Philanthropies have spent much time over the past two years supporting their grantees and communities in their efforts to unlock billions in federal infrastructure funding programs. Key among these funding programs have been the awards to states, local governments and nonprofits distributed through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s Solar for All competition.

With the Solar for All awards announced, funding agreements with EPA nearing completion and awardees turning their attention to implementation plans and fund deployment, how can funders stay in the game to support and ensure equitable distribution of this financing?

Solar for All funds will roll out over five years, beginning in 2025.

Now is the time for funders to think through how to build implementation capacity, address diverse needs like bolstering grantee organizational resources, ready project pipelines and provide bridge financing as projects ramp up over the next several years.

Join funders from TFN’s GREEN working group and from the Health and Environmental Funders Network for a learn and share peer call on Monday, Nov. 18 from 3-4 p.m. ET.

We’ll hear from:

• Partners from Vote Solar, who will provide an overview of:
  • the Solar for All program awards, touching on the varied state policy landscapes in which the programs are rolling out
  • the diverse awardees from state to local government collaborations to nonprofit-led
  • what’s needed to ensure that the funds provide direct benefits to frontline communities.

• Funders who supported Solar for All awardees through the application process about
  • what’s needed to fully and equitably realize its promise over the next five years
  • roles for philanthropy

We’ll provide a space for funder sharing, learning and strategizing as philanthropy turns its attention to program implementation.

This learning call is co-sponsored by the Health and Environmental Funders Network and The Funders Network.

SPEAKERS & CONVERSATION STARTERS

• Sean Garren, Chief Programs Officer, Vote Solar
• Elizabeth Love, Chief Executive Officer, Jacob & Terese Hershey Foundation
• John Mitterholzer, Program Director, George Gund Foundation
• Olivia Nedd, Senior Program Director, Access & Equity, Vote Solar
• Kathryn Wright, Senior Program Officer, Barr Foundation

ABOUT GREEN

TFN’s GREEN working group works to provide shared learning, alignment and action spaces for funders to more effectively help create communities and regions that are sustainable, prosperous, healthy and just for all people, with a special interest in:

• Community-led climate action in cities and metros
• Career development and workforce supports for frontline leaders/practitioners
• Equitable and sustainable communities’ partnerships and networks
• Funder Practices to advance racial equity and inclusion
• Equitable implementation of federal and state climate and clean energy investments

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