2025 CFEBA Grant Applications
The CFEBA is now accepting Letters of Inquiry for grants to support local, regional, national or international organizations with energy-related charitable projects focused on improving lives. Submit your Letter of Inquiry for a 2025 CFEBA Grant! Up to $75,000 in total grant funds are available.
The grant making process begins with submission of a letter of inquiry. Letters will be reviewed by the CFEBA Grants Committee, with invitations to "best fit" candidates to submit a full application.
Grant Submission Timeline:
- Letters of Inquiry are due by Friday, August 15, 2025.
- Responses to all Letters of Inquiry will be provided by Friday, August 29, 2025. Organizations deemed to be a good fit for grant consideration will be invited to complete a Grant Application.
- Grant Applications are due by Friday, October 3, 2025.
A final decision will be made by the CFEBA Board by late November 2025.
Proposals to support local, regional, national or international non-profit organizations with energy-related charitable projects focused on improving lives will be considered for a financial grant.
Examples of past grants include funding to support:
- Construction of solar energy drying huts in Sierra Leone villages to help recover 20-30% of farmers' yields lost to moisture or rodents
- Sustainable home energy kits to provide resilience in the face of natural disaster and conflict areas
- Immediate assistance for North Carolina residents whose homes and communities were destroyed by Hurricane Helene
- The installation of solar electric infrastructure designed to reduce food bank utility costs and provide resiliency in the face of natural disasters in Northeast Florida
- Energy education programs to help U.S. high school students learn about energy efficiency, solar and wind power systems, and shale oil and gas exploration and other energy technologies.
- The purchase and installation of generators to support essential services in hospitals and warming centers throughout war-torn Ukraine
- Installation of solar photovoltaic system to provide electricity for a Native American Tribe as part of a planned microgrid
- Installation of integrated hybrid solar power systems to power refrigeration units at the primary care clinic delivery sites located throughout Puerto Rico impacted by Hurricane Maria
- Solar water pump installation and drip irrigation project in Uganda
- Solar heating of low-income, Native American tribal families living on reservations in the Great Plains
- Equipment, labor, and similar costs necessary to install and make operational heating system improvements for the indoor pool area and electrical outlets and switches repair in the rooms in a multicultural center in Houston affected by Hurricane Harvey
- Replace outdated and inefficient HVAC system at a community health clinic in Boston
For more information, please contact Claudia Pitarque (Sr. Marketing Manager, Energy Bar Association) via email or at (202) 499-5841.