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Even more area communities pass climate action plansSan Diego’s Climate Action Campaign is busy as usual with all things local climate policy! CAC was integral to recently helping Orange County activists push the city of Irvine to unanimously vote for the creation of a Climate Action Plan (CAP). Imperial Beach followed just a few weeks later, passing their own CAP that includes a commitment to 100% clean energy. CAC has also been… Read More »Climate Action Campaign keeps moving the region forward
A solution for the urgent need for affordable housing in San Diego aligns the mission, physical plant, and revenue needs of communities of faithYIGBY seeks to address the disastrous housing shortage in San Diego with an innovative plan of building elevated modular housing over parking lots owned by communities of faith. Communities of faith have space that is often underutilized, assisting families and individuals in need is mission-aligned, and the modular… Read More »YIGBY (Yes in God’s Backyard) seeks to rapidly activate church land to build affordable housing
It’s a triple bottom line win for renewable energy, nonprofit sustainability, and impact investmentBQuest is partnering with Collective Sun to create a solar fund for installing discounted rooftop solar on San Diego-area nonprofits. 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 that helps the non-profit take advantage of… Read More »SunForAll Solar Fund aims to raise $10M to save nonprofits $25M in energy costs (oh, and mitigate 125,000 tons of CO2)
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