Resources for Climate and Clean Energy Funding

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.

Washington’s Clean Energy Tax Credit Assistance Program (CETCAP)

The federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) extended and expanded important clean energy tax credits. This expansion included making these tax credits available to more entities, including organizations that have not traditionally filed tax returns or had access to clean energy tax credits, also referred to as “direct pay” or “elective pay”.
The Washington Department of Commerce, in partnership with Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG), is launching the Clean Energy Tax Credit Assistance Program (CETCAP) to assist organizations with accessing these tax credits.

Federal Funding Grant Writing Assistance Program (FFGWAP)

The Washington Department of Commerce, in partnership with Hagerty Consulting, is launching the Federal Funding Grant Writing Assistance Program, which is designed for Washington community-based organizations, local government agencies, ports, housing authorities, tribes, businesses, and others eligible to receive Federal funds to prepare and submit grant applications.

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