Center for Regenerative Community Solutions
Financing the Transition to a Regenerative Economy
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
CRCS addresses three distinct types of needs: (1) Clean Energy, Resiliency, and other Regenerative Financing needs for buildings, farms, and other properties (2) Global policy needs for a carbon reward to avoid the risk of catastrophic climate change to disrupt economies and financial markets (3) Desire on the part of many individuals to live in ecologically sound and socially harmonious communities, including ecovillages and cohousing neighborhoods
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
New Jersey PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy)
“New Jersey PACE” is a DBA of The Center for Regenerative Community Solutions
(CRCS), a NJ 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation.
New Jersey PACE is designed as a statewide, open-market program that assists municipalities with establishing and administering local PACE programs. It will provide the education and connections needed between property owners, contractors, and municipalities to make PACE work efficiently, effectively, and transparently. As a program administrator, New Jersey PACE will solicit, receive, and process applications for PACE projects.
New Jersey PACE is committed to growing the PACE market in NJ.
Regenerative Financing
Offers alternatives to PACE, including Third-Party On-Bill financing and pre-PACE bridge financing through innovative approaches.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our goals are:
1. Promote PACE and develop and implement new innovative financial models for financing clean energy, resiliency, and ecological restoration
2. Persuade policy makers to evaluate and test the Global Carbon Reward as a method for reducing climate risk
3. Develop eco-communities that provide and represent better ways of living together on Planet Earth
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our strategies are:
1. Promote legislation and program development for PACE and PACE Alternatives
2. Connect with key policy and decision makers to promote Global4C
3. Organize, educate, and inform community leaders about ecovillage and cohousing options and opportunities
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our leadership team includes individuals with extensive backgrounds in community organizing, bond and affordable housing finance, program development, project management, and sales of intangibles.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have successfully advocated for the passage of PACE and other clean energy legislation in the state of NJ; developed and published peer-reviewed studies on the Global Carbon Reward and related climate finance topics; and organized and led meetings and special events around EcovillageNJ and the Ecovillagers Alliance. We've also managed funds and volunteers; created and updated web sites relevant to our initiatives; worked with multiple individuals and entities around the country; and hosted successful workshops and seminars on key topics relevant to our goals.
What's next is (a) more of the same, and (b) hopefully, the implementation of PACE programs in NJ, and the implementation of PACE Alternatives elsewhere in the US.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Center for Regenerative Community Solutions
Board of directorsas of 02/25/2021
Jonathan Cloud
Victoria Zelin
Gus Escher
Mattew Polsky
Peter Burgess
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.