The Municipal Investment Fund

The Municipal Investment Fund: $12M Invested, 45+ Communities, Hands-on Support, Financeable Pipelines.

CGC, in partnership with ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability USA, launched the Municipal Investment Fund (MIF) in 2025 to provide market-building and technical support to local governments, Tribes, and nonprofit partners to develop a commercially financeable pipeline of projects.  

MIF advances customer solutions, practical and finance-ready project models that communities can adapt to priorities such as energy affordability, clean transportation, and access to clean water, while connecting those priorities to private investment. CGC provides tools and market expertise to build investor-ready portfolios, and ICLEI USA delivers training and technical assistance to strengthen local capacity and project development.

Through research and market testing, CGC will select pilot communities to receive targeted support moving projects from planning to financing. Leveraging CGC’s national network and private capital partnerships, these pilots will demonstrate a scalable, community-driven model for clean energy and resilient infrastructure investment nationwide.

MIF has demonstrated the nationwide demand for state and local governments desiring to take control of their energy future at a time when rising energy demand is driving up costs, straining outdated infrastructure, and leaving communities vulnerable to climate-related disasters.

Shortly after awarding the grants, CGC and ICLEI USA completed a market analysis survey to get a better understanding of top customer solution needs and found that communities are looking to improve energy resilience and reliability, lower energy costs for residents and local businesses, and deploy practical clean energy projects that can move quickly from planning to financing.