Invest in Our Future (IOF)
Invest in Our Future (IOF) is marshaling philanthropic resources in a national effort to build an inclusive and equitable clean energy economy.
Invest in Our Future (IOF)
Invest in Our Future (IOF) is marshaling philanthropic resources in a national effort to build an inclusive and equitable clean energy economy.
We are mobilizing funds to ensure equity in the clean energy economy in the U.S.
Initiative Impact
Over the past three years, IOF has delivered US $218m in grants to more than 100 organizations and networks to build projects and deliver benefits to communities in dozens of states and more than 700 counties.
Invest in Our Future provides philanthropic support to organizations working to knock down barriers to clean energy deployment and deliver lower costs, stronger economic growth, greater resilience, and better jobs to more communities.
IOF’s grantmaking focuses on organizations that advance four strategic objectives: expediting the siting and permitting of utility-scale clean energy projects; expanding the market for commercial-scale, community-serving clean energy projects; building a high-quality clean energy workforce; and strengthening the organizing and communications capacity of the clean energy deployment field.
Grantees represent a wide range of backgrounds and geographies, all working to ensure more communities can stand up and directly benefit from new clean energy projects. These experienced partners bring to their work a clean understanding of their communities’ needs, a deep focus on locally-led initiatives with high potential, and a vision to reach scale through replicability and broaden public support for continued deployment.
Programs have included raising awareness of new programs and incentives, building capacity at the state and local level, accelerating new projects through complex approval processes, expanding America’s skilled clean energy workforce, and amplifying success stories.
IOF also serves as a strategy hub for partners and philanthropy to increase collaboration across silos and geographies and to close gaps in the field.
RFCC serves as IOF’s fiscal sponsor and works with its donors to aggregate funding as part of a pooled fund. It helped set up IOF’s processes and policies and is providing critical infrastructure support for IOF to serve as a strategic hub for NGOs and grant makers working in the emerging space of climate and clean energy implementation.
Approach
IOF's Approach
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Expedite Utility Scale Siting & Permitting
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Expand the Commercial-Scale Clean Energy Market
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Build a High-Quality Clean Energy Workforce
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Strengthen Support for Clean Energy Deployment
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Our partners are endeavoring every day to tackle the most pressing obstacles holding back clean energy projects.
Executive Director, IOF
