United States Energy Foundation
For The Midwest Climate And Democracy Initiative
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Amount$5,000,000
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Program
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Date Awarded4/6/2022
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
This grant will support a three-year multi-funder collaborative focused on increasing nonpartisan civic engagement in the Midwestern U.S. Through this initiative, the US Energy Foundation (US EF) will learn whether and to what extent climate justice is a driver for voter turnout in historically underrepresented Midwestern communities. US EF and aligned funding partners will broadly disseminate qualitative and quantitative findings. (Substrategy: U.S. National Policy)
About the Grantee
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Grants to this Grantee
for Federal and Local Power programs
The U.S. Energy Foundation seeks a clean and equitable energy future. The foundation’s federal program supports ambitious and well-implemented federal climate investments and regulatory policies, while pursuing robust and equitable new policies that advance climate action at the scale necessary. The foundation’s local power program identifies, develops, and executes support for localized efforts to advance clean energy projects to achieve three-to-four-times our current rate of build by 2030. This grant will support federal and local strategies necessary to achieving a low-carbon future. (Substrategy: U.S. National Policy)
for general operating support
The United States Energy Foundation works to secure a clean and equitable energy future to tackle the climate crisis. The foundation works across the following strategic priorities: securing ambitious federal regulations, implementing federal climate investments, accelerating state and local progress, and growing public support. The foundation sees an opportunity in a shifting political economy to accelerate the deployment of clean energy and garner support across all parts of the country. (Substrategy: U.S. National Policy)
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)