EPIC selected as a national Environmental Finance Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 4, 2022
MEDIA CONTACT: Denise Schmidt, denise@policyinnovation.org
Together with our partners, the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) is humbled to have been selected by the EPA to serve as a national Environmental Finance Center (EFC) to ensure more public investments in water infrastructure reach the communities that need them most. On November 4, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that EPIC (listed under our fiscal sponsor organization Sand County Foundation), the US Water Alliance, Moonshot Missions, and Rural Community Assistance Partnership will serve as National EFCs - along with 25 other EFCs. These centers will help communities access federal funds for water infrastructure projects that improve public health and environmental protection. EPIC pursues this work in partnership with incredible national organizations - Anthropocene Alliance, Greenprint Partners, Moonshot Missions, and Southwest Environmental Finance Center - as well as place-based and community-based partners across the country.
“This is a transformational opportunity to improve access to safe water, wastewater treatment, and stormwater management in overburdened communities across the country, with profound benefits for people and the environment for generations to come,” says Tim Male, the Environmental Policy Innovation Center’s Founder and Executive Director. “This announcement expands EPIC and our partners’ collective efforts to connect more communities to the funding they need to advance equity and resilience. We are eager to continue this critical work.”
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The Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) builds policies that deliver spectacular improvement in the speed and scale of environmental progress. A nonprofit start-up, EPIC focuses on water, endangered species, and environmental markets. Visit us at www.policyinnovation.org.
You can read more about EPIC’'s water infrastructure and equity work here and our Funding Navigator work here.