Invest in Our Future (IOF) is marshaling philanthropic resources in a national effort to build an inclusive and equitable clean energy economy.
IOF launched as a pooled philanthropic fund to help communities across the US gain greater access to federal programs and funding for a clean energy transition.
IOF’s grantmaking focuses on place-based strategies to build enduring ecosystems of support that will facilitate the long-term work of effective, equitable implementation nationwide while prioritizing historically underserved communities. It further leverages connections to a broad funder network and coordinates across philanthropy to identify gaps and direct funding to on-the-ground organizations that can fill those gaps.
Grantees represent a wide range of backgrounds, including climate and environment, health, justice, education, agriculture, labor, faith, and more. These experienced partners bring to their work a clear understanding of their communities’ needs, a strong grasp on the process for unlocking funding, and a deep focus on high-potential, locally-led initiatives.
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.
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 the processes, policies, a team of 15 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.
