Turn funding opportunities into sustainable outcomes.
Guidehouse is ready to help you navigate the complexities of maximizing the impact of federally funded initiatives by stacking, braiding, and blending funding streams. Together, we’ll innovate for a greener, smarter future, ensuring every dollar works harder to achieve your goals.
Stacking, Braiding, and Blending: Maximizing Your Funding Potential
At Guidehouse, we recognize that it may take more than one federal grant to fully finance your projects. That’s why we take a multi-layered approach to help you achieve your goals:
Stacking
We help you layer multiple grants and funding sources to help ensure comprehensive financial support for your initiatives.
Braiding
By aligning public and private funds, we create cohesive strategies that enhance the impact of your programs, enabling you to braid your funding with existing grants and commercial resources.
Blending
We integrate federal and private funds to enhance the overall financial capacity of your projects, supporting a smooth and impactful execution.
This holistic approach empowers you to maximize every funding opportunity, driving sustainability and resilience through strategic financial management. As you plan your federally funded initiatives, let us guide you in effectively stacking, braiding, and blending your resources for greater impact.
Our Impact by the Numbers
$9.5B+
Our experts have helped secure $9.5 billion in CCIA and NCIF grants to support clean energy projects and promote sustainability.
$500M+
We’ve helped facilitate the distribution of over $500 million – and counting – in rebates from the IRA to support energy-saving upgrades in homes.
$300M+
Our experts have supported and helped distribute over $300 million to date for Solar for All programs to low-income communities.
10+YEARS
For over 10 years, we’ve been integral in orchestrating, establishing, and developing regional clean energy hubs.
CCIA and NCIF
At the intersection of finance and energy, we help you take control of your award to drive climate and social benefits through effective program management.
Home Energy Rebates
From design and distribution to implementation and compliance, our experts help simplify home energy rebate programs to get the most out of them.
Regional Energy Hubs
In Phase 1, we leverage our decades of experience to establish foundational infrastructure and partnerships that will help you achieve long-term resilience and success in the evolving energy economy.
Solar for All
We help Solar for All awardees maximize impact with expert guidance on program design and implementation for low-income communities.
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“NCIF and CCIA represent a transformative funding moment, jump-starting the decarbonization finance economy. Many of the awarded firms have a history of making a social impact but are new to receiving federal funds. Guidehouse is proud to bring decades of experience to help establish new and socially impactful programs for the government and recipients, building new organizations and hitting their marks in terms of compliance, delivery, and impact.”
— Carly Mitchell, Partner, Guidehouse
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“Millions of homes in America are burdened by inefficient and expensive appliances and HVAC systems. The IRA’s Home Energy Rebate programs (HOMES and HEEHRA) allow states to move the needle on energy costs and climate impacts for individual residents. Guidehouse is proud to support four states as they establish and operate programs to deliver these benefits.”
— Raquel Malmberg, Partner, Guidehouse
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“The hydrogen economy is a critical component of energy transition, and the DoE’s Hydrogen Hubs will be a tipping point, jump-starting the shared infrastructure required. Governments, energy providers, and off-takers all have opportunities to turn their hydrogen ideas into high-ROI realities.”
— Gaurav Menon, Partner and Sustainability Lead, Guidehouse
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“Solar for All finally brings the benefits of solar energy to communities that have traditionally been excluded. We are thrilled to help recipients leverage EPA funds to design and deploy actionable programs that combine attractive product offerings, dynamic solar markets, and resident-facing technology to help reduce energy burden and increase resilience.”
— Britt Harter, Partner, Guidehouse
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