Funding

‍Stolte Family Foundation

CETI deeply appreciates the Stolte Family Foundation’s critical support, which provided the initial funding to commission the Northwest deep decarbonization pathways study and the seed funding to establish the Clean Energy Transition Institute. To date, the Stolte Family Foundation has contributed $1,130,000 to CETI. In 2025, the SFF is providing a total of $100,000, $50.000 in operating support and $50,000 for CETI’s SCALE 2030 project. Without the Stolte Family Foundation’s financial support and strategic guidance, CETI would not exist.

Bullitt Foundation

In September 2019, the Bullitt Foundation awarded the CETI a grant for $30,000 to support the Institute’s Community-Defined Decarbonization project (formerly Equitable Rural Building Decarbonization). In October 2022, the Bullitt Foundation awarded the Clean Energy Transition Institute a grant for $30,000 to update Northwest Deep Decarbonization Pathways modeling, with specific focus on building decarbonization through the Operation 2030 project.

Seattle Foundation

In December 2019, the Seattle Foundation awarded the Clean Energy Transition Institute a grant for $25,000 to support the Institute’s Community-Defined Decarbonization project (formerly Equitable Rural Building Decarbonization); and in June 2022, the foundation awarded $25,000 to support the Community-Defined Decarbonization. In September 2023, the foundation awarded CETI $50,000 for CETI’s Rural Community Decarbonization projects, and in June 2024, it awarded CETI $50,000 to support CETI’s Net-Zero Northwest workforce analysis, rural clean energy projects, and SCALE 2030 project.

Tableau Foundation

In May 2020, the Tableau Foundation awarded CETI a grant of software and training that consists of several Tableau licenses with a market value of $51,575 to support the Institute's Northwest Clean Energy Atlas.

Sustainable Path Foundation

In December 2020, the Sustainable Path Foundation awarded CETI Institute a grant of $10,000 in support of the Institute’s work in 2021; in December 2021, the foundation awarded $10,000 for our Operation 2030: Scaling Building Decarbonization in Washington State project; and in July 2022, the foundation awarded an additional $10,000 for Operation 2030. In June 2023, the foundation awarded an additional $10,000 for our SCALE 2030 project and in June 2024 awarded $15,000 again for SCALE 2030.

McKinstry Charitable Foundation

In May 2023, the McKinstry Charitable Foundation awarded the Clean Energy Transition Institute a two-year $150,000 grant that commenced in July 2023 to support our SCALE 2030 project.

Arthur M. Blank Foundation

In January 2024, the Arthur M. Blank Foundation provided funding for CETI to produce an assessment of the jobs and workforce development opportunities in Montana and Idaho, to join similar analysis of Washington and Oregon workforce data. The four-state analysis extends the Net-Zero Northwest Workforce Analysis that CETI released on November 15, 2023, a part of the overall Net-Zero Northwest project.

The Russell Family Foundation

The Russell Family Foundation (TRFF) generously granted CETI $20,000 in December 2023 to support our Community-Defined Decarbonization (CDD) project. This project aims to expand the quantitative and qualitative analysis we performed in 2021-2022 to understand Washington rural communities' desires for how the clean energy transition will unfold. TRFF followed up with a $25,000 in December 2024 to support CETI’s operations.