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Community Climate Initiatives

Creating solutions that solve for the long-term effects of climate change requires collaboration. Through strategic partnerships, Intuit looks outward beyond our value chain into the communities we serve. By forging innovative pathways for community solar projects, workplace and educational development trainings, and programs that reduce food waste while expanding food access, sustainability solutions can be leveraged to power social, economic, and environmental prosperity. Learn more about these initiatives below.

Coalfield Solar Fund

In 2023, Intuit launched the Coalfield Solar Fund, one of our most innovative programs to date. This effort builds on the initial success of our school-top solar project with Secure Solar Futures in Wise, Virginia—the location of one of Intuit’s Prosperity Hubs. The Coalfield Solar Fund is a multi-year incentive grant program, led as a collaboration between Intuit, Secure Solar Futures, and The NEED Project, which provides grant funds to make it easier for public K-12 schools and community colleges in the coalfield regions of Virginia and West Virginia to install solar panels on campus roofs with no upfront investment.

In alignment with Intuit's job readiness program, the initiative also provides local workforce development pathways via solar apprenticeships, hands-on training, and direct experience in the fields of clean energy, solar, and STEM for high school students. The forward-looking curriculum, dubbed “Throwing Solar Shade,” not only prepares graduating students for potential careers in clean energy and an understanding of climate science, it also arms them with valuable training in Intuit’s Design for Delight methodology.

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"Much of my family has been in the coal industry for generations. As we continue to shift away from fossil fuels, there's a need to build a bridge between our community and the fastest growing renewable energy source on the planet -- solar energy. The Coalfield Solar Fund is not only about getting solar on rooftops and opening up new career pathways, it’s about ensuring that our community can play a key part in the transition to 21st century energy technology."

Matthew McFadden

Business Development Manager, Secure Solar Futures

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GRID Alternatives

GRID Alternatives provides no-cost solar systems and installations for qualifying low-income households in addition to providing hands-on solar career training.

Intuit partnered with GRID Alternatives to expand access to clean energy education and create pathways into the green economy for high school students in underserved communities. Through the Solar Futures Program, students from four schools in the Centinela Valley Union High School District in Los Angeles County participated in hands-on training and classroom learning covering solar fundamentals, workforce readiness, and financial literacy topics, such as budgeting. Each student received certifications in OSHA 10, CPR, and solar basics, along with stipends that recognized their achievements.

Over the course of the 2024–2025 school year, 40 students completed the program, reporting higher confidence, stronger teamwork and problem-solving skills, and an increased interest in pursuing careers in renewable energy. The curriculum enabled students to connect what they learned to real-world issues, such as how solar can support disaster resiliency in healthcare settings or reduce emissions in public transit, and several students expressed an interest in green career pathways.

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Clearloop

Since 2021, Intuit has worked with Clearloop, a Silicon Ranch company, to decarbonize energy grids while expanding access to renewable energy across underserved communities in Tennessee communities. Our support of their White Pine and Jackson solar projects have prevented over 8 million pounds of carbon emissions, funded scholarships for local students, and expanded clean energy education, helping accelerate access to renewable energy while empowering the next generation. Together with Clearloop, we’ve shown how clean energy solutions can deliver meaningful economic and environmental benefits. And the momentum continues—Intuit's contribution to our next project with Clearloop in Arcadia, Louisiana, will produce enough clean energy to power approximately 40 homes for the next 40 years and prevent over 20 million pounds of carbon emissions over its lifetime.

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The Farmlink Project

The Farmlink Project was founded by a group of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic with the goal of eliminating food waste and food insecurity. Farmlink connects farmers with surplus crops with an extensive network of food rescue organizations across the country, providing logistics support and reducing administrative burden on farmers. Farmlink's work also takes climate action by avoiding methane emissions created when uneaten food ends up in landfills. Methane is a greenhouse gas that is nearly eighty-one times more potent than carbon dioxide so reducing methane emissions is a critical aspect of climate action. Intuit and The Farmlink Project joined forces in 2023 to reroute high-quality surplus produce from Southern California farms to communities in need in the greater Los Angeles region. To date, more than 13,000 metric tons of CO₂e have been avoided and more than 10.7 million meals have been delivered, thanks to this collaboration.

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TreePeople

We’re deeply committed to environmental stewardship, actively engaging in reforestation initiatives that not only restore vital ecosystems but also empower local communities. Our multi-year collaborations with nonprofit partner TreePeople in Los Angeles are critical to creating the prosperous, sustainable future we hope to enact.

In FY25, we supported the planting of 74 trees, focusing on public spaces to enhance urban environments with critical benefits like shade, improved air quality, and stormwater capture. We also facilitated the distribution of over 1,000 fruit trees to residents, directly addressing food insecurity and increasing residential tree canopy for energy savings. Ongoing maintenance to these young trees helps trees live longer, grow stronger, and continue to provide essential environmental benefits like clean air and habitat for wildlife. Through our donation, TreePeople provided care to over 4,500 trees. Beyond planting and maintenance, we introduced 147 students at the TreePeople Environmental Youth Summit to financial literacy concepts via Intuit for Education. Local Intuit employee volunteers played a critical role in this effort, spending time removing invasive species with TreePeople on Earth Day.

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Stakeholder Impact Reports

In 2024, we evolved our Corporate Responsibility Report into a Stakeholder Impact Report, covering all four of our True North Stakeholders—Employees, Customers, Communities, and Shareholders. These reports highlight our commitment to our True North Goals and the impact we deliver to our stakeholders. All of our historic reports are available below.