PROGRAMS
BGS INITIATIVES
Since it's founding in 2020, BGS has launched a series of programs, partnerships, projects and pilots in support of its three-fold mission across workforce development, business development, and community development.
Business Development
ACCESS Program
The BGS ACCESS program is a 10-week contractor boot camp for clean energy business owners, providing entrepreneurs of color with business coaching, technical assistance, and connections to customers, clients, partners and potential procurement pathways.
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our Spring 2026 ACCESS Cohort which will run from April through June 2026! The Spring cohort will prioritize MWBE firms with technology or solutions that have been validated in a lab or relevant environment and are moving toward prototype demonstrations and early market tractions. Participants will receive tailored curriculum and ongoing support (office hours, 1:1s, alumni workshops). Applications are now open.
Please apply for the Spring 2026 cohort through the link below.
Workforce Development
Rhode Island Clean Energy Student Training & Experience for Professional Success (STEPS) Initiative
BGS is thrilled to be the Lead Education and Opportunity Partner for the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources Student Training & Experience for Professional Success (STEPS) Initiative . Over the past two years, BGS worked to recruit BIPOC students into clean energy internship roles and provided clean energy career awareness, professional development, mentoring and community building opportunities for all interns in partnership with Emerald Cities Collaborative.
We are now recruiting for Summer 2026! Please fill out the Student Interest Form below to get started!
Business Development
ACCEL Program
The Advancing Climatetech and Clean Energy Leaders (ACCEL) Program, a proven accelerator from Greentown Labs and Browning the Green Space (BGS), is dedicated to supporting BIPOC and women-led startups as they develop critical climatetech solutions by offering access to funding, education, resources, and networks that structural inequities often put out of reach.
Workforce Development
Coalition Membership Initiative
Through it's Coalition Membership Initiative, BGS connects, supports, and educates organizational leaders in their work to advance an equitable energy transition within their own organizations and collectively throughout the clean energy and climatetech sectors.
Workforce Development
MassCEC Support Internship Program Success (SIPS) Initiative
BGS is thrilled to be the lead training provider for the MassCEC Support Internship Program Success (SIPS) Initiative. BGS’s role as a training provider is to recruit and match First Generation College students, Pell Grant recipients and residents of Environmental Justice neighborhoods with clean energy employers for summer internship opportunities. Beyond screening and matching students with internships, BGS provided an employer best practices orientation and continued support for students, including professional skill-building workshops, clean energy career exposure opportunities, a mentoring program with professionals in the field, and community building within the cohort.
We are now recruiting for Summer 2026! If you are a First Generation College Student, Pell Grant Recipient or Resident of an EJ neighborhood and you are either a MA resident or attend a MA based 2 or 4 year degree school or a MA based certificate or training program, please fill out the student interest and eligibility form below.
Business Development
VC Onramp Program
The VC Onramp Program seeks to remove barriers for aspiring VCs of color and grow the pipeline of BIPOC analysts, associates, and ultimately, general partners at VC firms by equipping them with the deep technical knowledge and social capital within the climatetech investment ecosystem.