Grants
Enterprise offers grants to help cover the costs of planning and implementing green components of affordable housing developments, as well as tracking their costs and benefits.
Planning & Construction Grants
Grants up to $50,000 cover planning and construction expenses including additional costs of architectural work, engineering, site surveys and costs associated with items such as a more efficient HVAC system, green materials and energy efficient appliance
Charrettes Grants
Grants for up to $5,000 to assist housing developers with integrating green building systems in their developments and engage in a serious discussion of green design possibilities. Enterprise will award planning grants to affordable housing developers to coordinate a green design charrette.
Enterprise administers the Green Communities Grants program in consultation with other collaborating corporations and foundations, which presently include:
- The Home Depot Foundation
- The Kresge Foundation
- Citigroup Foundation
- Surdna Foundation
- JPMorgan Chase
- The Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)
Individual grant requests will be reviewed and acted on by a grants committee that includes Enterprise staff.
