What we do

We're on a mission

In partnership with both public and private sectors, we leverage innovative financing and community investments to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy and climate smart technologies. Freedmen Green Bank & Trust is committed to building a green power footprint and pathway for communities to stimulate economic viability and improve environmental sustainability.

Freedmen Green Bank & Trust has a strategic advantage with delivering greenhouse gas reduction and economic development for Colleges and Universities, faith-based organizations, multi-family facilities, and solarized EV charging solutions in EV charging deserts.

To keep a 1.5°C limit within reach, we need to collectively cut emissions by half in the next decade. This is a global effort, but it's one where every country must do its part.

John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate

Types of projects we support

Renewables

Rooftop Solar
Solar Canopy
Ground Mount
Wind
Biomass
Hydro

Storage

Capture and store excess energy for later use

Energy Efficiency

Uses less energy to perform the same tasks

Microgrids

Enhances energy resilience, sustainability, and efficiency in clean energy usage

Electrification

Transition from fossil fuel-based systems to electric power

High Efficiency HVAC

Optimizes energy and significantly reduces utility costs & environmental impact

Weatherization

Installation
Air Sealing
Other Measures

Building Upgrades

Energy efficient building improvements

We're Built Different

At Freedmen, we don’t just invest in projects. We seek to empower people and partner with them on their impact. Not only will their power bills go down, we will see greenhouse gasses reduced and communities transformed. The monies that are saved will not go back into their pockets, it will go back into their programs for impact.

Therefore, we have zero clients at Freedmen. We have Impact Partners.

Our impact partners are not just people who we invest in, but they are people who invest in us. We received a $50K planning grant from Kresge Foundation and a $500K capacity award from The Hive Fund. We are anticipating allocations from our partners with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to continue to make these impacts to continue to support our Impact Partners as we go forward. With these monies, Freedmen is becoming stronger.

Not only are we Freedmen Trust, but you will grow to understand why to trust Freedmen.

Meet our team