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Nov 13, 2024

Press Release: Justice Climate Fund Finalizes Executive Team and Builds Momentum for Its Clean Energy Financing Program Rollout

Oct 8, 2024

News: Inflation Reduction Act 2 Years Later: Building Clean Electricity Faster Than Ever

Sep 24, 2024

News: City First’s Oswaldo Acosta on the Leading Role of CDFIs in the Green Transition

Aug 23, 2024

News: What's Happening With the Billions In Climate Funding For Low-Income Communities?

Aug 16, 2024

News: Green Bank and Community Lending Plans Shift Into High Gear With Release of $27 Billion in Federal Climate Grants

Aug 16, 2024

Press Release: Justice Climate Fund Finalizes Agreement With U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Clean Communities Investment Accelerator Program

Jul 10, 2024

Press Release: Amir Kirkwood Named CEO of Justice Climate Fund

Jun 17, 2024

News: GGRF Provides $27 Billion for Clean Energy Projects. Here’s How Cities Can Access It

Jun 11, 2024

News: One Step Closer to Federal Green Banks

Jun 5, 2024

News: Which States Have Community Solar? Find Out Here

May 30, 2024

News: Four Things Community Lenders Realized about the Clean Energy Transition

May 23, 2024

News: Black-Owned Businesses Need Money To Make Money

May 21, 2024

News: Investing In Greenhouse Gas Reduction Lifts Up Main Streets

Apr 27, 2024

News: The Power of Us — Climate change has disproportionately impacted these vulnerable US communities, experts say

Apr 17, 2024

News: Understanding the EPA’s Massive New Investment in Emissions Reduction

Apr 10, 2024

News: 'Awesome, Historic, Momentous.' U.S. EPA Distributes $20 Billion for Climate Justice — Now the Work Begins

Apr 9, 2024

News: EPA Invests $1 Billion In Racial Climate Justice

Apr 4, 2024

News: US starts ‘green bank’ to finance community climate projects

Apr 4, 2024

Press Release: Justice Climate Fund Selected by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Clean Communities Investment Accelerator Program

Mar 22, 2024

News: Meet the Black CEO Bringing Capital to Sustainable Infrastructure

Mar 14, 2024

News: How loan guarantees and catalytic capital can amplify federal ‘green bank’ funds

Mar 12, 2024

News: Justice, transition, and nature-based solutions — Here’s how we move beyond the backlash and refocus the climate finance conversation on what matters most

Feb 19, 2024

News: 3 Key Measures U.S. Cities Can Adopt To Advance Net-Zero Initiatives

Feb 2, 2024

News: Extreme heat, wildfire smoke harm low-income and nonwhite communities the most, study finds

Jan 31, 2024

News: Harnessing the transformative potential of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

Jan 31, 2024

News: How US community lenders are tapping impact capital to leverage federal investments

Jan 31, 2024

News: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund investment needs data map

Jan 30, 2024

News: What it will take to make clean energy affordable — for everyone

Jan 11, 2024

News: As Utility Bills Rise, Low-Income Americans Struggle for Access to Clean Energy

Jan 10, 2024

News: The $14 billion National Clean Investment Fund launches in March —What you need to know

Jan 8, 2024

News: ‘Green bank’ partnerships center affordable housing in climate action

Jan 8, 2024

News: Green Lending — An Opportunity Too Big to Ignore

Dec 11, 2023

News: Black Information Network Interview with JCF Interim CEO Douglass Sims

Nov 14, 2023

News: Grassroots environmental groups band together to try for billions in grants

Nov 6, 2023

News: Here’s who wants to run the country’s $14B ‘green bank’

Oct 31, 2023

Speech: “Unlocking Climate Solutions in Communities Across America with the GGRF”

Oct 31, 2023

Project Sheet: Justice Climate Fund Overview

Oct 19, 2023

News: Leaders of Green Financing and Lending, Impact Investing, and Affordable Housing Join JCF Board

Oct 12, 2023

Justice Climate Fund Applies for EPA Grants to Benefit Low-Income Communities Most Impacted by Climate Change

Oct 4, 2023

News: JCF Adds the Housing Partnership Network to Its Communities-First Coalition

Sep 18, 2023

News: Justice Climate Fund Board Appoints Interim CEO

Aug 4, 2023

News: Communities of Color Rally for Green Funds

Jul 14, 2023

News: EPA Launches Green Bank for Climate Funding in Low-Income Areas

Jun 21, 2023

Event: Roundtable Discussion on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

May 3, 2023

News: Community Builders of Color Coalition Announces New Fund to Invest in Climate Change Solutions for Low-Income Communities

Our Vision for Climate Equity

The Justice Climate Fund is a purpose-built nonprofit financial institution that is building the field and deploying capital through Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), credit unions, Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) and green banks to enable families, communities and businesses to save money while investing in a greener and safer future.

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