EmPower Massachusetts Implementation Grants (MA)

The EmPower Massachusetts Implementation Grants, offered by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), provide funding to enhance energy access for underserved communities. Grants range from $50,000 to $150,000 and are aimed at implementing community-based projects that address energy burdens. This initiative supports innovative solutions and strengthens organizational capacity, ultimately contributing to the Commonwealth’s clean energy goals and fostering equitable access to clean energy benefits.

About MassCEC
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) is a state economic development agency dedicated to accelerating the growth of the clean energy sector across the Commonwealth to spur job creation, deliver statewide environmental benefits and to secure long-term economic growth for the people of Massachusetts.
EmPower Massachusetts offers multiple stages of investment in communities and community based organizations so that they can explore, develop, and implement program models or projects that provide access to the benefits of clean energy for previously underserved populations. This MassCEC program crowd-sources new and innovative ideas, then helps put them into action. EmPower offers funding to meet the following goals:

• Build organizational capacity & explore innovative solutions ($5,000 to $50,000 grants)Implement solutions ($50,000 to $150,000 grants)
• Implementation Grants

Implementation grants provide funding to implement community-based programs or projects that increase the access to the benefits of clean energy to and/or reduce energy burden on previously underserved population priority groups.Applications should identify specific goals and outcomes for energy access for the targeted priority population.