Solar for nonprofits

The best solar financing to help light up your community

Why You Should Work with CollectiveSun

1 COMPELLING NONPROFIT FINANCING SOLUTIONS IN YOUR SALES TOOLBOX

At CollectiveSun, we understand that every nonprofit is unique, and that’s why we offer a diverse range of financing options.

2 Simple & Affordable Funding Options

Our streamlined processes and solar financing expertise mean less heavy lifting for installers and more solutions for your projects.

3 Problem Solving, Sales and Nonprofit Solar Support

Our collaborative approach to problem solving and comprehensive customer service provides you with exceptional support from initial sale to project completion.

Simple, affordable financing options for your nonprofit solar projects

We know you want to deploy more solar, and you want to serve your community. We can help you do both. CollectiveSun simplifies the sales and financing processes, so you close more deals, help nonprofits improve their bottom line, and take care of the needs of your community and the environment.

Working with CollectiveSun helps grow your business because you’re able to provide solar to nonprofits more easily. The CollectiveSun Solar Loan is designed to support your nonprofit customer’s purchase of a solar system while allowing them to benefit directly from the Direct Pay Tax Rebate. Organizations exploring third party ownership can benefit from our CollectiveSun Solar Power Agreement (SPA) an “easy button” solution for nonprofits who prefer the savings generated by going solar while mitigating ownership risks. The SPA is an Energy Service Agreement. Also available is our CollectiveSun Prepaid Solar Power Agreement (the Prepaid SPA) a hybrid solution that works well for entities without a tax appetite looking for a way to benefit from a portion of the tax benefits.

All this means you’re offering your customers the best nonprofit solar financing available while you gain access to high quality leads. As social centers for their communities, nonprofits present opportunities for your company to be highlighted in front of new populations and potential customers, such as congregants at a house of worship. In addition to helping you access traditional community service based nonprofit organizations, working with CollectiveSun can open up new markets for your company including tax exempt entities such as HOAs, governments and municipalities, golf courses, country clubs, medical centers, and affordable housing.

We know that financing projects can be complicated and time-consuming. So, we’ve made securing funds for a nonprofit installation as straightforward as possible. Our user-friendly process allows you to focus on what you do best. We also offer exceptional customer service and a streamlined process for both you and your nonprofit solar client from the initial sales conversation to project completion.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Connect with Us to go over Project and Scoping Requirements

Get things started by reaching out to our sales team! We will happily go over our financing models and requirements for nonprofit solar projects.

2. Generate term sheets, proposals, and contracts

When you’re ready, we will provide you with a financial modeling for your project based on the desired ownership model.

3. Review and support

We’re available to review the financial modeling or contract with you before you present it to your nonprofit customer or during your conversation with them.

4. Contract Signing & Project Installation Begins

The contracts and final due diligence are completed. Then Notice to Proceed (NTP) is issued and construction begins!

Reach out and start the conversation

We can give you an overview of what CollectiveSun offers or talk about your project needs. We are happy to engage with your customer to address any questions they may have about our process or offerings.

Connect with Matt

VP of Sales

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Director of Sales

Proof in the Numbers

With over ten years of experience working with nonprofit and tax exempt organizations across the country, CollectiveSun has a track record we are proud to share.

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WHAT OUR PARTNERS IN SUSTAINABILITY HAVE TO SAY

"We partnered with CollectiveSun to finance the solar project because of their unique skills and expertise in working with nonprofits. It is with great pleasure that I recommend CollectiveSun to any organization considering solar power for their facilities."

--- Craig Schiller, Former Manager

"It was a genuine pleasure to work with CollectiveSun to make the switch to solar energy which will allow us to expand the vision of our church. Their expertise, professionalism, and knowledge of the industry were invaluable in making our switch to solar energy easy and affordable. I would absolutely recommend working with CollectiveSun to any church, nonprofit, or ministry seeking to go solar."

— Deacon Jim Kohl

"The team at CollectiveSun is fantastic. They have been so helpful, informative, encouraging — and really walked us through every step of the way. Their experience and guidance is exactly what we needed."

— Karen Begin, Chief Development Officer

"Our team overseeing the project interviewed several firms, and ultimately chose to work with CollectiveSun. We are so glad we did! Our church chose to install a 100kW system, and we were able to save 15% on our initial installation with CollectiveSun’s proprietary funding model."

— Pastor Bob Johnson

“CollectiveSun has a truly unique product, a truly unique offering. Our experience working with CollectiveSun was beyond fabulous. I’m happy to get on a soapbox, at any opportunity, to explain how great it is to have a for—profit company that’s focused on nonprofits and makes what has the potential to be a really daunting challenge around tax credits and implementation easy. They just basically do it all for you. It was amazing.”

— Vivienne Esrig, Deputy Director

“The whole process of working with CollectiveSun was so simple. CollectiveSun’s transparency, combined with the ease of working with solar installer Technicians for Sustainability, made it easy for our finance committee to approve moving forward with the project.”

— Paula Egan, VP of Finance

“The team at CollectiveSun was extremely helpful. They really worked with us to get all the needed information and explain why it was needed, meeting with us several times. As we worked together, they really sought to understand where we were coming from as a nonprofit, such as understanding our limited staff and time. They were great to work with”

— Kristi Worley, Director of Philanthropy

“CollectiveSun was a wonderful partner. They had an understanding of how nonprofits operate, provided great front-end support to help us get focused on the right things, and gave our team confidence that we were crossing all the “t’s and dotting all the “i’s” as we moved through the process. CollectiveSun was also available to help us with all the questions that came up as we had never done an installation like this before.”

— Tim Conners, Alumnus and Board Member

Second Chance equips individuals in need with the tools they need to stand on their own two feet — making our communities safer and stronger. By lowering the operational costs for our Sober-Living Transitional Housing Program, partnering with CollectiveSun to go solar has made this vital program more sustainable, and increased our ability to provide the tools and resources for justice-involved individuals to forge a new path for their lives.”

— Bill Payne, President & CEO

“Solar PV helps Newtown, CT with their mission of being a sustainable town. The financial savings is helping Newtown Congregational Church keep the doors open.”

— Barbara Donahue, NCC Congregant and Solar Committee Member

“We appreciate the fact that CollectiveSun is doing what they’re doing. CollectiveSun was very professional, and the Solar Power Agreement that they served up was very professionally done. That whole process worked very smoothly, so they have been a very good partner, and we look forward to working with them going forward.”

— Jim McDaniel, Parishioner and Property Committee Member

“Working with CollectiveSun brought cost savings, but we also really appreciated having another experienced partner involved with the project. They’ve done so many systems with so many installers and have seen it all. There were points in the project where we got the benefit of that level of experience, like getting a second set of eyes on our project proposal and adjusting details like making sure we had an extended warranty on our inverter. So there was a lot of value in engaging with CollectiveSun, even beyond the economic benefit.”

— Chris House, Treasurer

“It was really refreshing to see that there are business entities out there whose mission is to help nonprofits succeed. It is so valuable for different organizations within a community to come together, bring what they do to the table, and let something good arise from it.”

— Michele Lambert, Chief Financial Officer

“I heard through our chosen contractor that he had to do a lot of work with regards to due diligence to make sure he was going to do the kind of job that was appropriate. That was definitely a benefit of working with CollectiveSun, because we’re a bunch of lay volunteers with some degree of knowledge, but nothing near the expertise displayed by CollectiveSun. CollectiveSun was fantastic. They were more than happy to talk with us, to put the right people in contact with us in order to make us feel comfortable with how things worked.”

— Michael Rubin, Congregant and Former President

“It makes a big difference having a partner who’s experienced in helping nonprofits go solar. We’ve had a positive experience being supported by the CollectiveSun team, even after the go-live date. The team is continuing to guide us through the daily operations and recommending ways to optimize the investment in our system.”