Hey Good people! Lots of news to track today as Americans are waking up to election results from all over the country. I’ll say this: to enable a just transition, we need to pull as many levers as possible (get it? 🥁) to get there. Onward!
Table of Contents
- Funding Opportunities
- Jobs & Fellowships 👨🏽💼👩🏽💼
- RFP & Contracting Opportunities 📑
- Lagniappe ⚜ (a lil extra)Need this guy to run for …
- ⚡️ Recharge ⚡️
Hot Take: Access to affordable to energy is a human right
By the numbers:
- Funding Opps: 30+
- Job Opps: 60+
- Contract Opps: 15+
Funding Opportunities
- Justice Fund of Georgia Fall 2025 Open Call by Justice Fund of Georgia
- Who it's for: The Justice Fund of Georgia offers grants to adult and youth justice reform organizations through a Letter of Connection process. Funding supports grassroots, community-led, and justice-impacted organizations working on decarceration, community healing, and systems change in Georgia.
- Funding Amount: $10,000 - $25,000
- Deadline: 11/10/2025
- How to Apply: Click Here
- Breakthrough Energy Fellows Program 2026 Cohort by Breakthrough Energy
- Who it's for: Breakthrough Energy Fellows offers three pathways to accelerate clean tech innovation: Innovator Fellowship for early-stage climate technology commercialization, Business Fellowship for experienced professionals, and Explorers for applied research projects. The program focuses on technologies that can reduce or capture greenhouse gases by at least 500 million tons per year or address climate adaptation.
- Funding Amount: $500,000 in investment
- Deadline: 11/10/2025
- How to Apply: Click Here
- The Future of Learning, The Future of our Planet by National Geographic Society
- Who it's for: National Geographic seeks proposals for educational projects that develop knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to design a future benefiting people and nature. Projects may pilot new learning solutions or scale proven educational approaches with evidence of effectiveness.
- Funding Amount: $20,000 - $65,000
- Deadline: 11/19/2025
- How to Apply: Click Here
- Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement Grants by Farm Credit East and CoBank
- Who it's for: AgEnhancement Grants support efforts to foster agriculture, forest production, or commercial fishing in the Northeast region (six New England states, New York, and New Jersey). The program awards grants to organizations that assist farms of all sizes, promote diversity, and create opportunities for new entrants into agriculture.
- Funding Amount: $500 - $10,000
- Deadline: 12/1/2025
- How to Apply: Click Here
- Louisiana Justice Fund Coalition & Collaborative Advocacy Power Grants by Foundation for Louisiana
- Who it's for: The Louisiana Justice Fund supports coalitions and organizations advancing criminal legal system reforms through strategic collaboration and advocacy. The fund prioritizes initiatives that reduce incarceration, improve reentry outcomes, and expand economic opportunities for system-impacted individuals.
- Funding Amount: $100,000
- Deadline: 12/5/2025
- How to Apply: Click Here
💰 View All Funding Opps in the Funding Database 💰
Jobs & Fellowships 👨🏽💼👩🏽💼
- Director State Affairs-Northeast
- Organization: Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
- Location: Washington, DC; Remote
- Description: Develop and implement SEIA's policies in growing solar markets across the Northeast, with focus on New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Oversee regulatory and legislative activities, manage the Northeast Committee, and build relationships with industry stakeholders.
- Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
- Salary: $115,000 - $125,000
- Link to Apply: Click Here
- Product Designer
- Organization: One Project
- Location: Remote, US
- Description: Design and execute features for Common, a platform that visualizes networks of solidarity economy funders and organizations to facilitate collaboration and resource movement. Create compelling visual designs, conduct user research, and maintain design systems while collaborating on brand and marketing materials.
- Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
- Salary: $140,000 - $180,000
- Link to Apply: Click Here
- Chief of Staff
- Organization: Frolic Community
- Location: Seattle, WA; Hybrid
- Description: Serve as operational backbone for cooperative housing development company creating pocket-communities of 6-20 homes owned collectively. Provide direct support to executive team, implement operational processes, and manage priorities in a fast-growing startup environment focused on housing equity.
- Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
- Salary: $100,000 - $140,000
- Link to Apply: Click Here
- Cement Campaign Director
- Organization: Industrious Labs
- Location: Remote
- Description: Lead Industrious Labs' growing campaign to transform the cement industry for climate, jobs and justice. Oversee development of the Global Cement Network while building U.S. campaign strategy, managing staff, and engaging with diverse stakeholders including grassroots, labor, and international organizations.
- Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
- Salary: $156,000
- Link to Apply: Click Here
- Program Manager, Global Strategic Partnerships
- Organization: Project Drawdown
- Location: Remote, United States
- Description: Lead a new climate initiative managing cross-team projects, strategic partnerships, and science-based content development. Coordinate relationships with global partners and funders while ensuring projects align with long-term climate impact objectives.
- Deadline to Apply: 11/7/2025
- Salary: $95,000 - $115,000
- Link to Apply: Click Here
💼 See all the Job Opps on the Job Board 💼
RFP & Contracting Opportunities 📑
- RFI: New England Heat Pump Accelerator Program Design
- Issued By: Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources
- Scope: Rhode Island seeks feedback on designing a state heat pump pilot program to accelerate adoption of cold climate air-source heat pumps and heat pump water heaters. The program targets low- to moderate-income households with anticipated funding of $9.6-12.8 million for implementation from April 2026 through October 2029.
- Budget: $9.6 - $12.8M
- Deadline for Proposals: 11/10/2025
- Details & Submission Link: Click Here
- RFP: 2025 Hazel M. Johnson Fellowship Host Organization Application
- Issued By: Black Girl Environmentalist
- Scope: Black Girl Environmentalist seeks host organizations for the 2025 Hazel M. Johnson Fellowship to mentor Black climate fellows for a 10-week summer program. Hosts must provide an inclusive, equity-centered work environment, mentorship, professional development support, and cover the fellow's hourly wage plus a sliding-scale program fee.
- Budget: Host organizations pay fellow wages and program fee (sliding scale)
- Deadline for Proposals: 11/14/2025
- Details & Submission Link: Click Here
- RFP: DEI Consultant
- Issued By: Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
- Scope: C2ES seeks an experienced DEI consultant to develop and implement diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies within the organization and programming activities. The consultant will help maintain existing work, set new goals, and develop a broader strategic vision for DEI.
- Budget: $40,000 - $80,000
- Deadline for Proposals: 12/1/2025
- Details & Submission Link: Click Here
📝 View all opportunities in Contract & RFP Catalog 📝
Lagniappe ⚜ (a lil extra)
Need this guy to run for public service commissioner/public utility commissioner
Powerline: and under appreciated 90s gem
News Scan: Updates to Track📰
As all know that the EPA is looking a bit….different these days in regards in to environmental justice and holding polluters accountable. This article offers a potential solution modeled after how Canada’s provincial governments banded together to create the International Institute of for Sustainable Development to preserve environmental data and community-protecting science. Imagine if Minnesota and Massachusetts governments collaborated with EJ groups in Mississippi and Alabama to advance national-scale progress?
Looking Ahead: Upcoming Events 🗓️
- Date: 11/17/2025 - 11/19/2025
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Title: 2025 Southeast Energy Summit
- Host: Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
- Description: “The annual Southeast Energy Summit brings together the brightest minds in the industry to connect, explore and innovate for a more energy-efficient Southeast.”
- Sign Up: Click Here
⚡️ Recharge ⚡️
I recently had the opportunity to join a discussion on the book, Powerless: The People’s Struggle for Energy by Diana Hernandez and Jennifer Laird
This book makes clear that MILLIONS of Americans have to choose between heating their homes or putting food on their table. This is especially relevant as the government shutdown is preventing food from being put on the table of 42M people. This does not have to be our reality. What I appreciate about this work is that it makes the case for building a future where folks can reclaim their power. As one book summary reads:
“They also suggest redesigning rates to accommodate income, promoting enrollment and expansion of discount programs, reforming utility disconnection policies, improving energy literacy, and ensuring an equitable shift to renewable energy resources.”
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In solidarity,
Trace
