How Green Banks Support Lenders
Washington Builds helps lenders say yes to more clean energy loans, with less risk. Our credit enhancements, loan loss reserves, and loan guarantees let you extend financing to more borrowers, offer better terms, and reach markets outside your usual credit box — including low- and moderate-income households. We also standardize underwriting and bring you a pipeline of qualified projects. Let's build the clean energy lending market together.
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Acceleration Fund
Washington Builds works alongside private lenders, not instead of them. Under the Washington Builds Acceleration Fund, our competitive Request for Projects (RFP), project applicants identify a private-capital partner and Washington Builds provides credit support — guarantees, subordinated debt, and other tools — that makes the financing work. If you're a bank, credit union, or CDFI financing a Washington clean energy project, you can partner with an applicant's proposal or bring us an opportunity to explore together. The RFP explains eligible projects, financing structures, and how private and Washington Builds capital fit together.
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As Washington’s green bank, Washington Builds stretches every dollar of public and philanthropic capital into far greater private sector investment. Have a project, capital to put to work, or just a question? Tell us a bit and we’ll follow up.
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