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Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund – United States

Deadline: 30-Nov-21

The City of Portland is currently seeking applications for the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) to plan and implement projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve climate resiliency in ways that advance racial and social justice.

The Portland Clean Energy Fund is committed to providing meaningful access to the information and materials to all Portlanders. They recognize that people interested in PCEF may have different interests and needs.
 
Categories
 
Your funding request must be for work that falls within one or more of the PCEF funding categories defined in the legislative code. If you are applying to do planning work, you must be planning for a project within one or more of the PCEF funding categories. The funding categories are:
Types of Funding 
 
Priority Populations
 
PCEF is designed to ensure that program investments benefit people who are most impacted by climate change and people who have historically been left out of the economic opportunity associated with climate projects. These populations are called out in the City code, referenced in application questions, and considered in scoring applications. It is important that organizations applying for PCEF grants understand how the two categories of priority populations are defined:
Guiding Principles
 
The guiding principles are:
Eligibility Criteria
 
Qualified nonprofit organizations who meet all of the following requirements are eligible to apply for PCEF grant funds:
Newly formed or emerging groups who do not meet the 501(c) or 521(a) designation requirement, or eligible nonprofits who may benefit from additional administrative capacity, may apply for a PCEF grant with a fiscal sponsor. A fiscal sponsor is an eligible nonprofit organization that provides organizational infrastructure and administrative support for managing a grant.
 
For more information, visit City of Portland.

For more information, visit https://www.portland.gov/bps/cleanenergy/pcef-grant-guide

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