Solar Energy Partners
Solar Energy Partners
The Honnold Foundation is proud to partner with community-based organizations all over the world who are using solar energy to improve lives and reduce environmental impact.
Championing a trust-based funding model that integrates unrestricted grants, capacity building, and storytelling, the Honnold Foundation supports creative solar energy solutions that build equity, increase climate resilience, and support communities’ right to self-determination.
Although our partners work in diverse ways, they’re united by a common vision— a better, brighter world for all of us. We believe that energy should be clean, easy to access, and affordable, and all over the world, our partners are making that vision a reality.
Providing affordable energy access and job training for Native Hawaiians through a community-owned nanogrid.
Creating jobs for out-of-work coal miners and their children, transforming the future of Appalachia by mining the sun.
Bringing off-grid solar and battery storage to homes on the Navajo and Ute Mountain Ute Reservations, while training local youth and apprentices to build long-term energy and water sovereignty.
Solarizing land trust homes, building a replicable model of community-owned renewable energy, and advancing housing and climate justice with hands-on education led by Black, Brown, and LGBTQ+ communities in Miami-Dade county, Florida.
Piloting community-owned solar in rural Alaska to power food sovereignty, cultural revitalization, and climate resilience in Bristol Bay.
Solarizing an urban farm and launching one of Ohio’s first agrivoltaic initiatives, while training incarcerated individuals for careers in clean energy.
Supporting Indigenous-led climate adaptation in coastal Louisiana through modular solar units, hands-on training, and community resilience strategies.
Building a 7,000-square-foot net-zero energy facility to expand its Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Art and Culture Institute, which offers programming in fine art, street art, and traditional Lakota arts.
Solar installation for a BIPOC owned permaculture farm & education center.
Solar energy and job opportunities for women in Huella del Bosque Medolo, Puerto Rico.
Agrivoltaics guided by traditional Native agricultural practices to support economic development and Indigenous leadership in solar energy across New Mexico.
Solar for the Anishinaabe people of the Red Lake Tribal Nation.
Strengthening the Buffalo program for the Northern Cheyenne and creating one of the few tribally owned microgrids in the US.
Providing affordable energy access and job training for Native Hawaiians through a community-owned nanogrid.
Installing rooftop solar on a community center offering job training and other services to Charleston’s predominately Black west side.
Supporting solar installations and building energy sovereignty across the Standing Rock Nation.
Creating a network of solar-powered restaurants to build storm resilience in New Orleans.
Solar for a regenerative, closed-loop organic waste processing operation in Brooklyn, NY that offers workforce training and employment for low-income youth in the community.
Solar-powered flower farms, producing jobs, revitalizing vacant land, and providing sustainable agriculture education for inner-city Chicago.
Off-grid solar installations and workforce development on the Navajo and Hopi Nations.
Driving social and environmental justice in Memphis, Tennessee.
Solar energy for BIPOC led organizations in the most polluted regions of the United States.
Reaching grassroots groups around the world working to implement solar energy projects in their communities.
Creating jobs for out-of-work coal miners and their children, transforming the future of Appalachia by mining the sun.
Providing integrated clean energy solutions for communities impacted by disaster and pollution.
Developing Puerto Rico’s first cooperatively managed, community owned solar microgrid.
Powering Detroit’s first community land trust with solar energy to lower families’ energy bills and increase community resilience.
Solar energy to advance energy sovereignty and support buffalo restoration, food sovereignty, and cultural revitalization on the Standing Rock nation.
Installing solar power and battery backup to strengthen food security and resilience for an Indigenous community farm on Mooningwaanekaaning (Madeline Island).
Installing solar power at a land restoration and cultural resilience hub in Wintu Territory, California.
Installing a shore-based solar microgrid to power an Indigenous gathering place while training Alaska Native technicians in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
Expanding tribally-owned solar infrastructure, microgrids, and workforce training to power homes and water systems across the Hopi Reservation in Arizona.
Installing solar microgrids and expanding workforce training to build energy resilience in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Powering a permanent farming village with solar energy to provide affordable housing and food security for 200 formerly houseless residents in Hawaiʻi.
Rooftop solar installations to close the equity gap for low-income households and houses of worship on Chicago's West Side.
Installing solar water pumps and power systems to restore ancestral lands and strengthen food production on Molokaʻi.
Expanding off-grid solar to support the leadership of Munduruku women and strengthen the Ipereğ Ayũ Munduruku Movement in defending their territory from large infrastructure and mining projects.
Bringing solar-powered electricity, internet, and water access to three remote Kichwa communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon to advance self-determination, territorial defense, and Indigenous-led education.
Supporting the Sápara’s efforts to protect their ancestral lands from fossil fuel exploitation and advance territorial autonomy through clean, community-owned energy solutions.
Advancing grassroots climate action, clean energy education, and territorial defense in the rural Paraná River delta by installing solar power in a women-led, community-run space on Isla Esperanza.
Establishing a community-led solar collective in Brazil and powering a social housing complex through hands-on training for Black women in solar installation and management, advancing energy justice, economic opportunity, and climate resilience in underserved urban neighborhoods.
Partnering with Indigenous federations in the Peruvian Amazon and Solar Canoes Against Deforestation to pilot solar-powered canoes, strengthening energy sovereignty and land protection, while expanding access to essential services and building youth capacity.
Solar Powered community training center & education for Venezuelan Indigenous communities.
Solar energy access, education, and jobs for Colombian Indigenous communities.
Solar power for a world-class educational campus for at-risk girls and young women in the Dominican Republic.
An Indigenous community recuperates and regenerates ancestral territory in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Transitioning agricultural processing equipment to solar to improve womens’ economic opportunities.
Increasing access to electricity and clean water for riverbank families and promoting the use of renewable energy in rural areas across the Brazilian Amazon.
Increasing access to electricity and promoting economic development for some of the most remote communities in the Triunfo Cristal Páez Indigenous reservation.
Expanding communication across four communities in the northern Peruvian Amazon via solar-powered radio access.
First-time access to electricity for Haitian-Dominicans working on sugar plantations in the Dominican Republic.
Creating reliable access to water and electricity for the drought-stricken Zenú Indigenous community.
Solar energy and internet access for an indigenous school and community center.
Solar installation for 40 families in an indigenous community in the Brazilian Amazon.
Solar-powered aguaje fruit processing center, technician workforce development, and sustainable forest management training for a rural Indigenous community in the Amazon.
Installing solar home systems and providing technical training and capacity building for remote Indigenous Shuar communities in the Amazon.
Empowering the regional expansion of Kara Solar’s solar-powered boats and community centers in the Peruvian Amazon.
Solar energy for remote indigenous communities fighting to protect their ancestral ways of life alongside some of the most biodiverse rainforests on the planet.
Scaling solar transport and energy infrastructure for Indigenous territorial defense and sustainable livelihoods in the Amazon.
Improving economic opportunity and quality of life in remote Amazonian communities around Ilha das Cinzas.
Installing solar-powered electric fences to reduce conflicts between livestock and the Andean bear, strengthening the livelihoods of 20 rural families in Nariño, Colombia.
Installing solar systems to process fruit and irrigate crops, strengthening the energy autonomy of 27 Afro-descendant and Indigenous families in La Guajira, Colombia.
Installing solar panels at three Indigenous community radio stations to power educational, emergency response, and community-organizing broadcasts in Indigenous languages across highland Guatemala.
Installing solar-powered water pumping systems to strengthen agroecological production and food security for Maya Achí communities in Guatemala's Dry Corridor.
Installing solar stations to protect forests, build energy sovereignty, and strengthen the technological autonomy of Tolupán communities in Honduras.
Expanding solar energy in Vallecito to power agroforestry, food production, and Garífuna education, advancing cultural sovereignty and energy justice for Afro-Indigenous communities in Honduras.
Off-grid solar to power classrooms, kitchens, and living spaces near a Maya Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala, transforming a community center into a hub for workshops and advancing energy access, Indigenous women’s empowerment, and environmental justice.
Energy access and sustainable living to protect vital mangrove ecosystems in Papaturro, Guatemala.
Solarizing honey production, creating workforce development opportunities, and conserving mangrove forests alongside a Guatemalan fishing community.
Empowering women in rural communities of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula through hands-on training in solar system installation and maintenance.
Strengthening Indigenous-led environmental and development initiatives and addressing urgent community priorities in Western Guatemala.
Reliable, clean power for a vocational training program, and solar for a local preschool and elementary school serving a Mayan Indigenous community on the shore of Lake Atitlán.
Promoting the use of traditional agricultural techniques for Mayan youth and preserving cultural knowledge in the Yucatán.
Solar to power satellite community internet for Indigenous women in rural Mexico
Using solar to support the communities surrounding Guatemala City's municipal garbage dump, empowering economic self-determination, and safer and healthier lives.
Rooftop solar and STEM learning opportunities for a middle and high school for the Indigenous youth of Chajul, Guatemala designed with girls’ specific needs in mind.
Solar for a remote Honduran community, helping 200 families access clean, reliable energy for the first time.
Supporting solar systems, workforce development, and technical training programs for Indigenous communities across the Costa Rican and Panamanian rainforests.
Creating solar-powered food systems and sustainable production models for families across Lake Nicaragua.
Installing a large solar array and renewable energy education at Central America’s first school for indigenous girls.
Building a solar-powered water pump and energy grid in collaboration with the Seri Indian community of Desemboque.
Installing solar energy, clean water, and eco-tourism infrastructure to strengthen Indigenous self-determination and conservation in Yeak Laom Community Protected Area.
Building an Indigenous-led hybrid solar microgrid to power homes, water systems, and community enterprises for the Sezukadang Menuvu-Kirenteken tribe in the Philippines.
Powering off-grid community facilities with solar energy while building youth leadership and technical skills in Tanay, Philippines.
Building community-owned solar systems across four Cambodian provinces to power homes, schools, and irrigation for rural and Indigenous communities.
Installing solar water pumps and school power systems to strengthen Indigenous water security, education, and self-determination in Ratanakiri Province.
Deploying solar-powered irrigation and forest ranger patrol systems to advance climate resilience in Cambodia's Prey Thom Popel Community-Protected Area.
Harnessing solar-powered water pumping and desalination to deliver clean water to more than 200 households on Tasipi Island, Indonesia.
Solar energy and community-led planning to strengthen housing, security, and daily life in Cambodia's informal urban settlements.
Installing a hybrid solar-thermal system to power automated sago processing in rural Papua, advancing food security and creating income-generating opportunities for women through clean energy and technical training.
Deploying solar energy in an off-grid fishing village on Matabas Island to support cold storage, community resilience, and women's livelihoods in the face of climate disruption.
Replacing wood-burning stoves with solar energy, building economic opportunity, and protecting mangrove ecosystems in Aceh, Indonesia.
Expanding solar energy access for Dalit and Indigenous communities and schools across Tamil Nadu, India.
Democratizing power by solarizing schools, businesses, and households in Negrosanon communities.
Clean energy and irrigation technologies to promote sustainable livelihoods in the Indian Himalaya.
Displacing rural diesel consumption in Myanmar with a community-owned solar mini-grid.
Supporting the self-determined socio-economic development of the Igorot through solar-powered agriculture.
Upgrading solar systems at five floating clinics to provide free health care across Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake.
Pay-as-you-go solar for rural farmers, using upcycled electronic waste and non-cash payments.
The Honnold Foundation has no current or past projects in this region. If you are from this region and interested in bringing solar to your community, learn more on how to become a partner.
Installing a solar microgrid and water system to strengthen economic resilience and disaster preparedness for a remote community in Vanuatu.
Powering schools, clinics, and community hubs with solar energy and connectivity across Taumako Island.
Installing battery-backed solar systems and community freezers to improve fishing livelihoods in two remote, off-grid communities in Fiji.
Installing solar energy at a Māori immersion school to reduce emissions and energy costs, while integrating clean energy education, workforce pathways, and solar literacy into community and youth development.
Installing solar systems to power 3 recycling centers and develop income-generating opportunities for local residents in the remote Anambas Islands.
Building solar-powered internet connectivity for the social and ecological resilience of Indigenous communities in Vanuatu.
Electrifying health centers, schools, and coffee-processing sites, improving access to essential services, boosting local incomes, and advancing forest conservation across the Indigenous-led YUS Conservation Area in Papua New Guinea.
Fighting climate change and increasing disaster preparedness in the Pacific Islands.
Community solar for the Solomon Islands to increase disaster resilience and economic opportunity.
Delivering off-grid solar power to households and an ecotourism center to protect baobab habitats and create sustainable livelihoods in Madagascar.
Supporting rural communities in Madagascar through community-led, inclusive development rooted in clean energy access, women’s leadership, and digital literacy.
Equipping rural, remote, non-electrified villages in Madagascar with sustainable and accessible energy solutions and expanding women’s access to renewable energy careers.
Expanding energy and water access in drought-affected communities while training youth technicians, forming local solar management groups, and advancing women-led climate resilience.
Developing a community-owned, solar-powered internet hub, and supporting sustainable tourism practices for an indigenous South African community.
Solar array and education for a tuition-free school for girls in Liberia.
Solar energy for fifteen rural Ugandan hospitals that otherwise lack electricity.
Solar lamp distribution to families in remote off-grid African regions utilizing a unique community-led social enterprise.
A pay-as-you-go financing model bringing solar light to Ethiopia.