The Current

Stories from GRID

Where GRID’s work in clean energy comes to life.

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  • Equity & Community

    Stacy Brown

    Stacy Brown is a single parent of two boys and a foster mom who works as a bus driver in Shasta County. Stacy built her home from the...

  • Group of volunteers with raised hands holding GRID Alternatives banner at solar installation site Equity & Community

    Caitlin Fey

    Caitlin, a student at University of Michigan, traveled to San Diego for Solar Spring Break to help out with an install for the La Jolla...

  • Smiling person wearing glasses and a gray baseball cap indoors Organizational Stories

    Jackie Brown

    Jackie Brown first got involved with GRID for two years in high school and now attends Fresno State University. Jackie's work with GRID is...

  • Group of nine people in white hard hats and "GRID" t-shirts standing on solar panels with arms raised Organizational Stories

    Els Van Woert

    A grad student at University of Vermont, Els had worked in wind energy for several years before returning to school to study solar. Solar...

  • Equity & Community

    Valentino Jack

    Valentino Jack is an active community member and former Tribal chairman who helped build the reservation where he lives. Valentino...

  • Pie chart showing budget breakdown: Program 87%, General and Administrative 7%, Fundraising 6% Organizational Stories

    Expenditures: $22M

    NEARLY NINE OF EVERY TEN dollars GRID Alternatives spends goes directly to projects. Our “get-it-done” ethos makes us a slim and efficient...

  • Pie chart showing revenue sources: 84% incentives and fee-for-service partnerships, 6% in-kind donations, 4% corporation grants, 3% foundation grants, 2% government grants, 1% individual grants. Total $23.4M Organizational Stories

    Revenues: $23.4M

    GRID ALTERNATIVES' FUNDRAISING model is to turn over every rock. By tapping State and local rebates and other public funds and partnering...

  • Worker in white hard hat and "Grid Alternatives" shirt installing solar equipment on residential meter box Workforce & Education

    Women in Solar Initiative

    GRID VOLUNTEER Wendy Campa showed up for her first day on the job at a major solar company in Coachella Valley, CA to discover that she...

  • Workers in safety gear and hard hats receiving training on fall protection equipment outdoors Organizational Stories

    Federal Recognition

    OUR SUCCESSES IN CALIFORNIA and beyond have positioned us as a national leader in low-income solar. GRID Alternatives was recognized by the...

  • Group of people gathered outside illuminated building at night in rural Nicaragua Equity & Community

    Lighting up Rural Nicaragua

    GRID ALTERNATIVES has gone international! We acquired a grassroots non-profit called Power to the People in 2014, bringing our extensive...

  • Construction workers on rooftop with safety equipment during expansion project near city buildings Organizational Stories

    Expanding Nationally

    IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, GRID Alternatives has expanded to serve families in Colorado, the New York tri-state region, the mid-Atlantic and...

  • Child in green solar shirt and yellow hard hat standing before solar panel with "Solar Champions" poster Policy & Advocacy

    Ensuring Access in California

    IN 2013, GRID ALTERNATIVES led a successful effort to ensure continued access to solar energy for low-income families in California through...

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