund is a project catalog where nonprofits, municipalities, conservancies, and public agencies list native tree and planting projects that can receive climate funding through C/O Meter.
How It Works
Nonprofits, municipalities, conservancies, schools, parks departments, and civic groups submit planting projects through the catalog.
Each project is reviewed for location, native plant requirements, planting goals, and fulfillment needs. Everything is documented for carbon buyers.
Companies use C/O Meter to direct carbon offset dollars into approved projects. Funding is tied to verified planting milestones.
ServeScape sources native trees and shrubs, coordinates delivery and installation, and documents every project from start to finish.
The Ecosystem
RootFund does not generate carbon credits. It creates the receiving project catalog. Every dollar that flows through here comes from a company using C/O Meter, and every planted tree comes from ServeScape.
The Project Catalog
Receives project submissions from community organizations. Organizes and displays projects for carbon buyers. Tracks funding status from submitted to planted.
The Carbon Exchange
Generates and directs carbon exchange credits. Connects corporate buyers to approved projects. Manages credit issuance and funding flow.
The Fulfillment Partner
Sources native trees and shrubs from local growers. Coordinates delivery and installation. Documents project completion with photo and data records.
Project Catalog
Projects span urban forestry, habitat restoration, and community green space. Each type has its own funding pathway and fulfillment approach.
Large shade trees for parks, streets, school campuses, and public spaces
Pollinator-supporting native shrubs for habitat corridors and restoration sites
Native wildflower and shrub communities for bees, butterflies, and birds
Native riparian planting for water quality, bank stabilization, and wildlife
Full-site native planting and canopy restoration in existing parks
Trees and native gardens on K-12 and university grounds
Approved street tree species along public ROW for canopy and cooling
Community food forests combining canopy, understory, and edible plants
Bioretention and bioswale installations with native planting
Species-diverse native planting for ecological recovery areas
For Communities
Any nonprofit, municipality, conservancy, school, or civic organization can list a project on RootFund. There's no cost to submit. Projects are reviewed and published to the public catalog where carbon buyers can direct funding.
Who can submit
Project Status
The corporate offset market moves billions of dollars a year into tree planting. Most of it goes to global reforestation projects with questionable local impact. RootFund flips the model: communities define what they need, and corporate funding follows.