The U.S. Green Bank 50
The U.S. Green Bank 50 (GB 50) is the nonprofit membership organization of state, local, and regional Green Banks and community lenders working together to accelerate investment in community-driven clean energy projects across the country.
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Scaling the Community-Driven Green Finance Ecosystem
This Green Bank ecosystem aims to pair local origination with specialized underwriting and aligned capital, standardize financial products, use targeted credit enhancement to attract private investors, and aggregate loans to unlock secondary markets and pathways to securitization.
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Founded by Green Banks to Maximize Local Impacts
Together, the GB 50 and its membership work to advance the maturation of a coordinated Green Banking system that drives benefits to American communities.
The GB 50 empowers Green Banks by providing shared resources, technical assistance services, peer networking opportunities, best-practice sharing, and collaboration in raising capital.
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Lowering costs, creating jobs, and growing local economies
Green Banks invest in projects that lower energy costs, drive local economic growth, and reduce pollution across the country, with a focus on low-income, energy-burdened, rural, tribal, and disadvantaged communities.
The GB 50 serves its members by creating jobs, boosting local economies, reducing pollution, and making clean energy accessible to all.
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The Mission:
To invest in an energy system and a clean economy that is more affordable, reliable, and locally resilient — for the benefit of all American communities.
To date, Green Bank members of the GB 50 have mobilized nearly $30 billion in total capital for investment in communities across the country.
Voices from the Field
“We invest in energy-efficient buildings, solar panels, clean transportation, and projects that protect communities from flooding—building a greener, more affordable DC where everyone can thrive.”
— DC Green Bank
“We weren't able to get a loan through several companies due to bankruptcy and felt we were not going to get a new air conditioner in this heat. You gave me a chance. I thank you so much, and God bless all who read this.”
— Nevada Resident, RE-UP Program
“DC Green Bank’s collaboration with Jubilee Housing shows the power of green finance to help achieve our sustainability goals while creating jobs and supporting resident empowerment in the community”
— Trisha Miller, Former CEO of DC Green Bank
“As a new green bank, SustainEnergyFinance is excited to transform Utah communities with equitable clean energy financing… The U.S. Green Bank 50 is not just a hub of green banks—it will be a key driver to help us jumpstart Utah’s clean energy economy.”
— Shawna Cuan, Co-Founder
“Cape Fear Solar Systems has been operating in Wilmington, NC, since 2007 and now employs over 70 people in the local area. Many of our employees come from nearby community colleges and universities, and we were able to offer these individuals dignified and good-paying jobs deploying clean energy technology.”
— North Carolina Solar Developer
“Our continued success in launching quickly to advance Indiana’s clean energy transition will be bolstered significantly by the formation of the GB 50. It allows us to leverage the combined experiences of green banks across the U.S. to help all Hoosiers.”
— Alex Crowley, Executive Director
“As the nation’s first green bank dedicated to decarbonizing affordable housing, the Massachusetts Community Climate Bank is working to advance an equitable clean energy transition for low- and moderate-income households.”
— Maggie Super Church, Director of Policies and Programs
“DC Green Bank’s dedication to equity and sustainability helps us deliver creative solutions that build thriving communities.”
— James Knight, Chief Executive Officer of Jubilee Housing
“The Estuary at Elizabethtown is a planned net-zero workforce housing community with 285 energy-efficient units, supported by a $30M green bank investment. It will help meet rising housing needs as over 1,400 new jobs come to Elizabethtown, NC.”
— SAVES Green Capital
The GB 50’s Strategic Development Fund’s operating grant covered essential costs at a critical moment, which let us redirect our limited initial state funds to provide a partial loan guarantee for a solar project on a school in rural eastern Washington.
Having a real transaction to point to changes our conversations with legislators as we make the case for capitalizing the bank: we can show what a Green Bank does, not just describe it.
Eli Lieberman - Executive Director
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The GB 50’s Strategic Activities
The GB 50 serves its members by creating jobs, boosting local economies, reducing pollution, and making clean energy accessible to all.
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Raise Capital
The GB 50 sources capital, forms funds, and builds partnerships to support member Green Banks and to connect projects with aligned capital.
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Drive Project Origination
The GB 50 supports members in building trusted local partnerships and sourcing community-driven project pipelines.
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Streamline and Standardize Underwriting
The GB 50 connects lenders with specialized expertise to underwrite deals, standardize processes, reduce costs, and accelerate transactions, driving efficiency and liquidity across the network.
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Build the Narrative
The GB 50 provides communications resources to promote local storytelling, elevate the field's narrative, and showcase the impact of Green Banks grounded in real community benefit.
Courtesy of Connecticut Green BankInform Policy
The GB 50 educates federal, state, and local policymakers to source capital, expand markets, and accelerate clean energy deployment for the benefit of American communities.