Gigawatt Impact
Our renewable energy solutions not only power but also transform communities for human development, livelihoods, connectivity, and productive use.
The Nonprofit Catalyst for Powering People and Prosperity
(Center) African Union Chairman and Burundi President Burundi Évariste Ndayishimiye with Gigawatt executives during the inauguration of Gigawatt Burundi Solar Field.
Gigawatt Impact – A US 501(c)3 | EIN: 99-2814492
Gigawatt Impact is a US 501(c)3 nonprofit advancing access to affordable & renewable energy – unlocking potential for lasting economic and social development.
Our Transformative Impact is realised by working with philanthropic funds to unlock investment into renewable energy of developing regions.
Our blended-finance approach turns early-stage, grant-funded success into utility-scale and other projects, creating up to a 100x grant leveraging.
We work to enact projects where energy impacts people directly, powering jobs, education, agriculture, health & societal progress. It’s a model delivering both climate and human impact where it’s needed most.
Our blended-finance approach turns early-stage, grant-funded success into utility-scale and energy-hub projects – impacting people through powering their education, jobs, farms, healthcare, and dreams. We deliver both climate and human impact where it's needed most.
Your donation to Gigawatt Impact is multiplied through Gigawatt’s blended finance
Blended finance strategy
(With Gigawatt Impact – A venture-philanthropy model)
Your donations to Gigawatt Impact’s sustainable-development projects spark private and governmental investments! A dollar donated has sparked 10 dollars and sometimes 25 dollars from private and government investments.
For example: A US$700,000 grant in our Burundi solar field sparked a $20 million investment, for a 1:25 ratio.
(Donations to our smaller social-benefit projects tend to be doubled or tripled by private and government investments.)
Gigawatt is a pioneer in blending financing strategies to multiply the resources needed to empower people and communities where electricity is most needed.
Blended Finance II
Impact Investment/Donations → Private/Gov’t Funding
The multiplier effect
➢ Impact Investment & Philanthropy leveraged for project development:
- initiates/enables
- accelerates
- de-risks
➢ Unlocks private and government investment
➢ & Burundi → 1:25 proven impact
➢ $10-25m today → $250m-$1b in project finance/
1000MW of power (1:100)
➢ “There’s not enough philanthropy in the world to alleviate energy poverty.”