A one-stop shop for pro bono technical assistance to advance the readiness and implementation of equitable climate projects
Subnational Funding Readiness & Performance (SFRP) provides free, fast, and flexible technical assistance to subnational entities pursuing and implementing climate investments at the federal, state, local, and philanthropic levels. We focus on projects that advance climate equity priorities, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and build climate resilience. We primarily serve capacity-constrained states, local governments, U.S. territories, tribes, and community-based organizations.
This initiative was formerly known as the State Funding Readiness Project, but we changed our program name to better reflect the diversity of subnational entities we serve and our expansion into implementation.
Our Purpose
SFRP offers individualized pro bono services to help jurisdictions and organizations advance climate and equity goals. We quickly integrate into your team, providing a springboard for your ideas, surge capacity to help you meet demanding deadlines, and fresh perspectives to enhance the work quality. We strive to build scaffolding to accelerate your learning curves and improve your jurisdiction or organization’s capacity-building for future projects.
For each project, we deploy a Strike Team composed of technical specialists with expertise including but not being limited to:
Clean energy generation
Clean transportation
Buildings and energy efficiency
Climate adaptation and resilience
Environmental justice and equity
Workforce development and labor
Climate finance and risk
Grant management and implementation
How We Can Help
Our Achievements
stakeholders
mapped
1K
funding and financing opportunities identified
270
funding awarded for climate projects
$1.5B
projects supported capacity-constrained entities
3/4
jurisdictions represented
34
completed projects fully pro bono
53
Service Offerings
Service Offerings
Our service offerings are organized under three pillars of support. Readiness Realignment focuses on adapting strategies to maintain climate momentum, Impact Innovation is geared at empowering subnational solutions, and Award Implementation is aimed at maximizing climate and equity outcomes.
SFRP has an open, rolling intake process and considers requests at any time. We are unique in our ability to deliver rapid response and initiate projects in as quickly as one week. Please note that SFRP support is not guaranteed and is evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Our Intake Process
100%
would recommend SFRP to other entities
9/10
average score on the helpfulness of SFRP support
86%
reported enhanced capacity-building after SFRP support
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