Sustain Our Future Foundation is proud to introduce the community partners selected for our $400,000 Equitable Community Benefits Grants in Garrett County, Maryland. Developed in collaboration with local community advisors and Pivot Energy, this grants strategy reflects our shared commitment to ensuring the construction of a new solar energy project delivers meaningful, tangible, and lasting benefits for communities across Garrett County.

Building Improvement Toolkits (BIT) for Resilient HBCUs Pilot Initiative Launches with $750,000 in Grants and Comprehensive Climate Action Support

Sustain Our Future Foundation proudly announces the recipients of its 2025 Sustainable Justice Scholarships, awarding $10,000 each to 12 students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Each scholarship is named in honor of a distinguished environmental or sustainability leader whose legacy has helped shape the fight for climate action and community well-being.

Sustain Our Future Foundation (SOFF), in partnership with Southface Institute, is proud to announce the launch of the Building Improvement Toolkits (BIT) for Resilient HBCUs, a pilot initiative that aims to advance sustainability efforts within five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and establish them as central hubs for climate action within their broader communities.

40-project portfolio, one of largest community solar portfolios in U.S., to deliver renewable energy access and local economic benefits across 8 states.

In a move set to expand the role of distributed solar in the renewable landscape and help lower energy costs for thousands of American households, Nexamp, a national leader in distributed solar, will develop a portfolio of roughly 100 new projects across the U.S. as part of a long-term agreement with Microsoft.

Sustain Our Future Foundation (SOFF) announces the launch of the Regenerative Communities Maryland Project, made possible through a $2 million dollar 2024 Maryland Energy Administration’s Energy Efficiency Equity Award. In collaboration with Lumeco Energy, this initiative will provide whole-home electrification and weatherization services to 133 households with high energy burdens and limited access to efficient heating and cooling solutions. Additionally, the project will offer vital workforce development opportunities for students from Maryland’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), widening access to the field of sustainability.

Clearloop, the carbon solutions platform for Silicon Ranch that partners with companies of all sizes to help slash their carbon footprint, decarbonize the grid, and support American communities, announced a new multi-year agreement with Microsoft to deploy up to 100 megawatts (MW_AC) of renewable energy projects over the next three years in historically underinvested communities.

New Handbook Helps Companies Integrate a Community Benefits Approach into Decarbonization Projects

Acadia Infrastructure Capital, a specialized clean energy investment platform, today announced the launch of the Climate and Communities Investment Coalition (CCIC), with Microsoft as an anchor member.

The mission of the CCIC is to help corporations support clean energy projects that provide community benefits in the United States. The CCIC is projected to facilitate the construction of at least 5 GW of renewable energy projects over 5 years. Collectively, these projects will help prevent approximately 15 billion pounds of carbon from entering the atmosphere per year and generate enough energy to power over 850,000 homes.

Sustain Our Future Foundation seeks a dynamic, strategic, creative, with a strong commitment to social equity and environmental justice, to serve as a Project Manager for the Foundation. The individual will have the experience, skills, and analysis necessary to support the implementation of the Foundation’s programmatic initiatives.

The Project Manager will lead the Regenerative Communities Project (RCP), which mobilizes resources for hyperlocal sustainable infrastructure development to ensure development aligns with sovereignty, agency, and community self-determination. Rather than create infrastructures that continue perpetuating systems of extraction and exploitation, the RCP centers community engagement and decision-making to create truly sustainable infrastructure. 

Matrix Renewables, the TPG Rise-backed global renewable energy platform, today announced that it has secured financing for the 210MWac Stillhouse Solar project. Acadia Infrastructure sourced preferred equity and separately facilitated Microsoft’s purchase of environmental attribute certificates. In addition, MUFG, HSBC, ING and BBVA provided US $376 million debt financing.

The Stillhouse project, located in Bell County, Texas, is a solar PV plant with a total nameplate capacity of 210MWac and includes a 15-year power purchase agreement with affiliates of Hyundai. In addition, the project has partnered with Sustain Our Future Foundation, contributing nearly $3 million to support community benefits through its community engagement program. Stillhouse Solar will provide clean power to the equivalent of 48,862 homes, deliver grid resiliency, avoid 185,598 metric tons of CO2 equivalent each year, and deliver meaningful community benefits. Construction is progressing with a scheduled commercial operation date in Q3 2025.

Sustain Our Future Foundation (SOFF), a national nonprofit organization, announces grant awards to the inaugural cohort of Reparative Land Collective grantee partners. This collective of Black, Indigenous, Brown, and other land stewards of color are dedicated to implementing ecosystem restoration strategies.

As part of the inaugural awardees, 12 organizations from across the nation were nominated to join this growing community of land healers. Through the Reparative Land Collective, grantee organizations will have access to technical assistance in the form of legal advising, land assessment, permitting, and infrastructure planning, in addition to the capital grants they receive. 

Sustain Our Future Foundation is proud to introduce the grantee partners selected for our Kern County, California equitable community benefits grants. This grants strategy, created in collaboration with local environmental justice organizations and AES, demonstrates our collective commitment to providing tangible, lasting benefits for communities in and around Kern County, California.

Leading national renewable energy provider Pivot Energy, announced today a 5-year framework agreement with Microsoft to develop up to 500 megawatts (MWac) of community-scale solar energy projects across the United States between 2025 and 2029. This significant, impact-driven collaboration supports both Pivot’s and Microsoft’s commitment to maximize the environmental and social benefits of the renewable energy transition at the local level.