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The 2024–2025 application period begins on Tuesday, August 6, 2024. Applications are due by 5 PM Friday, September 13, 2024.
This grant provides funding to organizations working to advance clean energy, green jobs, environmental education and stewardship, and energy equity and diversity.
The Community Benefits Grant is an innovative partnership between Calpine Community Energy and Clean Power Alliance. This annual program provides grant funding to organizations working to advance clean energy, green jobs, environmental education and stewardship, and energy equity and diversity in the communities that CPA serves.
The 2024–2025 application period begins on Tuesday, August 6, 2024. Applications are due by 5 PM Friday, September 13, 2024.
Eligible applicants must be an IRS-designated 501(c)(3) non-profit organization serving the areas where CPA provides electricity. Qualifying projects must fall within the priority focus areas outlined below.
Please note that funding is not permitted for political action committees, trade associations, government entities, or political candidates.
Previous Community Benefits Grant recipients are eligible to apply for the 2024-2025 grant cycle. However, previous grant recipients are ineligible to receive funds more than two years in a row.
The CBG is available to projects and organizations focused on advancing clean energy, sustainability, and resiliency through the following pathways:
Awards will range from $15,000 to $30,000 for a one-year grant term.
Interested nonprofit and community-based organizations can download an application here. Completed applications and all relevant attachments can be submitted to communitybenefits@calpinesolutions.com no later than 5pm on Friday, September 13, 2024.
In addition to completing the 2024-2025 Community Benefits Grant application, applicants must submit a budget of the proposed project, program, or initiative (see attachment A in the application packet).
If an applicant is working with a fiscal sponsor, the fiscal sponsor must also submit the following documents:
Awardees of the Community Benefits Grant must agree to provide the following:
The Community Benefits Grant is an annual grant. The next grant cycle will open in August 2025. Sign up for CPA’s monthly newsletter to be informed when additional grant funds will be available.
Agoura Hills | Hermosa Beach | Sierra Madre |
Alhambra | Malibu | Simi Valley |
Arcadia | Manhattan Beach | South Pasadena |
Beverly Hills | Moorpark | Temple City |
Calabasas | Monrovia | Thousand Oaks |
Camarillo | Ojai | Unincorporated Los Angeles County |
Claremont | Oxnard | Unincorporated Ventura County |
Carson | Paramount | Ventura |
Culver City | Redondo Beach | West Hollywood |
Downey | Rolling Hills Estates | Westlake Village |
Hawaiian Gardens | Santa Paula | Whittier |
Hawthorne | Santa Monica |
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Calpine Community Energy awards the program funding, while Clean Power Alliance determines the grant guidelines and project criteria and helps engage nonprofit organizations to apply for funding. Both entities work together to assess grant applications.
The Community Benefits Grant is an annual grant. The next grant cycle will open in August 2025. Sign up for CPA’s monthly newsletter to be informed when additional grant funds will be available. Visit www.cleanpoweralliance.org/#newsletter to join the mailing list.