BlueGreen Alliance Foundation

What BlueGreen Alliance Foundation does

The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that conducts research and education about the job-creating potential of environmental solutions. Active since at least 2008, BGAF operates a portfolio of free, web-based databases and data visualization tools designed to inform policymakers, builders, manufacturers, architects, contractors, and consumers about U.S.-made, energy-efficient, and healthier building products, as well as clean economy manufacturing trends. The organization's flagship program, BuildingClean.org, catalogues over 4,600 U.S. manufacturing facilities across 13+ product categories including appliances, HVAC, insulation, flooring, paint, roofing, windows, and building enclosure products, with searchable filters by product type, CSI code, material, location, and certifications such as ENERGY STAR, LEED, Cradle to Cradle, GREENGUARD, FloorScore, and Declare. Complementary programs include ChemHAT (Chemical Hazard and Alternatives Toolbox), the EV Jobs Hub (tracking 188,000+ announced EV manufacturing jobs from $154 billion in investment across 300+ facilities), BuildingHealthy.org (analysis of 20+ residential building certifications), and Visualizing the Clean Economy data visualizations for the automotive and transit/rail sectors.

BGAF's business model is grant-funded philanthropy rather than commercial revenue. The foundation is supported by foundation grants (notably The JPB Foundation), donations via its website, and is part of the Energy Efficiency for All coalition alongside the Energy Foundation, Elevate Energy, National Housing Trust, and NRDC. All core offerings — databases, reports, webinars, and the annual Clean and Fair Economy Summit — are provided free of charge. Its go-to-market motion is community-led and partnership-driven: BGAF co-develops resources with intermediaries such as HPN Select (Housing Partnership Network, embedding data into the Select EcoGuide database) and Atlas Public Policy (co-developing the EV Jobs Hub), and extends reach through affordable housing case studies (Flower City Habitat for Humanity, A Tiny Home for Good, Portland State University, Consumers Energy, City of Richmond CA). The organization is led by President Jason Walsh with a small staff of 11-50 employees including directors, program managers, outreach staff, and program associates.

Name

BlueGreen Alliance Foundation

Legal name

BlueGreen Alliance Foundation

Website

https://bgafoundation.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BlueGreen Alliance Foundation is a nonprofit organization that operates free databases and research tools, including BuildingClean.org, ChemHAT, and the EV Jobs Hub, to educate policymakers, builders, manufacturers, and consumers about U.S.-made energy-efficient building products and clean economy manufacturing jobs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Research and Advocacy Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Justice & Community Environmental Health (BPAGAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Circular Economy & Sustainable Products (Reuse, Repair, Upcycling) (BPAGALAF), Fair Trade & Ethical Supply Chains (Certification, Traceability, Producer Support) (BPAGALAL), Pollution Prevention, Chemicals & Waste (incl. Plastics) (BPADALAJ)

Keywords

• Clean energy research
• Environmental policy advocacy
• Sustainable manufacturing data
• Building product database
• Clean economy research

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation Grants and Donations: The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation is a nonprofit organization funded primarily through grants from foundations such as The JPB Foundation, as well as public donations. Revenue is used to fund research, databases, programs, and advocacy work rather than commercial product revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation conducts research and educates the public about job-creating environmental solutions. Its core offerings are free online databases and data visualization tools — BuildingClean.org (U.S.-manufactured, energy-efficient, and healthier building product database with 4,600+ facilities), ChemHAT (Chemical Hazard and Alternatives Toolbox), EV Jobs Hub (tracking EV manufacturing jobs and investments), and Visualizing the Clean Economy (interactive maps for automotive and transit/rail sectors) — supplemented by research reports, webinars, and the annual Clean and Fair Economy Summit.

Product overview

BlueGreen Alliance Foundation operates primarily as an educational and research organization offering several interconnected programs and tools. The core product is BuildingClean.org, an online database with over 4,600 U.S. manufacturing facilities for energy-efficient building products. This is complemented by ChemHAT (Chemical Hazard and Alternatives Toolbox) for chemical safety information, and BuildingHealthy.org for building certification analysis. The organization also provides data visualization tools including the EV Jobs Hub and Visualizing the Clean Economy programs for automotive and transit/rail sectors. The Buy Local, Buy Healthy initiative promotes purchasing practices that support local economies and healthier building materials. The Clean and Fair Economy Summit provides annual convening. These products work together to advance the organization's mission of educating the public about job-creating potential of environmental solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Building Clean: An initiative of the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation that serves as a portal to find local and healthy energy-efficient building products. BuildingClean.org is an online database of U.S.-made, healthier energy efficient products designed to help architects, designers, consumers, contractors, developers, and manufacturers find products to capture benefits of energy efficiency retrofits including lower utility bills, improved tenant health, and increased economic development.
• ChemHAT

Products and services

• BuildingClean.org Database An online, searchable database of 4,600+ U.S.-manufactured, energy-efficient, and healthier building products with manufacturing location, energy efficiency certification, and chemical/health transparency data. Designed for architects, designers, contractors, developers, consumers, and policymakers.
• ChemHAT (Chemical Hazard and Alternatives Toolbox) A database providing accessible information about chemical hazards in building products and their short- and long-term health effects, targeted at workers, families, and consumers.
• EV Jobs Hub A dynamic data visualization tool tracking electric vehicle manufacturing job announcements, unionization status, and investments in disadvantaged communities across the United States, for use by policymakers, advocates, and the public.
• Visualizing the Clean Economy: The Automotive Sector Interactive data and maps tracking manufacturing activity and jobs in the U.S. automotive sector as the industry transitions to cleaner technology.
• Visualizing the Clean Economy: The Transit and Rail Sector Interactive data and maps tracking manufacturing activity and jobs in the U.S. transit and rail sector during the transition to cleaner technology.
• Clean and Fair Economy Summit An annual summit bringing together policymakers, advocates, industry leaders, and the public to discuss clean economy and fair economy issues, including EV manufacturing, building practices, and labor standards.
• BuildingHealthy.org A website examining healthy building practices across more than 20 residential building certifications, focused on occupant-impacting practices that constitute permanent features of buildings.

Quantifiable outcome

• 170,000+ potential American manufacturing jobs from deep retrofits + Buy American policies
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EcomedescoreTechnology or Integration · 23 January 2025The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation and Ecomedes co-hosted a webinar on the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act. Ecomedes provides a platform to help manufacturers identify their products as BABA compliant, and BGAF contributed its 'Making BABA Work for American Manufacturers' guide to the webinar content. Paul Shahriari is Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Ecomedes.
• Atlas Public PolicycoreTechnology or Integration · 5 September 2023The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation partnered with Atlas Public Policy to create the EV Jobs Hub, a data visualization tool that tracks electric vehicle manufacturing jobs, unionization, investments in disadvantaged communities, and subsidy data across the United States.
• HPN Select (Housing Partnership Network)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 October 2019Building Clean partnered with HPN Select — a Housing Partnership Network social enterprise — to help affordable housing owners find locally manufactured building products. Building Clean assists HPN Select in adding manufacturing location data (city and state) to thousands of building products in the Select EcoGuide, a database highlighting health and sustainability of materials used by nonprofit multifamily housing developers. Richard Kingston, VP of Sustainability at HPN Select, presented at the Building Clean 2019 Summit.
• Energy Efficiency for All Initiative Partners (Energy Foundation, Elevate Energy, National Housing Trust, Natural Resources Defense Council)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBuilding Clean is part of the broader Energy Efficiency for All initiative, a partnership of the Energy Foundation, Elevate Energy, National Housing Trust, and Natural Resources Defense Council, dedicated to linking the energy, housing, and health sectors to bring energy efficiency benefits to millions of low-income families.
• Flower City Habitat for HumanityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBuilding Clean partnered with Flower City Habitat for Humanity in Rochester, NY to conduct radon testing on four newly built affordable homes, demonstrating how radon exposure can vary significantly within the same neighborhood and developing guidance on healthier building practices.
• IUE-CWA Housing Corp.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIUE-CWA Housing Corp. funded a 4-home development by A Tiny Home for Good in Syracuse, NY, and also supported Building Clean as a product selection consultant to ensure the homes used healthier, locally sourced, and energy-efficient products.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ecomedes: Ecomedes is a building product transparency platform helping manufacturers identify products as BABA-compliant and surfacing sustainability data to buyers — closely comparable to BuildingClean.org's role in domestic manufacturing and certifications, and an active BGAF partner.
• New Buildings Institute: New Buildings Institute is a nonprofit focused on energy efficiency and performance in buildings, producing research, tools, and codes/standards work — closely aligned with BGAF's BuildingClean.org and BuildingHealthy.org work on energy-efficient, healthy building practices.
• Energy Foundation: Energy Foundation is a major U.S. philanthropy that funds clean energy, climate, and health policy advocacy — directly comparable to BGAF as a grant-making and grant-receiving partner in the clean-economy nonprofit space and an active partner in the Energy Efficiency for All initiative.
• Elevate Energy: Elevate Energy is a nonprofit working at the intersection of energy efficiency, affordable housing, and health — directly comparable to BGAF's BuildingClean.org and Buy Local, Buy Healthy work, and a partner in the Energy Efficiency for All initiative.
• Atlas Public Policy: Atlas Public Policy is a clean-economy data and policy firm that operates the Atlas EV Hub and co-developed BGAF's EV Jobs Hub — directly comparable as a clean-economy data provider serving policymakers and advocates.
• Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute: The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute administers the C2C Certified product certification for material health and circularity — directly comparable to BGAF's work on chemical hazard transparency (ChemHAT) and healthy building products.

Emerging players

• Climate Central: Climate Central is a climate science and communications nonprofit producing data and visualizations on climate impacts and the energy transition — comparable in mission and data-visualization approach to BGAF's Visualizing the Clean Economy and EV Jobs Hub programs.

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC): USGBC operates the LEED green building rating system and broader sustainability programs for buildings; it overlaps with BGAF's healthy/energy-efficient building work and is referenced in state Qualified Allocation Plans that BGAF reviews.
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): NRDC is a major environmental advocacy organization working on clean energy, climate, and chemical safety — directly comparable to BGAF's mission on chemicals, healthy buildings, and clean economy jobs, and an active partner through the Energy Efficiency for All coalition.
• RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute): RMI is a clean-energy research and policy nonprofit producing data, analysis, and convenings on the energy transition — comparable to BGAF's research, data, and convening work on clean economy manufacturing and transportation electrification.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/goodjobsgreenjobs
• Facebookfacebook.com/bgafoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/blue-green-alliance-foundation

Compliance15 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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