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Opportunities for Making Energy Improvements at Nonprofits
March 2024
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Calling all nonprofits! See the information below for federal opportunities to support energy efficiency and clean energy. Get help building healthier community spaces and saving money, so that your nonprofit can focus resources on mission-driven work.
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Collaborate with us on the clean energy future!
DOE's Renew America's Nonprofits team wants to hear from you! Let us know how we can better serve the nonprofits sector and help you achieve your clean energy goals.
In February, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Renew America's Nonprofits Program hosted an informational webinar to highlight opportunities and tools available to nonprofits for energy efficiency projects. Find the recording here to learn about the importance of energy efficiency first as an important step in preparing for solar.
The webinar focused on tools for benchmarking, identifying low-cost improvements, and identifying the right financing option. Experts from the DOE, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute provided information tailored to the nonprofits sector.
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Funding Opportunities for Nonprofits |
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May 31, 2024 – Applications due for the $18 Million Transformative Clean Energy Projects Led by Tribal and Local Governments
Nonprofits can partner with local or Tribal governments, potentially strengthening an application since DOE will prioritize projects with clear demonstrated support from local community partners and relevant decision-makers.
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Eligibility: Prime recipients must be local or Tribal governments representing disadvantaged communities, energy communities, or small- and medium-sized jurisdictions.
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Applicants may partner with other organizations, which may receive funding as a subrecipient. Subrecipients can include nonprofit organizations, academic and/or research institutions, local and regional planning organizations, philanthropic organizations, and more.
- For eligibility definitions and an illustration see the C-SITE Eligibility Map.
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Deadline: Full applications are due to Infrastructure Exchange by May 31, 2024, 5:00 p.m. ET.
April 12, 2024 – Applications Due for the American-Made SOLVE IT Prize
The SOLVE IT Prize will support communities as they identify and work to implement innovative clean energy solutions in a way that works best to address their unique needs and challenges. An estimated 25 winners will receive $80,000 each in cash prizes in Phase 1 and be able to compete for $150,000 and $500,000 each, respectively, in Phases 2 and 3.
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Eligibility: The competition is open to individuals or entities that work collaboratively with communities to develop and carry out projects that benefit communities and reflect their priorities. Eligible entities include nonprofits, consortia, academic institutions, labor unions, nongovernmental organizations, and others.
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Deadline: Applications are due April 12, 2024.
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Rolling Deadline for Expert Match: Clean Energy to Communities
Does your community need short-term support to answer a clean energy question? Through the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) program, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), other national laboratory experts, and select organizations provide Expert Match — free, short-term technical assistance to address near-term clean energy challenges and questions.
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Eligibility: Community stakeholders who have decision-making power or influence in their community but need access to additional clean energy expertise to inform key upcoming decisions, including from nonprofits (community-based organizations, nongovernmental organizations, universities, and others).
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Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
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Learn more and apply!
Search All Federal Funding Opportunities
Learn about what types of funding are available from the federal government. To view all open funding opportunity announcements, access:
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The Renew America’s Nonprofits program was created to improve occupant health and safety, reduce energy bills, and lower utilities costs at buildings owned and operated by 501(c)(3) nonprofits. This first-of-its-kind investment in the nonprofit sector aims to help nonprofits make high-impact energy efficiency improvements that will create cleaner, healthier community spaces, while generating sustainable savings so that critical funds can be redirected toward mission-driven work. It also aims to stimulate widespread energy improvements in the nonprofit sector, promoting the formation of partnerships between stakeholders to create a pipeline of energy and cost-saving projects that will continue beyond the life of the grant.
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The State and Local Solution Center is an online technical assistance portal that provides technical assistance resources to enable strategic investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies through the use of innovative practices across the United States by a wide range of stakeholders, in partnership with state and local organizations and community-based nonprofits.
The State and Local Solution Center is managed by DOE's Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP). SCEP supports DOE's mission to accelerate the research, development, demonstration, and deployment of technologies and solutions to equitably transition America to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide by no later than 2050, and ensure the clean energy economy benefits all Americans, creating good paying jobs for the American people—especially workers and communities impacted by the energy transition and those historically underserved by the energy system and overburdened by pollution.
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