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Support Build It Green to create new ideas and holistic approaches to transforming California’s housing ecosystem, and serve human and ecological vitality, through the following areas of work:

Convene

  • The Housing System Innovators Network, Affinity Groups, identity base collaborative affinity groups starting with the Developers and Builders group.
  • Affinity Groups, identity base collaborative affinity groups starting with the Developers and Builders group.

Catalyze

  • The Innovation Fund: members of the Innovators Network make small grants from funds set aside by BIG to support collaborative projects that changemakers have built around regenerative and social equity frameworks.
  • Affinity Groups, Innovation Initiatives, community building, programs and tools to support housing and project innovation including transforming building code, innovative funding tools and community housing. 

Implement

  • The Regenerative Communities Program, which builds regenerative capabilities among place-centered changemakers.
  • POWER, convening technical experts to collectively craft and pursue cutting edge strategies to make home electrification affordable and accessible.
  • Small Builders and Developers, a network of developers and contractors focused on small-scale housing solutions
  • Equitable Infrastructure, supporting housing development in high-need communities by sourcing funding and building capabilities to plan and build critical infrastructure

Become a Program Sponsor

If you’re interested in supporting a specific program or have any other questions about sponsorship, please reach out to Janet Lees.

Individual Donors

You can help us avoid processing fees and make your gift go further by sending us a check or donating by wire transfer or stock. Please contact us at [email protected] for information about wire, stock transfers, or if you are donating on behalf of a corporation.

Donations by check can be mailed to:

Build It Green Attention: Accounting 300 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 301, Oakland, CA 94612

Build It Green is a Section 501(c) (3) charitable organization, EIN 20-0939449.

All donations are deemed tax-deductible absent any limitations on deductibility applicable to a particular taxpayer. No goods or services were provided in exchange for your contribution.

Alex Coba

Communication Associate

As a proud California native from Stockton, Alex brings a wealth of experience and a versatile skill set. He has a solid communication background with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Public Relations from California State University, Chico. Alex is adept at strategic communications and media relations, with experience gathering and sharing stories from his local communities that uplift the unique spirit and values of those places. He is excited to join Build It Green, where he can apply his talents to further BIG’s mission to help communities across California thrive