The Community Clean Energy Coalition Prize helps community coalitions—made up of nonprofits, city governments, school systems, and other community organizations—come together to develop a strategy to address a local clean energy opportunity or inequity.
Donor Name: U.S. Department of Energy
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Prize
Deadline: 12/08/2022
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Details:
The prize seeks to carry out the directives of the Justice40 Initiative by identifying and supporting:
- Newly partnered or existing community-based coalitions that have recently committed to helping underrepresented communities address energy challenges and implement clean energy solutions.
- Further development of relevant in-community coalitions executing projects that are consistent with the Justice 40 Initiative and EERE’s focus on clean energy technologies and implementation.
- Long-term engagement by the relevant in-community coalitions on energy challenges on behalf of the communities served.
Funding Information
The Community Clean Energy Coalition Prize consists of three phases, with a total available prize pool of $1.5 million. Prizes are available to multiple coalition winners in Phase One and Phase Two. The prize will conclude after Phase Three, with a Community Summit Event. At this event, all competitors who complete Phase Two will have the opportunity to present their progress, benefit from networking opportunities, and be eligible for the final $50,000 cash prize, awarded to one winning coalition. Philanthropy partners may also be invited to make connections with coalitions.
Eligibility Criteria
The competition is open to coalitions (partners anchored by at least one community-based not-for profit organization) that are: (1) established on or after the date of this announcement (new coalitions) or (2) existing coalitions that establish a new or amended mission on or after the date of this announcement. Further, all competitors are subject to the following conditions and requirements:
- An individual prize competitor or group of competitors who are not competing as part of an incorporated private entity must all be United States citizens or legal permanent residents.
- Private entities that are incorporated must be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United States with majority domestic ownership and control.
- Individuals competing as part of an incorporated private entity may participate if they are legally permitted to work in the United States.
- DOE employees, employees of sponsoring organizations, members of their immediate families (e.g., spouses, children, siblings, or parents), and persons living in the same household as such persons, whether or not related, are not eligible to participate in the prize.
- Individuals who worked at DOE (federal employees or support service contractors) within six months prior to the submission deadline of any contest are not eligible to participate in the prize.
- Federal entities and federal employees are not eligible to participate in any portion of the prize.
- DOE national laboratory employees are not eligible to participate in the prize.
- Entities and individuals publicly banned from doing business with the U.S. government such as entities and individuals debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participating in Federal programs are not eligible to participate in the prize.
- Entities and individuals identified as a restricted party on one or more screening lists of Department of Commerce, State and the Treasury are not eligible to participate in the prize. See Consolidated Screening List.
- Individuals participating in foreign government talent recruitment programs of foreign countries of risk[1] are not eligible to participate in the prize. Further, teams that include individuals participating in foreign government talent recruitment programs of foreign countries of risk1F are not eligible to participate in the prize.
For more information, visit U.S. Department of Energy.
