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We're fighting the climate crisis by funding projects and partnering with organizations that reduce carbon emissions, expand the use of renewable energy, and advocate for the policy changes we need to transition to a carbon neutral future.
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BQuest News
Charity:water, a BQuest grantee organization focused on bringing clean water to developing countries, is on track to have their biggest fundraising year ever- around $80 million- partly thanks to implementing a subscription-based donation option several years ago that has grown to include 40,000 active subscribers. This translates to helping almost 2 million people gain access to clean water this year alone! Charity:water has also set an ambitious goal of providing access to fresh… Read More »Thinking differently in order to bring clean water to the entire world… #nbd
ZIP Launchpad, an incubator and entrepreneurial community at SDSU, just wrapped their first-year grant with BQuest. The goal of The Aztec Cooperative Fund grant was to help a wider population of students access the benefits of being part of a ZIP Launchpad team. Students hiring studentsUsing the Aztec Cooperative Fund, student startup teams were able to hire other students for services such as marketing and graphic design. Through these collaborations,… Read More »Helping more SDSU student startups gain real experience
New analysis, The Price Tag of Rising Seas, shows Americans the cost for seawalls in the next twenty years: over $4 BillionThe Center for Climate Integrity (CCI), a BQuest grantee, released a first of its kind analysis on the costs US coastal communities will face due to rising seas. The analysis estimates the costs of sea walls and other mitigation tactics in the near-future and found that rising sea levels alone… Read More »The Center for Climate Integrity says carbon polluters (spoiler alert- it’s Exxon) should pay
Now in its second round, the SunForAll Solar Fund has awarded funding to five additional nonprofit organizations for a combined $4,132,640 of solar projects in San Diego! How we help nonprofits SunForAll is a unique solar financing program for nonprofits created by CollectiveSun and lead investor BQuest Foundation. SunForAll makes going solar easy and affordable with an innovative financing structure consisting of a grant plus a Program Related Investment (PRI) in the form… Read More »SunForAll Program Funds Over $4 Million of Solar Projects for San Diego Area Nonprofits
And now for something a little different in climate funding… BQuest is supporting a series of climate hackathons culminating in a data competition later this year with CDP, the global environmental disclosure non-profit. BQuest’s resident nerd, Andy, has a long and storied participation in hackathons, and helped spearhead this effort to hack for a cause! When you hear about a company’s reported carbon emissions, or investors focusing on corporate sustainability, it’s probably information that… Read More »Hacking for Climate
We’re very happy to announce that SunForAll, our solar financing program for nonprofits in partnership with Collective Sun, is officially open and accepting applications! Because of their tax status, nonprofits are not able to take advantage of tax breaks offered to for-profit organizations for installing solar panels on their buildings. Through a creative financing approach, SunForAll helps the nonprofit take advantage of solar tax incentives, and then using a combination… Read More »SunForAll, Open for Business