The Colorado Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) is a nonprofit investment fund that aims to fill existing financing gaps in clean energy and pollution-reduction projects to lower the barriers of entry, help accelerate the equitable adoption of clean energy across the state, and to achieve Colorado’s climate goals. CCEF was born out of a three-year collaboration among the Colorado Energy Office (CEO), the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Coalition for Green Capital (CGC). This collaboration aligned to create CCEF with a shared belief that a specialized, nonprofit intermediary was necessary to identify barriers to financing clean energy projects, bridge the gap between clean energy projects and traditional capital providers, and to drive demand for these solutions by performing market engagement and development activities.