Municipal Grant Opportunities
________-Popular Opportunities
Cal OES: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
Deadline: Rolling deadline for NOI
Amount: Project max is unspecified. $150,000 for single jurisdiction plan, $250,000 for multi jurisdiction plan.
Match: Generally, HMA funds may be used to pay up to 75% of the eligible activity costs. The remaining 25% of eligible activity costs are derived from non-Federal sources
Eligibility: States, local communities and tribal governments
https://www.caloes.ca.gov/cal-oes-divisions/recovery/disaster-mitigation-technical-support/404-hazard mitigation-grant-program
Funding Priorities:
● Local Hazard Mitigation Plans (LHMP) updates that will expire within 24 months. ● All other LHMP updates.
● Shovel ready projects with a high level of design that can begin construction within 90 days of FEMA approval, in declared counties.
● Shovel ready projects with a high level of design that can begin constructions within 90 days of FEMA approval, in all other counties.
● Whole community risk reduction/large critical infrastructure wildfire projects.
● Whole community risk reduction/large critical infrastructure projects for other hazard types. ● Wildfire projects in any county.
● All hazard type projects in any county.
● Planning related activities.
● Five percent (5%) Initiative projects.
South Coast AQMD: MANY OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
Deadline: First-Come, First-Served Basis (no application deadline; open until funds are exhausted)
Amount: Up to 85% discount will be provided, up to the funding caps listed below (whichever is less):; 20% match for fleet
Eligibility: Cities are welcome to apply as well as School Districts and licensed landscapers
http://www.aqmd.gov/home/programs
South Coast AQMD offers a broad range of programs for businesses, the community, and local government that help to achieve cleaner air quality for all. Many of these programs offer financial incentives for implementing new clean air technologies. Some provide partnerships and new ways of addressing air quality issues throughout the South Coast Basin.
San Joaquin Valley APCD: MANY OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
Deadline: First Come, First Serve
Amount: Up to 100% off costs of equipment for public agencies
Match: No
Eligibility: Varies based on program
https://ww2.valleyair.org/grants
The Zero-Emission Landscaping Equipment (ZELE) Voucher Program provides incentives for San Joaquin Valley landscapers, public agencies, and businesses that perform their own landscape maintenance, to replace their old gas-powered landscape equipment with new electric options.
Amount: Small business and public agency applicants may be eligible for up to 100% of the cost of new equipment, while large businesses may be eligible for up to 85% of the cost of new equipment. Maximum funding amounts may be reduced for large businesses to ensure the 15% cost share requirement is met.
New Alternative Fuel Vehicle Purchase
This component provides funding for the purchase of new alternative fueled vehicles (Electric, Plug-In Hybrid, CNG, LNG, LPG, etc). Applications for this component are currently being accepted on a first come, first-serve basis. For specific information about the requirements of the component, please review the program guidelines.Maximum Funding: Up to $20,000 per vehicle, with a limit of $100,000 per agency per year.
Cal Recycle: Tire Derived Aggregate
Deadline: December 5, 2024
Amount: Up to $750,000 per grant cycle
Match: No
Eligibility: Local government agencies, state agencies, qualifying Indian Tribes, and private, for-profit entities.
Link: TDA Grant Program
Description: The Tire-Derived Aggregate (TDA) Grant Program is designed to promote the use of recycled tires in civil engineering projects and other applications. TDA is a versatile, lightweight, and cost-effective alternative to conventional construction materials, and it can be used in a variety of applications, including retaining wall backfill, lightweight embankment fill, and vibration mitigation. Projects generally fall into one of five categories (see TDA Uses for more complete descriptions): Category 1: Mechanically Stabilized TDA (retaining walls).
Category 2: Low Impact Development (storm water mitigation including storm water infiltration galleries).
Category 3: Lightweight fill (slope stabilization, embankment fill, landslide repair, and retaining walls). Category 4: Vibration mitigation (under rail lines).
Category 5: Landfill application (aggregate replacement projects such as leachate and gas collection systems, drainage layers, leachate injection). Projects that are currently underway or that have been completed at the same location within the same facility within three years of application are not eligible. Landfill application projects do not include use of shredded waste tires as alternative daily cover or alternative intermediate cover.
Cal Go-Biz: Cannabis Equity Grants Program for Local Jurisdictions
Deadline: December 16, 2024, at 11:59 pm
Amount: Up to $75,000 (Type 1) for equity assessments; Up to $3.5 million (Type 2) for supporting equity applicants
Match: Required for awards above $500,000
Link: CEG Program
Purpose: Supports local jurisdictions in developing cannabis equity programs to help individuals from communities disproportionately affected by cannabis criminalization access the legal cannabis industry. Funds can be used for assessments, business support, capital, and technical assistance.
FEMA: AFG-Assistance to Firefighters grant
Deadline: December 20th, 2024 at 5pm
Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Fire departments operating in any of the 50 states
Match: Yes, but exceptions if you meet a certain req.
https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/firefighters/assistance-grants/documents Fire safety grants fund critically needed resources to equip and train emergency personnel, enhance efficiencies and support community resilience.
California Ocean Protection Council: SB 1 Grant Program
Deadline: Friday, December 20, 2024
Track Two proposals (Projects in the Implementation Project Phase) will be accepted through a competitive process starting in mid-late 2024
Amount: Track 1: $200,000 - $1,500,000; Track 2: $1,500,000 - $10,000,000
Match: Encouraged, but not required
Link: https://www.opc.ca.gov/sb-1-funding/#Background
In 2021, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1 (Atkins, 2021) into law. Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) directs the state to provide funding to local and regional governments to develop sea-level rise (SLR) adaptation plans and implementation projects. In 2022 and 2023, OPC received $37.5 million and $54.5 million respectively to support the implementation of SB 1, with an additional $10 million anticipated in the 2024-2025 budget. Ultimately, OPC’s SB 1 SLR Adaptation Planning Grant Program (SB 1 Grant Program) aims to provide funding for coastal communities to develop consistent SLR adaptation plans and projects to build resilience to SLR along the entire coast of California and San Francisco Bay.
SB 1 Grant Program
The SB 1 Grant Program contains two funding tracks: one for pre-planning and planning phases (Track One), and one for the project phase (Track Two).
Track 1
Track One proposals (projects in the Pre-planning, Data Collection, and Planning Phases) are now being accepted through a rolling, quarterly process.
See the SB 1 Grant Program Solicitation (PDF) for details on this funding opportunity. Applicants must use the SB 1 Track 1 Proposal Template and Instructions (.docx), and be sure to address the minimum criteria listed in the SLR Adaptation Criteria.
HCD: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program
● Deadline: December 30, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. (PST) for competitive and over-the-counter (OTC) applications. Rolling basis until funds are exhausted for OTC applications.
● Amount: Up to $34 million available in total. Maximum award per jurisdiction is $3.6 million. ○ Competitive Grants: Public Service and Planning grants are capped at $300,000 each. ○ OTC Grants: Projects up to $3.3 million; Housing or Economic Development Programs up to $1.5 million.
● Match: Not required, but leveraging other funding is encouraged.
● Eligibility: Non-entitlement cities, counties, and Units of General Local Government (UGLGs) in California. Nonprofits and Tribes can receive funding via subrecipient agreements with eligible applicants.
● Link: CDBG Program Information
● Summary: The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is offering approximately $34 million through the federal 2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. The program aims to support viable communities by funding projects that provide decent affordable housing, create a suitable living environment, and expand economic opportunities, primarily benefiting low- and moderate-income (LMI) persons, families, households, and neighborhoods.
CalTrans: Sustainable Transportation Grant
Deadline: January 22, 2025
Match: 11.47% minimum* (in cash or an in kind contribution). OR 20% match for strategic partnership grants.
Amount:
Sustainable Communities Grants:
● Minimum: $50,000 for under-resourced communities; $100,000 for others.
● Maximum: $700,000.
Climate Adaptation Planning Grants:
● Minimum: $100,000.
● Maximum: $1 million (single organizations); over $1.5 million for partnership applications. Strategic Partnerships Grants:
● Minimum: $100,000.
● Maximum: $500,000.
Sustainable Communities Grants ($29.5 million) to encourage local and regional planning that supports state goals, implements Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Sustainable Communities Strategies (SCS) (where applicable), and to ultimately achieve the State’s greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target of 40 and 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 2050, respectively NEW! Climate Adaptation Planning Grants ($50 million) support local and regional identification of transportation-related climate vulnerabilities through the development of climate adaptation plans, as well as project-level adaptation planning to identify adaptation projects and strategies for transportation infrastructure
Strategic Partnerships Grants ($4.5 million) to identify and address statewide, interregional, or regional transportation deficiencies on the State highway system in partnership with Caltrans. A sub category funds transit-focused planning projects that address multimodal transportation deficiencies Link: https://dot.ca.gov/programs/transportation-planning/division-of-transportation-planning/regional-and-community-planning/sustainable-transportation-planning-grants
CPUC: Cal Advanced Services Broadband Adoption Account
Deadline: Jan 1st 2025
Amount: The CASF Adoption Account is authorized $20.024 million for fiscal year 2023-2024 to provide grants to increase publicly available or after-school broadband access and digital inclusion. Match: Yes, 15%
Link: https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/industries-and-topics/internet-and-phone/california-advanced-services fund/casf-adoption-account
Purpose: Pursuant to Public Utilities (Pub. Util.) Code section 281, moneys in the CASF Adoption Account are available to the Commission to award grants to increase publicly available or after-school broadband access and digital inclusion, such as grants for digital literacy training programs and public education to communities with limited broadband adoption. The Commission is required to give preference to programs and projects in communities with demonstrated low broadband access, including low-income communities, senior citizen communities, and communities facing socioeconomic barriers to broadband adoption.
USBR: WaterSmart Small-Scale WEE Grant:
Deadline: 1/14/2025, and 7/8/2025
Amount: up to $100,000
Match: Yes 50%
Link: https://www.usbr.gov/watersmart/swep/index.html
Through the WaterSMART Small-Scale Water Efficiency Projects Reclamation provides 50/50 cost share funding to irrigation and water districts, tribes, states and other entities with water or power delivery authority for small water efficiency improvements that have been identified through previous planning efforts. Projects eligible for funding include installation of flow measurement or automation in a specific part of a water delivery system, lining of a section of a canal to address seepage, or other similar projects that are limited in scope.
USDOT: RAISE Grant
Deadline:
FY 2025 Deadline: January 13, 2025 at 11:59 pm Eastern
FY 2026 Deadline: January 13, 2026 at 11:59 pm Eastern
Amount:
For capital projects located in urban areas, the minimum award is $5 million.
For capital projects located in rural areas, the minimum award is $1 million.
Planning projects do NOT have a minimum award size.
The maximum grant award is $25 million.
Match: Up to 20%
Eligibility: Cities, counties, districts, federal agencies, state agencies
URL: https://www.transportation.gov/RAISEgrants/about
Purpose: RAISE grants will be awarded on a competitive basis, per statute, for planning or constructing surface transportation infrastructure projects that will improve safety; environmental sustainability; quality of life; mobility and community connectivity; economic competitiveness and opportunity including tourism; state of good repair; partnership and collaboration; and innovation. Objective:
• Invest in surface transportation that will have a significant local or regional impact; and • Support projects that are consistent with the Department’s strategic goals: improve safety, economic strength and global competitiveness, equity, and climate and sustainability.
Economic Development Administration (EDA): PWEAA
Due: Rolling basis, no deadline.
Amount: $100,000 to $3,000,000
Match: No
Eligibility:
● City or township governments
● Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
● Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
● Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
● Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education ● Private institutions of higher education
● State governments
● County governments
● Special district governments
Link: https://www.eda.gov/funding/funding-opportunities
Purpose: EDA solicits applications from applicants in rural and urban areas to provide investments that support construction, non-construction, technical assistance, and revolving loan fund projects under EDA’s Public Works and EAA programs. Grants and cooperative agreements made under these programs are designed to leverage existing regional assets and support the implementation of economic development strategies that advance new ideas and creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in distressed communities. EDA provides strategic investments on a competitive- merit-basis to support economic development, foster job creation, and attract private investment in economically distressed areas of the United States.
***CEDS (Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy) needed for EDA grants
MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation:
Due: Rolling basis, no deadline.
Amount: No funding range provided
Match: No
Link: https://www.baseballydf.com/
Purpose: Created to increase participation in and expand access to youth baseball and softball. Supports capital projects including building and renovating fields and practice facilities and installing lighting. It also supports baseball/softball programs and education initiatives. There is no funding range for grant requests.
**Must be a DAC
SRF Programs
Deadline: Ongoing
Amount: Varies Depending on Project
Match: Low Cost Loan with PF option
Link: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/
Purpose: Funding for Drinkingwater, Wastewater, and Stormwater projects.