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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 ...
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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 ...
‘Green Banks,’ Poised for Billions in Climate Funds, Draw States’ Attention
STATELINE ARTICLE January 9, 2023 By: Alex Brown Read time: 5 min In recent years, several states have created or helped to fund specialized banks that lend money to homeowners ...
Press Releases
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 ...
SELF, the Nation’s First Local Green Bank, Celebrates $30 Million in Projects Financed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fort Pierce, Fla., January 4th, 2023 – The SELF organization celebrated a significant milestone this new year by surpassing $30 million in ...
SELF Receives $2 Million Investment through CNote
Investment enables SELF to expand the scope and scale of lending for disability home improvements October 14th, 2022 – SELF has received a $2 million ...
Local Nonprofit SELF Ready to Assist Hurricane Ian Recovery
Florida-based community lender provides specialty emergency loans for cash-strapped homeowners to afford repairs. Access SELF’s Loan Kit for Partners. Update: December 16th, 2022: SELF’s cash ...
Announcements
Media Contacts
Doug Coward,
Executive Director
dougc@solarenergyloanfund.org
(772) 468‐1818
Jake Sanders,
Marketing Director
jakes@solarenergyloanfund.org
(772) 971-6367