The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was a historic step towards creating a clean energy economy that works for everyone. Today, it is under threat as legislators look for ways to pass permanent tax cuts for the wealthy. That’s why Dream.Org is actively working on Capitol Hill to elevate the stories of communities across the country. We’re advocating to protect this policy that has created clean energy economic opportunities and delivered benefits to so many Americans.

Engaging both sides of the aisle, we bring people together to find common ground and advance bipartisan solutions. If we successfully protect the IRA, we know we can ensure more affordable energy, green jobs, and cleaner air and water across the country.

The Inflation Reduction Act provides a historic opportunity to transform communities most impacted by climate change into places of sustainable economic growth. However, even though record levels of climate funding are now available, many disadvantaged communities lack the resources and capacity they need to be able to apply for grants and assemble teams for climate projects. Our mission is to help community-based institutions in low-income disadvantaged communities (LIDACs) identify qualified infrastructure projects and prepare them to compete & win climate funding. 

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We're partnering with disadvantaged communities across the country to change that. Through advocacy, technical assistance, and capacity-building, we're bringing together local governments, community-based organizations, and minority-owned businesses to apply for funding and build out projects that create environmental and economic benefits for the local community.

The Climate Finance: A Path to Impact Curriculum provides leaders with a self paced learning experience to understand how to move their infrastructure project through the project pipeline to ensure their community is positioned to apply for climate investments to support project implementation. 

Join our Climate Finance Path to Impact self-paced online course today to unlock the knowledge and skills to successfully advance your climate infrastructure projects and prepare them to compete and win public and private dollars for community-scale transformation.

Dream.Org’s Make it Real photojournalism series spotlights diverse, climate-affected communities in critical need of project support through the Inflation Reduction Act’s green future fund. It's a race against time, highlighting urgent, local actions and innovations to combat climate change, and underscoring the critical need to support these vulnerable areas with sustainable solutions.