Decoding Direct Pay

Helping Tax-Exempt Entities such as Nonprofits, Schools, Tribes, and Local Governments Access IRA Clean Energy Tax Credits

Beginner’s Guide

We’re here to help you connect the dots when it comes to getting IRA direct pay funding.

Our purpose is to give you an educational overview of what tax forms you will need to fill out and who can help. This is purely educational for you, we aren’t earning a cent.

Tax Forms

The development process starts here.

Get a quick lesson of how non-profits can develop climate and clean energy projects 
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Do you have enough capital to get started? New opportunities for bridge financing and grants are available here:

Financing

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TCC’s

Solar Array

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Interested but need technical assistance? Check out these resources.

Guide to technical assistance
  • Joby Bernstein, CFA

    Stanford MBA & MS in Environment and Resources

    Experience: Department of Energy, Background in Climate Finance

  • Felipe Galvis-Delgado

    Stanford MA in International Policy & MS in Environment and Resources

    Experience: Clean Energy Developer, former U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives Policy Advisor

Let’s get started.