2025 Quick Start Grant Program Cohort
We are accepting applications from October 3 to October 31, 2025.
This round of grant solicitations are designed to build upon TECH Clean California’s past success, by supporting activities that advance or expand successful approaches from past Quick Start Grants or that address key barriers to heat pump market transformation, funding outreach and education to expand its reach, and using the data gathered to answer important policy questions.
We are looking for the next cohort of Quick Start Grant recipients that will focus on the following areas:
1) Quick Start Grant Scaling Fund
Funding available for innovative projects that address key barriers to heat pump deployment by building upon successful innovations from past Quick Start Grants and TECH Clean California pilots. Projects must benefit underserved communities. Eligible applicants include nonprofit, private, and local government organizations. Offering up to $300,000 per project with three to five grants available. Review the solicitation document for more information.
Apply by emailing this application and SMART Goals to TECH.pilots@energy-solution.com.
2) Heat Pump Access Grants
Funding available for outreach and education to underrepresented communities on heat pumps and incentives. Eligible applicants are non-profits or tribes. Offering up to $150,000 per project with three to five grants available. Review the solicitation document for more information.
Apply by emailing this application and SMART Goals to TECH.plots@energy-solution.com.
Upcoming Webinar
The TECH Clean California team will host an informational webinar to answer questions from potential applicants on October 15, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PST.
For more information, visit each of the grants’ solicitation documentation provided above or contact TECH Clean California at TECH.pilots@energy-solution.com.
Funding for this project is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment — particularly in disadvantaged communities.