Massachusetts · Public charity
People's Solar Energy Fund
PEOPLE'S SOLAR ENERGY FUND, inc. Provides non-extractive financing, technical assistance and bulk-purchasing discounted services to build a scalable system of support for community-led and community-owned solar projects. The emphasis is on projects benefiting low- or moderate-income communities and communities of color, contributing to…
- $87k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $63k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations People's Solar Energy Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $63k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $12k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $80k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Energy Solar Holding LLC | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| People's Solar Energy Fund | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jc Legal Resource Center Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Village Revitalization | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Native Sun Community Power Development | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Village Solutions Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Cleveland Owns | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About People's Solar Energy Fund
- How much does People's Solar Energy Fund give?
- People's Solar Energy Fund reported 8 itemized grants totaling $63,000, out of $87,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does People's Solar Energy Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (68%), Community Improvement (14%), Public Benefit (8%).
- Who are People's Solar Energy Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Community Energy Solar Holding LLC ($80k), People's Solar Energy Fund ($12k), Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County ($8k).
- Does People's Solar Energy Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as People's Solar Energy Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is People's Solar Energy Fund based?
- People's Solar Energy Fund is based in MA.
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