The NREL Foundation is an independent, nonprofit 501(c)(3) entity that supports the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s clean energy mission and enables a broad set of activities and approaches by leveraging non-federal funding resources.

Their Story

Established in 2021, the NREL Foundation serves as a bridge between NREL and donors. The foundation allows new partners and sources of capital to find ways to accelerate NREL’s clean energy mission and provides a more flexible operating platform for the laboratory.

By aggregating funding in the form of grants from disparate sources to support programs that are significant to NREL and the Department of Energy (DOE), the NREL Foundation fills a gap in the current advanced energy, cleantech ecosystem by serving as a force multiplier for NREL’s mission: to advance the science and engineering of energy efficiency, sustainable transportation, and renewable power technologies and provides the knowledge to integrate and optimize energy systems.

Vision

A zero carbon emissions world where everyone has easy access to clean and affordable energy.

Mission

They support the unique talent at NREL and other organizations to accelerate the development and commercialization of modern energy technologies and solutions that promote electrification, decarbonization, and clean air.