All Points North Foundation Surpasses One Megawatt Milestone of Solar Installations
BOSTON, Mass., October 15, 2025 — All Points North Foundation celebrates a major industry milestone − supporting more than one megawatt of solar installations, helping to drive transformative change in a wide range of communities and diverse settings across the United States.
Through over a decade of grant making, this small, private, national foundation has funded both roof-mount and ground-mount photovoltaic installations now collectively generating 1.353 megawatts of solar power, or enough to power more than 168 homes in the U.S. annually (based on average household electricity consumption).
“This one megawatt milestone is especially significant given that All Points North Foundation typically funds small and medium-size residential and community-scale solar installations, and not larger-scale projects,” said Joe Ogrinc, Director of Solar Grant Partnerships. “From Florida’s Gulf Coast to the Pacific Northwest, the South Dakota plains to the northern tip of Michigan, New Hampshire farmland and places in between, the grants reflect the foundation’s commitment, since its inception, to navigating communities upward, one project at a time.”
All Points North Foundation has awarded 49 solar grants to nonprofit organizations in 20 states across the continental United States, with 33 of those grants funding solar installations in the foundation’s priorities: working with small-to-medium science centers, partnering with Tribal communities, and supporting organizations that provide affordable housing.
“The installation of a photovoltaic system can be a cost-savings game changer for families, nonprofits, and communities,” said Board Member Anthony Coker, who serves as the foundation’s Solar Committee Chair. “All Points North Foundation is proud to support initiatives that help offset electricity costs and benefit local economies.”
The foundation’s commitment is not limited to just solar installations. All Points North Foundation also provides grants for solar education and workforce development programs with the goal of expanding and diversifying the solar job pipeline.
Interim Executive Director Laura Staich emphasized, “Surpassing this megawatt milestone has only strengthened our resolve to continue to find ways to significantly advance the penetration of solar through education, job training, and the use of solar electric technologies.”
About All Points North Foundation
All Points North Foundation was founded in 2011 by a private family who believes passionately that everyone has a “true North” – a place of achievement – and that everyone should have equal opportunity and access to realize their goals. All Points North Foundation funds grantees in two areas – public middle school education (grades 6-8) and solar energy – that have the power to help communities nationwide navigate upward. For more information, visit allpointsnorthfoundation.org.
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All Points North Foundation Surpasses One Megawatt Milestone of Solar Installations
BOSTON, Mass., October 15, 2025 — All Points North Foundation celebrates a major industry milestone − supporting more than one megawatt of solar installations, helping to drive transformative change in a wide range of communities and diverse settings across the United States.
Through over a decade of grant making, this small, private, national foundation has funded both roof-mount and ground-mount photovoltaic installations now collectively generating 1.353 megawatts of solar power, or enough to power more than 168 homes in the U.S. annually (based on average household electricity consumption).
“This one megawatt milestone is especially significant given that All Points North Foundation typically funds small and medium-size residential and community-scale solar installations, and not larger-scale projects,” said Joe Ogrinc, Director of Solar Grant Partnerships. “From Florida’s Gulf Coast to the Pacific Northwest, the South Dakota plains to the northern tip of Michigan, New Hampshire farmland and places in between, the grants reflect the foundation’s commitment, since its inception, to navigating communities upward, one project at a time.”
All Points North Foundation has awarded 49 solar grants to nonprofit organizations in 20 states across the continental United States, with 33 of those grants funding solar installations in the foundation’s priorities: working with small-to-medium science centers, partnering with Tribal communities, and supporting organizations that provide affordable housing.
“The installation of a photovoltaic system can be a cost-savings game changer for families, nonprofits, and communities,” said Board Member Anthony Coker, who serves as the foundation’s Solar Committee Chair. “All Points North Foundation is proud to support initiatives that help offset electricity costs and benefit local economies.”
The foundation’s commitment is not limited to just solar installations. All Points North Foundation also provides grants for solar education and workforce development programs with the goal of expanding and diversifying the solar job pipeline.
Interim Executive Director Laura Staich emphasized, “Surpassing this megawatt milestone has only strengthened our resolve to continue to find ways to significantly advance the penetration of solar through education, job training, and the use of solar electric technologies.”
About All Points North Foundation
All Points North Foundation was founded in 2011 by a private family who believes passionately that everyone has a “true North” – a place of achievement – and that everyone should have equal opportunity and access to realize their goals. All Points North Foundation funds grantees in two areas – public middle school education (grades 6-8) and solar energy – that have the power to help communities nationwide navigate upward. For more information, visit allpointsnorthfoundation.org.
Media Contact
Bridget Stratton
Public Communications Inc.
815-557-3044
bstratton@pcipr.com