Founded in 2004, the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF) is an independent nonprofit corporation working to advance clean energy using tools from finance, public policy and technological innovation. CalCEF believes that a new model of entrepreneurship and financial innovation in the public interest is required to speed the transition to a clean energy economy.

Our mission is the serial creation of institutions and investment vehicles that accelerate the adoption of clean energy technologies, along the continuum of innovation to infrastructure.

The Fund, employing a pioneering “evergreen” fund-of-funds investment strategy in which profits are reinvested to advance our mission, is lead by seasoned clean energy professionals and is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of leading policymakers, scientists, entrepreneurs and financiers.

CalCEF pursues these goals at the local, state, national and international levels via multiple partnerships, in particular with CalCEF Innovations, our affiliated center for the development and implementation of new initiatives.