ABOUT SHINE

OUR MISSION

Shine mobilizes a blend of financial resources from values-based investors and funders and shapes the energy access and climate conversations while promoting and resourcing women and community-led innovations and bold, just energy partnerships in the Global South.

OUR VISION

Shine envisions a world where renewable energy powers women- and community-led, inclusive and sustainable development initiatives that transform their quality of life, ensure their dignity and collective self-determination, and enable future generations and our planet to thrive.

Shine’s work is rooted in a Just Transition Framework, emphasizing a multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary approach that brings together funders, values-driven investors, last-mile communities, women, climate-justice advocates and development partners to solve today’s most challenging economic, climate and environmental issues. We leverage the influence and access of our founding network to mobilize and facilitate funding for innovative collaborative efforts to bring renewable energy to a range of health, education, agricultural and livelihood initiatives at the last mile.

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GRANTMAKING + INVESTING

Values-driven institutions must apply an energy justice lens to grantmaking and investment in order to ensure just, equitable and sustainable clean energy access. Shine identifies and helps scale solutions led by - and benefiting - rural communities, women, and indigenous people at the last mile.

CONVENING, CONNECTING + COLLABORATING

We empower our community of practice to take action for a just, clean energy transition. Shine connects investors and grantmakers to each other and to local leaders to collaborate on sustainable, community-based solutions that improve education, health and economic development.

DOCUMENTING + SHARING STORIES

Shine’s communications lift up the vision and values of our mission-driven investors and partners. We champion women’s and community leadership and distributed renewable energy solutions that protect human rights and the environment, and support sustainable economic development.