Big funding. Local hands.
We connect grassroots climate groups with the funding and clean energy technology they need to last. Communities lead the work; we bring the money, the engineers and the patience.
The connective tissue between philanthropy and the ground.
Funders pool
Foundations, families and monthly donors give to one shared fund, so no community has to court a dozen funders.
Communities lead
Local groups bring the project: a solar co-op, a creek restoration, a school retrofit. They set the goals.
We bring the rest
Funding, engineers, permits, legal help, and someone to call when the inverter arrives broken.
It lasts
Communities own what’s built. We report every megawatt and dollar back to the people who funded it.
Six communities, one fund.
Riverside Tenants’ Solar Co-op
180 kW of solar on four apartment roofs, owned and run by the people who live under them.
68% funded · $122,400 of $180,000Millbrook, VermontCedar Creek Watershed Restoration
Restoring 3.2 miles of stream banks so spring floods slow down instead of washing out the town.
75% funded · $71,250 of $95,000Harbor City, MichiganLincoln Elementary Retrofit
Heat pumps and insulation for a 1950s school, so classrooms stay warm and the gas boiler can retire.
40% funded · $96,000 of $240,000“We didn’t need anyone to save us. We needed someone to help us build it, and then get out of the way.”
Denise Holloway · Riverside Tenants’ Association
- Halvorsen Family Foundation
- The Northgate Fund
- Brightwater Trust
- Cascade Community Foundation
- Meridian Climate Fund
And 1,240 monthly donors.
One story from the ground, every month.
The project that crossed the line, the numbers, and what’s joining the fund. Read in five minutes.
Big funding. Local hands.
A monthly gift joins 1,240 others and lets us say yes to a community before the big grants arrive.