Hannon Armstrong Foundation Builds Partnership to Advance Climate Justice

A non-profit philanthropic organization, The Hannon Armstrong Foundation has announced  three new multi-year collaborations with leading non-profit organizations with focus on community resilience, careers in sustainability, and energy efficiency building upgrades.

The Foundation's partnerships with Groundswell, SEI, and Southface Institute will deliver funding to improve direct access to affordable clean energy and health-enhancing products and services for communities that contend with disinvestment and inequities; provide education and training opportunities for careers in climate solutions at historically Black colleges and universities and those that serve other communities of color; and equip non-profits with financial and technical resources to make sustainable building improvements.

“The Hannon Armstrong Foundation is committed to supporting the most impactful organizations working at the intersection of social justice and climate action,” said Jeffrey W. Eckel, President, Hannon Armstrong Foundation. “We are honored and grateful to help support the growth of these unique programs and services offered by Groundswell, SEI, and Southface Institute.”

Groundswell builds community power by means of equitable community solar projects and resilience centers, clean energy programs that reduce energy burdens, and developing research initiatives that help pave the way to clean energy futures for all.

With Hannon Armstrong Foundation'a funding, Groundswell will establish up to eight new community resilience center sites in Baltimore, help advance at least two community resilience center sites into the construction phase and identify an additional Maryland community that is ready to develop its own energy resilience center program.

SEI (Strategic Energy Innovations) is an environmental non-profit that builds leaders to drive sustainability solutions. Support from the Hannon Armstrong Foundation will help SEI expand its Climate Corps program. 

Southface Institute is a sustainable development nonprofit that strengthens equity and the environment by transforming residential and commercial structures at every stage of the building life cycle.

Funding sport from the Hannon Armstrong Foundation will ensure Southface pilot a new model of employee engagement within their GoodUse program, which gives 45-50 non-profits each year the ability to reduce operating costs and reap savings to reinvest into core services to the community.