Many community facilities operated by nonprofits can benefit from going solar. The influx of federal funds through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund makes 2024 a ripe moment to explore solar options, including solar+storage. Co-developing organizations are intermediaries well-versed in the solar installation and financing process. They can be productive partners for nonprofits, as they have specialized in working with nonprofit community facilities that serve specific sectors. This series of case studies will showcase examples from across the country and through various community facility types of solar projects implemented with the assistance of a co-developer. The goal of this series is to help building operators see examples to follow and make the case that they can’t afford to wait to begin to go solar.

Community facility type: Community Health Center

• Organization: Planned Parenthood California Central Coast
• Place: Ventura and San Luis Obispo, California
• System Type: Rooftop mounted
• System size: 2 sites, 49KW total
• Developer: Asteri Solar LLC

Community facility type: Community Health Center

• Organization: San Fernando Community Health Center
• Place: San Fernando, California
• System Type: Rooftop mounted
• System size:106 kW
• Developer: Collective Energy

Community facility type: Nonprofit solar developer

• Organization: Cap Solar
• Place: Hackensack, New Jersey
• Solar installed: 2.3 megawatts
• Number of projects: 36
• Savings to nonprofit organizations: 2.1 million