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Energy Foundation Grants: How to Win Funding

The U.S. Energy Foundation (EF) is one of the premier philanthropic regranting institutions in the United States, operating as a 501(c)(3) intermediary designed to deploy pooled foundation capital toward climate solutions.

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Energy Foundation: the clean energy policy and advocacy framing

The Energy Foundation funds clean energy policy advocacy. Frame your proposal as advancing specific policy outcomes — not as general climate education or awareness building.

The Energy Foundation funds clean energy policy advocacy in the United States and China. If your proposal is 'we will educate the public about climate change,' that is education, not policy advocacy, and the Energy Foundation will decline it. If it is 'we will advocate for a clean energy standard in California,' that is policy advocacy, and it is in their lane. The policy framing: Energy Foundation funds specific policy…

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