United States Energy Foundation
For General Operating Support
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Amount$8,000,000
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Program
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Date Awarded2/24/2021
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
This grant supports the U.S. Energy Foundation to develop strategies, make grants, and monitor and evaluate progress toward decarbonization of the U.S. economy. The U.S. Energy Foundation regrants to a broad array of organizations, including technical and policy experts, and influential constituencies working to build support for the transition to a clean energy economy. (Substrategies: U.S. National Policy and Philanthropic Capacity)
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.ef.org
Address
55 2nd St #2400, San Francisco, CA, 94111, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for federal and state implementation of federal climate investments
The U.S. Energy Foundation is a partnership of philanthropies focused on securing a clean and equitable energy future to tackle the climate crisis. The Energy Foundation is working to support the successful implementation of the Inflation Reduction and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs acts through their federal tax guidance and state technical assistance initiatives. These initiatives are designed to optimize program design, support capacity building to guide programmatic success, overcome barriers to deployment, and grow public support for these climate investments. Through these initiatives, Energy Foundation will accelerate decarbonization and grow the number of stakeholders and communities benefitting from and supportive of continued climate investments. (Substrategy: U.S. National Policy)
for the transportation program
The U.S. Energy Foundation is a partnership of philanthropies focused on securing a clean and equitable energy future to tackle the climate crisis. This grant supports its Transportation Program. In the next year, the program will focus on securing strong national vehicle standards that will put the U.S. on track for >50% sales share of zero-emission vehicles by 2030. In addition, the program will fund a series of groups and advocates who are critical for various state-level regulations to advance electrification of freight vehicles. (Substrategy: Electrification)
for the Local Power Initiative
The U.S. Energy Foundation is a partnership of philanthropies focused on securing a clean and equitable energy future to tackle the climate crisis. The Energy Foundation’s Local Power Initiative seeks to advance successful local planning, siting, and deployment of clean energy projects at the scale necessary to achieve 100 GW of deployment annually by 2030. The initiative will identify priority communities to build capacity and amplify early climate success, while supporting the development of baseline tools, such as modeling, technical research, and analytical support, to ensure these efforts are led by, benefit, and are supported by local leaders and their communities. (Substrategy: U.S. National Policy)
