Become a Supporter
Join our coalition of members, donors, sponsors, and partners!Members
Individuals, businesses, and non-profits can join our growing network of 3500+ MREA Members. MREA Memberships come with a variety of benefits, at all levels. Our success is made possible by the participation, funding, and work of our dedicated members.
donors
As a non-profit, we depend on donor support to continue promoting clean energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable living through education and demonstration. Your donation provides funding to successfully build initiatives like Rise Up Midwest!
sponsors
Support Rise Up Midwest! by sponsoring our campaign. Your contribution directly helps stabilize and grow clean energy and energy efficiency markets throughout the Midwest.
PARTNERs
Rise Up is forming a coalition of organizations across the Midwest to commit to our organizing belief statements. Your partnership helps us share our resources with others, building a vast unified network of educated clean energy supporters.
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
Your support of the Rise Up campaign will stabilize and grow clean energy and energy efficiency markets in the Midwest by:
Creating local jobs
IMPROVING LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE
INCREASING GRID RESILIENCY
STIMULATING IN-STATE INVESTMENT
ENHANCING HUMAN WELLNESS
REDUCING EXPENSES FOR HOMES AND BUSINESSES
BECOME A MEMBER
JOIN/RENEW AS A MEMBER: $30 – $1,000
- Individual, Business, and Non-Profit memberships available
- Join our allied network of clean energy supporters
- Improve access to solar for disenfranchised groups
- Help communities go solar
- Remove barriers to widespread clean energy and efficiency deployment
- Expand workforce development
- Improve air and water quality through pollution reduction
- Gain eligibility to join the Clean Energy Credit Union
- Receive discounts on MREA courses ($20 off each course)
- Gain free enrollment in MREA’s Online Tutorials
- Get 10% off MREA Marketplace, and much more
MAKE A DONATION
GIVE AS A DONOR: Help us Reach our $30,000 Goal
We’ve partnered with four Midwest organizations serving low income communities that are dedicated to environmental and climate justice to bring free industry leading solar technical training and workforce development opportunities to their member-led communities through renewable energy training scholarships and paid solar internships to students.
BUY A SHIRT, HELP CREATE A JUST ENERGY TRANSITION
Join Our Rise Up! Giving Campaign
- All profits from T-shirt sales will be used to directly support solar workforce development efforts and expand employment access in advanced energy by providing renewable energy training scholarships and paid solar internships to students.
- All donors contributing $100+ will also receive one free Rise Up Midwest T-shirt! (Shipping not included.)
Thanks to our Rise Up! partner, Walnut Way for printing the official Rise Up! Midwest T-shirt through their Designaway apparel printing program. Walnut Way is a nonprofit neighborhood organization founded in 2000 by Lindsay Heights residents to reclaim and redevelop the economic health and vitality of their community in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Its apparel printing program, Designaway, is an example of Walnut Way’s community wealth building initiatives that creates employment opportunities for residents.
BECOME A SPONSOR
Stand out as a thoughtful leader and support lasting change by becoming a Sponsor of the Rise Up Midwest! movement.
GIGAWATT - $7,500
Inside back cover full page, full color ad in the Rise Up Call to Action publication ($750 value)
4 advertisements—up to 30 seconds—on the Rise Up podcast ($800 value)
3 highlights on MREA social media (15,000+ contacts)
Feature in the MREA monthly online newsletter (9,000+ contacts)
Logo on Rise Up t-shirt
Clickable logo on Rise Up Midwest! website
MEGAWATT - $5,000
Half page, full color ad in the Rise Up Call to Action publication ($500 value)
2 advertisements—up to 30 seconds—on the Rise Up podcast ($400 value)
Highlight on MREA social media (15,000+ contacts)
Feature in the MREA monthly online newsletter (9,000+ contacts)
Logo on Rise Up t-shirt
Clickable logo on Rise Up Midwest! website
KILOWATT - $2,500
Half page, full color ad in the Rise Up Call to Action publication ($500 value)
1 advertisement—up to 30 seconds—on the Rise Up podcast ($200 value)
Highlight on MREA social media (15,000+ contacts)
Feature in the MREA monthly online newsletter (9,000+ contacts)
Logo on Rise Up t-shirt
Clickable logo on Rise Up Midwest! website
WATT - $1,000
Quarter page, full color ad in the Rise Up educational publication ($250 value)
Clickable logo on Rise Up Midwest! website
GRASSROOTS SUPPORTER - $500
Sixth page, full color ad in the Rise Up educational publication ($200 value)
Clickable logo on Rise Up Midwest website
JOIN AS A PARTNER
Rise Up Midwest! is creating a coalition of organizations across the Midwest to commit to our organizing belief statements and join our call to action. There is no cost to partnering, and Rise Up will solely use your organization’s name in conjunction with these belief statements. Partnership is available to all institutions, including Rise Up Sponsors, Promotional Partners, and MREA Business Members, as well as institutions that are unable to support this movement financially.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
MEMBER, DONOR, & SPONSOR CONTACT
Gina Miresse
ginam@midwestrenew.org
PARTNERSHIP CONTACT
Amanda Schienebeck
amandas@midwestrenew.org
contact us!
Address: 7558 Deer Rd. Custer, WI 54423
Email: info@riseupmidwest.org
Phone: 715-592-6595
The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) is a non-profit organization with the mission to promote renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable living through education and demonstration.