End of Year Reflections: Celebrating the Momentum That Matters

In a year that often felt defined by volatility and uncertainty, it’s more important than ever to take stock of the progress still happening quietly, steadily, and powerfully all around us. At Greenbridge, we believe optimism is not naïve. It is a discipline. It’s about choosing to focus on what is working and on the people who continue to build, protect, and imagine a better future, even when headlines suggest otherwise.

As we look back on 2025, we want to highlight just some of the meaningful wins from a few of our partners. These organizations showed what is possible when grit, innovation, and persistence meet real need. Their progress reminds us that forward motion is still happening and that it is worth celebrating.

Climate and environment: advancing solutions built for this moment

MegaFire Action
MegaFire Action helped advance the Fix Our Forests Act after it passed the House of Representatives with overwhelming bipartisan support. The bill has now moved to the Senate, where it advanced through the Senate Agriculture Committee and is headed toward a full Senate vote. Together, these steps mark meaningful progress toward modernizing forest policy, scaling prescribed fire capacity, and reducing catastrophic wildfire risk across the West.

Mati Carbon
Mati Carbon earned global recognition as a winner of the $50 million XPRIZE for Carbon Removal, validating their mineral-based carbon sequestration approach as one of the most scalable and cost-effective climate innovations emerging today.

Education and opportunity: widening pathways to upward mobility

CodePath
CodePath now serves 3% of all U.S. computer science undergraduates. Their graduates earned an average of $92,500 or more, demonstrating how industry-aligned training can unlock high-wage careers for students historically excluded from the tech economy.

Last Mile Education Fund
Last Mile delivered one of the clearest returns in higher education this year. Their emergency grants kept thousands of near-graduates in school, generating an estimated 250x lifetime economic return for every philanthropic dollar invested.

Democracy and civil rights: protecting access, voice, and trust

VotingWorks
VotingWorks expanded adoption of its open-source voting systems, including deployment in roughly 30% of New Hampshire jurisdictions, and made progress toward federal certification — a meaningful step toward more transparent and auditable election infrastructure.

Protect Democracy
Protect Democracy secured several significant legal wins in 2025. They stopped federal efforts to dismantle more than 20 agencies, protected sensitive personal data from unlawful access, blocked attempts to overturn a North Carolina Supreme Court election, and won an injunction limiting federal agents from suppressing peaceful protest in Chicago. They also advanced pro-democracy legislation in multiple states and expanded VoteShield, which now monitors 167 million voter records across 26 states.

Voting Rights Lab
Voting Rights Lab led a decisive nationwide campaign against proof-of-citizenship voting bills. Although bills were introduced in more than 26 states following a federal executive order, VRL and partners defeated them everywhere but one, including a critical win in Texas. Their work protected millions of eligible voters from what could have become one of the largest rollbacks of voting access in decades.

Criminal justice: creating real second chances and safer communities

FreeWorld
FreeWorld reached a milestone of 1,000 graduates this year, each entering stable, high-wage careers — many earning more than $60,000 within months of release. Their model continues to demonstrate what a modern, scalable pathway to economic mobility for returning citizens can look like.

Recidiviz
Recidiviz helped state partners safely reduce incarceration and supervision for more than 170,000 people. By using real-time data to identify unnecessary detention and accelerate safe releases, states collectively enabled tens of thousands of individuals to spend fewer days under correctional control. This is measurable progress for fairness, dignity, and public safety.

Women & Children: lifting burdens and reducing harm

Dollar For
Dollar For surpassed a major national threshold by helping families secure more than $100 million in medical debt relief through hospital charity-care programs. This work continues to reshape how hospitals meet their legal obligations — and, more importantly, helps families regain financial stability and peace of mind.

Mental health and wellbeing: systemic wins and evidence-based breakthroughs

Inseparable
Inseparable secured 40 state-level policy wins across 14 states. Their work restored and expanded hundreds of millions of dollars for school mental health in Michigan, protected major funding in Pennsylvania, strengthened parity enforcement in Connecticut, advanced key reforms in Delaware and Illinois, and convened more than 130 state leaders to navigate shifting Medicaid landscapes. These are wins that will shape mental health access for years.

Koko
Koko was included in one of the largest mental-health megastudies published in 2025. Its single-session intervention was one of the highest-performing across 10 of 12 measures and one of only two shown to produce statistically significant reductions in depressive symptoms after four weeks. This kind of independent validation is rare in digital mental health — and deeply promising.

The work highlighted here represents just a fraction of the good happening all around us. But it is a reminder that measurable progress continues — in classrooms and courtrooms, in state legislatures and forestlands, in data dashboards and community hospitals. These stories reflect hard-won victories, unwavering determination, and the conviction that solutions are attainable.

In a year marked by turbulence, these partners stayed focused on impact. We are grateful to stand alongside them, to learn from their resilience, and to help fuel what they’re building.

As we look toward 2026, we carry forward the same spirit that guided this year: humility, optimism, and a deep commitment to supporting leaders moving bold work forward.

Here’s to momentum and to the hope it creates.