Green School Works grants provide K-12 public schools with funding to implement projects that improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, or mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Donor Name: Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/13/2026
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 Million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Up to 15% of an award’s total funds can be used for project “soft costs,” such as design or project management.
Goals
The goals of the Green School Works program, as stated in the enabling legislation, are to:
- Provide financial support to eligible public K-12 schools or districts for projects to install or maintain clean energy infrastructure;”
- Address the costs of installation, operation or upgrades of clean energy infrastructure that improves energy efficiency, reduces carbon emissions or mitigates impacts of climate change, including school rooftop construction or repair costs necessary for a clean energy infrastructure project to be safely installed;” and
- Accelerate the adoption of energy efficiency and decarburization measures by “schools serving low-income and environmental justice populations.
Funding Information
- As a part of the Green School Works program, up to nineteen million dollars ($19,000,000)
- Awards could range from a minimum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to a maximum anticipated award of three million dollars ($3,000,000) for most projects. However, the maximum total potential grant amount is five million dollars ($5,000,000) when including a recoverable grant of at least two million dollars ($2,000,000).
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants to this RFP can be public schools, educational collaboratives, public school districts, or municipalities (“Applicants”) proposing eligible projects at eligible schools and/or school districts or collaboratives as described below.
For more information, visit Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.
