Deadline: 30 September 2023
Are you a Certified-Level Green Business or interested in getting certified by January 15, 2024? Do you have equipment upgrades or improvements to make at your business that will help you operate more sustainably, but are wondering how to pay for it? The California Green Business Network and Intuit, the makers of QuickBooks, are partnering to provide Certified-Level Green Businesses, or businesses that get certified, with a $1,000 Efficiency Mini-Grant to help complete efficiency projects at your facility.
What Types of Efficiency Upgrades would Qualify for an Efficiency Mini-Grant?
Efficiency Mini-Grants can be used to cover or help cover the cost of upgrades such as: LED lighting upgrades, lighting controls, EV chargers, HVAC maintenance, smart thermostats, electric water heater replacement with heat pump water heater, inefficient plumbing fixture swap outs, pipe insulation and installation, walk-in cooler maintenance/strip curtains, and much more!
Funding Information
$1,000 Efficiency Mini-Grants will be awarded.
Eligibility Criteria
- CAGBN and Intuit are deeply committed to fostering a more sustainable world for all. Priority for Efficiency Mini-Grant awardees will go to Certified-Level Green Businesses in California. In addition, businesses applying for an Efficiency Mini-Grant must:
- Be a Certified-Level Green Business (existing or new) in California that completed certification or recertification by 1/15/24.
- Operate as a small business with 100 or fewer employees and ≤$1 million in revenue.
- Apply for funding consideration with a proposed project and provide a compelling story about your business and how receiving funding will benefit both your company and the community you serve.
- Agree to be contacted to consider participating in future promotion opportunities for Intuit/CAGBN if requested.
- Project must be undertaken on or after August 20, 2023.
For more information, visit California Green Business Network.