Upcoming Events

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Midwest Climate Summit 2025

Federal Funding Fridays

Meet and talk with others in the Midwest about the federal funding landscape and resources. These are informal conversations held virtually so feel free to hop on at any time with specific questions or simply to hear what grants are currently available and what’s happening in other parts of the region.

Every Friday
9 am CT / 10 am ET

Featured Speakers

• NEW! Friday, March 7, 2025 – Hear from special guest, Alex Crowley, Executive Director of the Indiana Energy Independence Fund (IEIF) during our Federal Funding Friday hour. IEIF is the state’s nonprofit green bank offering Indiana residents concrete investment solutions. Alex will share creative ways to move clean energy projects forward without federal investment. While IEIF is based in Indiana, participants from across the Midwest region will benefit from the presentation and the Q&A that will follow!
• Friday, Nov. 22, 2024 – Learn about MCC’s grant training development opportunities with MCC member, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
• Friday, Nov. 8, 2024 – Hear from DOE about the BUILT grant for nonrprofits. Bring your last minute questions before the Nov. 12 deadline.
• Friday, June 14 – Meet IFF, a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that champions nonprofits in the Midwest to shape more equitable and vibrant communities through community-centered lending, development, and real estate consulting.
• Friday, March 29 – Hear from NREL representatives about the Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) grant through DOE. C2C offers specialized cohorts and technical assistance. Learn if your community is eligible and how to apply.
• Friday, March 8, 2024 – Bobby Boyd of the DOE will join us to share DOE opportunities
• Friday, February 16, 2024 – Be one of the first people to explore the recently released Climate Herald, which tracks local climate policies. Keep up to date with what’s happening in your community and other similar jurisdictions to better align your climate work. Meet Michael Dexter, creator of the Climate Herald, and see how this tool can advance your work as a climate advocate, researcher, or practitioner.
• Friday, January 26, 2024 – Join Thomas Peterson from the Center for Climate Strategies: Climate stabilization through state and local action requires comprehensive measures in all sectors that are matched by financing and investment at scale. The CPRG program represents an important first step in this process, but needs significant additional development and implementation action over time. In our presentation, we will review a case study of Maryland and it’s journey to address short and long term climate actions and the investment requirements needed to reach ambitious state goals
• Friday, January 19, 2024 – Hear from Jay Bassett, a volunteer with Environmental Protection Network who will share his decades of experience at EPA to inform CPRG strategies.
• Friday, Oct. 6 – Meet Michael Evans of K&L Gates one of the authors of the IRA and learn all about the tax credits now available from the Inflation Reduction Act to tax-exempt entities and how local governments, nonprofits, and others can take advantage.
• Friday, Sept. 8 – Meet Environmental Protection Network, a network of EPA alumni available to serve as a resource and technical assistance to local and state governments, Tribes, and community organizations
• Friday, July 14 – Join us to hear from Sam Schanfarber at RMI about strategies to approach federal funding. Sam is the Development Officer for US Government Funding at RMI. Working across RMI’s program teams, Sam identifies opportunities for funding from Federal and State agencies, manages the proposal process, and cultivates relationships with relevant partners. 

Events Archive

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