About Us

Sharing the Power Foundation contributes to causes that provide renewable energy access in vulnerable urban and rural communities.

From Appalachia to Atlanta, these organizations promote access to clean air, water and renewable energy; residential and commercial weatherization and energy efficiency; workforce training in clean energy careers; and effective solutions to expand the availability of affordable food and transportation.

Our Partners

We partner with environmental causes by funding grassroots solutions to complex environmental challenges.

The Foundation also invests in the next generation of environmental leaders by equipping students with the experience, professional development, and funding necessary for them to attain and thrive in sustainability and clean energy careers.

Grantmaking

Our History

Sharing the Power Foundation was established as part of Volt Energy Utility’s Environmental Justice Power Purchase Agreement™ (EJPPA).

Volt Energy Utility, a minority-owned national utility-scale solar developer occupying a very unique position in our industry, Volt Energy Utility (www.voltenergyutility.com) is committed to providing historically marginalized communities with equal access to the benefits of renewable energy and opportunities to participate in the clean energy economy. Volt Energy Utility created the EJPPA after recognizing corporate emissionality goals can be leveraged into efforts that advance community impact.

Volt Energy Utility's founder Gilbert Campbell envisioned a process through which the basic tool used to finance major solar projects — the PPA — could produce a funding stream to support environmental justice causes. A percentage of revenue produced by these projects is dedicated to funding Sharing the Power Foundation. The EJPPA serves the dual purpose of assisting corporations in meeting and exceeding their clean energy milestones while fulfilling commitments to programs that promote environmental justice and equitably distribute the benefits of a clean energy economy.
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In 2021, Volt Energy Utility announced the groundbreaking EJPPA with Microsoft. With the assistance of Microsoft and other corporate partners, Sharing the Power Foundation became a reality.

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Leadership

The Foundation’s leaders come from a broad range of backgrounds and have a diversity of expertise and experiences that spans science and technology, public policy, education, communications, law and business.