Put Your Donor-Advised Fund to Work for Healthy, Affordable Homes
Help frontline communities lead the transition off fossil fuels toward safe, healthy housing and economic prosperity.
Collectrify is a trust-based fund that resources grassroots organizations and leaders working to eliminate fossil fuels from homes and community-serving facilities. Our partners have already earned their neighbors’ trust—and they are showing people what moving off fossil fuels at home means for their health and utility bills. Too often, they do this work without adequate funding.
Why Give Through Collectrify
✸ Homes are on the frontlines of the climate crisis
Buildings contribute more than 30% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions each year,¹ and 61% of U.S. households use methane gas, which traps 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide over 20 years.²
✸ Lower bills, healthier homes
Residential gas prices rose a staggering 46% between 2019 and 2024.³ Switching to efficient electric systems can lower bills and improve the air families breathe at home.
✸ Leaders who know what works
Frontline leaders know which solutions will work in their communities because they live there, and they’ll still be there long after any single program or policy ends.
✸ Progress that outlasts political shifts
Our partners are building lasting public support for healthy, affordable housing that can withstand changes in federal or local politics.
¹ Commercial and Residential Sector Emissions, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
² Household Gas Prices Continue to Grow Faster than Electricity, Stressing Budgets in the Winter Months, Elena Krieger, Ph.D., Just Solutions, May 7, 2026
³ IBID
“We don’t have time not to invest in frontline leadership in the face of compounding affordability, housing, and energy crises. Collectrify’s partners are building healthy, affordable communities and opening economic opportunities for their people right now.”
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Jennifer Somers, Co-Executive Director, Collectrify
What Your Gift Can Make Possible
✸ $5K
Spark a local campaign
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A targeted, one-time energy and housing affordability campaign
✸ $25K
Shift the affordability narrative
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A targeted, short-term energy and housing affordability campaign led by one partner organization
✸ $100K
Grow community leadership
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Staff and operations for organizations like Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition to train residents to tell their stories and lead on policy design and implementation
✸ $500K
Build the movement
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Grants to four to five community organizations whose deep local connections make it possible to advance equitable building electrification and affordable energy and housing
Gifts of any size help resource this work.
How to Give From Your Donor-Advised Fund
Recommend a grant through your donor-advised fund sponsor using the following details:
Legal name: Windward Fund
EIN: 47-3522162
Mailing address: 1828 L Street NW, Suite 400-C, Washington, DC 20036-5104
Grant designation: Collectrify: A Frontline-Led Energy Fund
Please let us know your gift is on its way at hello@collectrify.org so we can thank you.
Questions about giving? Contact us at hello@collectrify.org.
