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Low-cost Loans Help Homeowners Prepare for Climate Change
UPDATED AUGUST 30, 2023 2:42 PM Read the original article at Bay Soundings, Tampa Bay’s Environmental News When most people think about resilience in the ...
SELF’s Climate Resiliency Leadership in the South, LMI Communities highlighted by Coalition for Green Capital
SELF Leads Climate Resiliency Efforts Across the South, Providing Unique Financial Tools to Serve LMI Communities The Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF) recently reached ...
Congressional Climate Camp: Implementing the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Read More at HillHeat What to learn more about climate policy? But not sure where to start? We have you covered. The Environmental and Energy ...
Need a new roof or impact windows but don’t have the cash? Explore these options
BY ALEX HARRIS UPDATED FEBRUARY 14, 2023 10:56 PM 00:15 01:33 Read the original article at the Miami Herald Skyrocketing insurance premiums, energy costs and ...
Funding a Clean Energy Future and More Than Just a Zoo
Listen on WQCS Fort Pierce – Friday January 27, 2023: This week on In Focus, with IRSC Public Media, Doug Coward, Executive Director of the Solar ...
SELF, the Nation’s First Local Green Bank, Celebrates $30 Million in Projects Financed
WQCS | By WQCS Published January 13, 2023, at 3:00 AM EST Fort Pierce, Fla., Friday January 13th, 2023 – SELF, a non-profit solar and energy loan fund, is ...
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SELF, America’s First Community Development Green Bank, Launches the “Southern Climate Equity Accelerator”
A first cohort of nascent green funds joined this new regional initiative led by SELF to prepare for the deployment of federal funds that aim ...
Solar and Energy Loan Fund and Georgia Hispanic Construction Association Forge Partnership to Drive Economic, Environmental, and Financial Equity
ATLANTA (June 26, 2023) – The Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF) and the Georgia Hispanic Construction Association (GHCA) have forged a partnership to support ...
SELF Receives Second Grant from Opportunity Finance Network’s Finance Justice Fund
For Immediate ReleaseJune 26, 2023 The Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF), America’s first local green bank and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), announced today ...
SELF RECEIVES INVESTMENT, GRANT FROM LEON LOWENSTEIN FOUNDATION
Funding helps support novice and minority developers of affordable housing FORT PIERCE, Fla., Feb. 24, 2023 – The Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF), America’s ...
SELF RECEIVES $2 MILLION EQ2 INVESTMENT FROM PNC BANK
Funding helps SELF build capital, provide more green loans in disadvantaged communities FORT PIERCE, Fla., Jan. 31, 2023 – The Solar and Energy Loan Fund ...
SELF Names Microfinance Expert Duanne Andrade as New Executive Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fort Pierce, Fla., January 18, 2023 – SELF, a non-profit national leader in green financing and energy equity, announced a leadership transition ...
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Doug Coward,
Executive Director
dougc@solarenergyloanfund.org
(772) 468‐1818
Li Cohen,
Communications Director
lcohen@solarenergyloanfund.org
(772) 2766724