# Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (66.960)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/66-960-greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund-clean-communities-investment/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Clean Communities Investment Accelerator is run by Environmental Protection Agency. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $6.0 billion in 5 grants, about $1.2 billion per award.

## Objectives

The Inflation Reduction Act amends the Clean Air Act to include Section 134 (42 USC § 7434), which authorizes the EPA to make competitive grants under the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator. The Clean Communities Investment Accelerator is currently funded by $6 billion from Section 134(a)(3) (out of $8 billion provided in Section 134(a)(3)). The Clean Communities Investment Accelerator implements the statute’s use of funds for indirect investments under Section 134(b)(2). Section 134(b)(2) directs recipients of funds for indirect investments to provide funding and technical assistance to establish new or support existing public, quasi-public, not-for-profit, or nonprofit entities that provide financial assistance to qualified projects at the State, local, territorial, or Tribal level or in the District of Columbia, including community- and low-income-focused lenders and capital providers. Section 134(c)(3) provides that a qualified project is any project, activity or technology that (A) reduces or avoids greenhouse gas emissions or other forms of air pollution in partnership with, and by leveraging investment from, the private sector; or (B) assists communities in the efforts of those communities to reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of air pollution.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $0 | 0 |
| 2022 | $0 | 0 |
| 2023 | $0 | 0 |
| 2024 | $6.0 billion | 5 |
| 2025 | $0 | 0 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Opportunity Finance Network | Pennsylvania | $2.3 billion |
| Inclusiv, Inc | New York | $1.9 billion |
| Justice Climate Fund, Inc. | District of Columbia | $940 million |
| Appalachian Community Capital Corporation | Virginia | $500 million |
| Native Cdfi Network Inc | Nebraska | $400 million |