Mark Orlowski
Founder & Executive Director, Sustainable Endowments Institute
A Special Project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
The Billion Dollar Green Challenge invites colleges
to invest a total of $1 billion in self-managed green
revolving funds for energy efficiency upgrades.
What is a Green Revolving Fund?
Cost Savings
Seed
Funding
GRF
Green
Projects
Project
Investments
Operating
Budget
Why choose a Green Revolving Fund?
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Transforms expense into investment
Alleviates pressure from tight budgets
Institutionalizes a mechanism for reinvesting
Performance Tracking
Scalability
Positive PR
By the numbers
• 76 institutions operating 79 funds
• $111 million in self managed GRFs
• 31 states and 2 Canadian provinces
• Median annual ROI of 28%
Growth of Green Revolving Funds: 1992-2012
N = 79
80
Number of Funds
60
40
20
0
Year
Green Revolving Investment Tracking System (GRITS)
Contact
Mark Orlowski
Mark@GreenBillion.org
www.GreenBillion.org/resources