2023-2024 Empowerment Grant Recipients

The Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition is proud to announce the recipients of the third cycle of our Empowerment Grant funding program!  We know that environmental injustices have not impacted all communities equally. We leverage these funds for BIPOC, members of Frontline Communities, historically marginalized groups, community-based organizations, and environmental justice Read more…

August Newsletter: Home Energy Rebate Program, MWBDC Funding Deadline Extension, and more!

It’s August, MWBDC! We can’t believe how quickly this summer has flown by. In case you haven’t heard, two big pieces of news dropped this past month –   After much anticipation, the DOE released guidance and application instructions for states, territories, and tribes to apply for the IRA’s Home Energy Rebates program. There are over 8 billion (yes, with Read more…

July Newsletter: Funding Cycle Now Open!

Happy July, Midwest BDC!   We are excited to announce that the applications for 2023 – 2024 MWBDC funding are now open! To align the Coalition’s work with Justice40 and the Climate Funder’s Justice Pledge, MWBDC has committed 40 percent of its annual budget to re-granting work, either through Participation Stipends for our Coalition Members or through Read more…

MWBDC Federal Policy Working Group Submits Comments to EPA’s Environmental and Climate Justice Program

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s new Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) program has been tasked with distributing three billion dollars of Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grants from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). When the IRA was passed and information and intentions for the pot of money were announced, many Read more…