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  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Climate Resilience and Community Access Grant Program 2022

    Open Date
    Nov 22, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $2,917,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $100,000 – $400,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advances & Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    15746
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    Enhance the Coachella Valley's capacity to respond to climate change, provide equitable access to outdoor recreation for all communities and improve natural resource management. The second round of Climate Resilience and Community Access Program 2022 (CRCA) funding is to incorporate Nature Based Solutions (NBS) into projects and programs in response to our climate crisis.   

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    Within, or serving, the Coachella Valley or its surrounding mountains.

    View Full Grant Details: Climate Resilience and Community Access Grant Program 2022>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Climate, Access, and Resource (CAR) Funding

    Open Date
    Feb 6, 2023
    State Agency / Department
    Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $11,375,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    15266
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The goals of the CAR Program are to fund a breadth of projects that benefit Delta communities in order to sustain the Delta’s heritage and enhance the unique values of the Delta today through the following activities, in order to promote a robust Delta economy: 1. Climate resilience 2. Community Access (including recreation and tourism, historical and cultural preservation, and environmental education). 3. Natural resource protection

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    The Conservancy will fund projects within or benefitting the Delta and Suisun Marsh. The Conservancy may fund a project outside the Delta and Suisun Marsh if the Conservancy Board makes all the findings described in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009, Section 32360(g).

    View Full Grant Details: Climate, Access, and Resource (CAR) Funding>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy Proposition 1 Grant Program

    Open Date
    Jul 1, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $1,945,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    1923
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    Implement the California Water Action Plan in the Coachella Valley and its watersheds.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    Within the Conservancy's territorial jurisdiction.   Projects that benefit economically disadvantaged communities with a median income of less than 80 % of the statewide median receive additional points in the scoring process.

    View Full Grant Details: Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy Proposition 1 Grant Program>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Coastal Stories

    Open Date
    Oct 26, 2021
    State Agency / Department
    Coastal Conservancy
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $1,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Advances & Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Coastal Conservancy
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    7316
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    Coastal Stories intends to make the outdoors more inclusive and welcoming for all Californians by fostering representation of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and other historically excluded groups in outdoor spaces – through storytelling.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    Projects must take place in SCC jurisdiction.

    View Full Grant Details: Coastal Stories>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Coastal Stories

    Open Date
    Feb 5, 2024
    State Agency / Department
    Coastal Conservancy
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $1,200,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Advances & Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Coastal Conservancy
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    57609
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    These grants fund storytelling installations or materials that authentically convey historically excluded communities’ perspectives and relationships to the outdoors and coast.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    Projects should research, develop, and present diverse stories of historically excluded communities in publicly accessible outdoor spaces on the coast, Santa Ana River watershed, and San Francisco Bay.

    View Full Grant Details: Coastal Stories>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Coastal Watershed Flood Risk Reduction

    Open Date
    Jul 8, 2020
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Water Resources
    Match Funding?
    50%
    Estimated Total Funding
    $24,300,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Advances & Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Water Resources
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    1689
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    To provide grants for applicants to implement flood risk reduction projects with fish and wildlife habitat enhancements in coastal watersheds.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    Eligible projects must be located in California Coastal Watersheds, including the North Coast, San Francisco Bay, Central Coast, and South Coast watersheds. However, projects in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta are excluded. Priority points will be given to projects in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA)’s Coastal V/VE and Coastal A/AE zones, FEMA’s Coastal Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs).

    View Full Grant Details: Coastal Watershed Flood Risk Reduction>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Competitive Call for Research Projects to Explore the MPA and Climate Resilience Nexus

    Open Date
    Feb 7, 2023
    State Agency / Department
    Ocean Protection Council
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $634,770
    Estimated Low/High
    $634,770
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Ocean Protection Council
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    17591
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The overall goal of this solicitation is to understand the role that California’s MPA Network plays in the face of climate change, climate variability, and marine heatwaves in the lives of key species, habitats, or human activities. Projects must be research-based. Applications submitted in response to this solicitation should advance implementation of the OPC’s Strategic Plan to Protect California’s Coast and Ocean 2020-2025.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Business
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    Grant funds must be used within California.

    View Full Grant Details: Competitive Call for Research Projects to Explore the MPA and Climate Resilience Nexus>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Cost Share for Federal Clean Energy Funding Opportunities

    Open Date
    Sep 10, 2024
    State Agency / Department
    CA Energy Commission
    Match Funding?
    50%
    Estimated Total Funding
    $0
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Other
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA Energy Commission
    Grant Program ID
    GFO-21-901
    Portal ID
    80510
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The purpose is to provide cost share funding to applicants that apply for and receive one of the following: 

    An award under an eligible federal Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) and meet the requirements of this solicitation, or  Follow-on funding from the U.S. DOE to continue research from a previously awarded federal grant that also received from the CEC federal cost share funding under PON-14-308, GFO-18-902, or this GFO.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Individual
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies

    Projects must be located in California, either partially or in full. Projects involving demonstrations in real-world environments must have the demonstration sites located in a territory served by PG&E, SCE, or SDG&E.

    View Full Grant Details: Cost Share for Federal Clean Energy Funding Opportunities>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    County Drought Resilience Planning Assistance Program

    Open Date
    Mar 22, 2023
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Water Resources
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $5,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $10,000 – $125,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Water Resources
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    26906
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The purpose of the County Drought Resilience Planning Grant Program intends to help the counties to establish standing drought task forces or to develop the county drought resilience plans, per Senate Bill 552. 

    Eligible Applicants
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies

    Entire State of California

    View Full Grant Details: County Drought Resilience Planning Assistance Program>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Dam Safety and Climate Resilience Local Assistance Program

    Open Date
    Sep 20, 2024
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Water Resources
    Match Funding?
    50%
    Estimated Total Funding
    $47,500,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Water Resources
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    79955
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    Senate Bill 122 added Part 4, Section 6700 to the Water Code to create a new program, the Dam Safety and Climate Resilience Local Assistance Program, within DWR for the purpose of providing state funding for repairs, rehabilitation, enhancements, and other dam safety projects at existing state jurisdictional dams and associated facilities that were in service prior to January 1, 2023. 

    Eligible Applicants
    • Business
    • Individual
    • Nonprofit
    • Other Legal Entity
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies

    Projects must occur in California

    View Full Grant Details: Dam Safety and Climate Resilience Local Assistance Program>/span>