There is more funding available than ever before for projects that protect the climate, but the path to getting that funding can be daunting. If you have questions about grant applications, or tax credits, or you’re not even sure what grants and tax credits are in the first place, you’re in the right place.
Check out the resources below to find the support you need to secure funding.
General
Elective Pay & IRA Tax Incentives Resources Page
A collection of articles and resources on tax incentives, including:
- Clean Energy Tax Navigator, a project-specific decision tree that will help you learn about elective pay eligibility and requirements
Local governments: cities, counties, tribal governments and other public agencies
EPA
- Information about how to apply for a grant under the Inflation Reduction Act
Association of Washington Cities
- Federal Infrastructure Law: a central place to find news, events, and other important resources for funding opportunities through the federal infrastructure law
- Inflation Reduction Act: News, updates and training resources for cities looking to access funding from the Inflation Reduction Act
Puget Sound Recovery Acceleration Funding Tool (PS RAFT)
- Provides any grant-seeking partner with a centralized location for information about national, state, and regional funding opportunities for Puget Sound ecosystem and salmon recovery projects. PS RAFT also provides partners with a forum to connect and collaborate on funding applications. This tool is intended to help reduce barriers and capacity needs and to share and find funding opportunities.
Coming soon: grant writing and clean energy tax credit support technical assistance programs offered by the Washington State Department of Commerce
Nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations and community-based organizations
University of Washington Center for Environmental Health Equity (UW CEHE):
- The center works to support community-based organizations and Tribes to help build their capacity to address environmental and energy justice issues in their communities and access funding for that work
- Assistance includes: planning support, collaboration support, funding and proposal development, project development, literature review and data synthesis and administrative and financial support
Inflation Reduction Act Tracker
- A hub to provide information that will help maximize environmental justice communities’ access to IRA funding, to help make the vast IRA landscape more accessible to those who need its funding most
Puget Sound Recovery Acceleration Funding Tool (PS RAFT)
- Provides any grant-seeking partner with a centralized location for information about national, state, and regional funding opportunities for Puget Sound ecosystem and salmon recovery projects. PS RAFT also provides partners with a forum to connect and collaborate on funding applications. This tool is intended to help reduce barriers and capacity needs and to share and find funding opportunities.
Coming soon: grant writing and clean energy tax credit support technical assistance programs offered by the Washington State Department of Commerce
Individuals and families
Rewiring America
- A calculator to help individuals understand the IRA-funded Home Energy Rebates and other funding opportunities that may be available to them and their household