Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation

Renewable energy - the renewable energy program is established to support the development of clean, renewable energy generation in illinois by government agencies and nonprofit organizations throughout the state. By funding a variety of technologies operating in different settings, and increasingly requiring the reporting and public sharing of performance information, the foundation is providing a valuable service to this emerging and rapidly expanding technology field. Grant programs support wind energy at both the feasibility and installation stages, solar energy at both the generation and educational scales as well as advancing the development of renewable energy resources. During the year, we paid out 18 grants providing over $1.4 million to illinois nonprofit organizations, schools, municipalities and other local and state government agencies.