By California Consulting
Municipal Grant 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.
FEMA: Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)
Deadline: NOI due October 15th
Amount: TBD
Match: 25%
Eligibility: Local governments, including cities, townships, counties, special district governments, state agencies and federally recognized tribal governments (who choose to apply as subapplicants) are considered subapplicants. They must submit subapplications to their state, territory or tribal applicant agency.
● Subapplicants must have a FEMA-approved local or tribal Hazard Mitigation Plan in accordance with Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations Part 201 by the application deadline. They must also have one at the time of obligation of grant funds for hazard mitigation projects and capability and capacity-building activities. Hazard mitigation planning and planning-related activities, partnerships and building codes are exempt from the plan requirement. Federally recognized tribal governments, submitting as subapplicants to a state or territory, are included in this exemption.
Link: s://www.fema.gov/grants/mitigation/building-resilient-infrastructure-communities/before applyhttp
Purpose: The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program aims to categorically shift the federal focus away from reactive disaster spending and toward research-supported, proactive investment in community resilience. Examples of BRIC projects are ones that demonstrate innovative approaches to partnerships, such as shared funding mechanisms, and/or project design.
For example, an innovative project may bring multiple funding sources or in-kind resources from a range of private and public sector partners. Or an innovative project may offer multiple benefits to a community in addition to the benefit of risk reduction.
Through BRIC, FEMA continues to invest in a variety of mitigation activities with an added focus on infrastructure projects benefiting disadvantaged communities, nature-based solutions, climate resilience and adaptation, and adopting hazard resistant building codes.
Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program
Deadlines: Pre-App Consultation Request Form Due October 15, Full App Due Dec 13, 2024 Applications will be due in the Fall and funds will be awarded in early 2025
By November 2024, AHP will require all prospective applicants to participate in a mandatory pre application consultation (PAC) as part of the RFA process. This PAC will discuss the proposed project, match requirements, statutory and regulatory requirements, how the project meets local needs and state priorities, among other considerations. Conducted with experts in relevant fields, applicants must request a PAC and complete a survey to confirm their understanding of the project requirements. The deadline to request a PAC is eight weeks before the application deadline.
Amount: Round 1 $3.3 billion, Round 2 $1.1 billion
Eligibility: Counties, cities, Tribal entities (including 638s and urban Indian clinics), nonprofit organizations, and for-profit organizations whose projects reflect the State’s priorities and align with facility types listed in Table 1 are eligible to apply for this funding
Match: Yes, varies depending on project funding awarded and entity
Link: https://www.mentalhealth.ca.gov/
NOFO: https://infrastructure.buildingcalhhs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/bond_bhcip_round1.pdf Governor Newsom announced the state is working to quickly make Proposition 1 funding available for building local behavioral health outpatient treatment slots, beds, and/or community campuses to fill a gap in the local or regional behavioral health continuum of care. This initial round of $3.3 billion in funding is open to cities, counties, and tribes. Funding will be awarded based on the local behavioral health needs data, community engagement, and regional collaboration.
California State Parks: Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Grants Program
Deadline: 5:00 p.m. (PST) Friday, October 18, 2024
Amount: Up to $10 million, depending on project scope
Match: Generally 25% match required for most projects
Eligibility: Local and federal government agencies, special districts, educational institutions, federally recognized Native American tribes, and nonprofits
OHV Grants Program Link
Summary: The OHV Grants Program supports the management, maintenance, and enhancement of off highway vehicle recreation areas across California. Eligible projects include ground operations, restoration, law enforcement, and education programs that promote responsible OHV use and environmental protection.
U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) 2024 Build to Scale Program Deadline: October 28, 2024, at 5:00 PM ET
Amount: Up to $5 million
Match: Yes - 50%
Eligibility: A State; Indian tribe; city or other political subdivision of a State; nonprofit organization; institution of higher education; public-private partnership; science or research park; Federal laboratory; venture development organization; economic development organization or similar entity that is focused primarily on improving science, technology, innovation, or entrepreneurship; or a consortium of any of the aforementioned entities.
URL: https://www.eda.gov/funding/programs/build-to
scale?utm_medium=email&utm_program=B2S&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_subject=2024_B2S_N OFO_Announcement&utm_year=2024
Summary: The Build to Scale (B2S) program aims to increase the capacity of entrepreneurs in regions throughout the United States to demonstrate, deploy, and deliver new technologies by starting and growing new companies and creating and sustaining new, good jobs. EDA is committed to furthering technology- and innovation-based economic development initiatives that accelerate high-skill and high wage job growth, create economic opportunity, and support the next generation of industry leading companies. Funding is available for organizations that aid companies in developing, demonstrating, and deploying new, emerging, and critical technologies.
Projects should include:
· operational and programmatic activities to build public and private capacity for entrepreneurs and innovators to invent, improve, and bring to market new products and services in critical, emerging, and transformative sectors and industries;
· accelerate the growth of regional economies that are focused on industries of the future; · empower communities to provide proof-of-concept and commercialization assistance to technology innovators and entrepreneurs; and
· equitably and inclusively increase access to capital for technology-enabled entrepreneurs.
California Coastal Commission: Whale Tail Grants Program
Deadline: November 6, 2024
Match: Not required, but leveraging other funding sources is encouraged.
Amount: Up to $50,000 (small grants up to $20,000 available)
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, schools, government agencies, and tribal organizations.
Link: Whale Tail Grants Program
Summary: The Whale Tail Grants Program provides funding to support projects that foster a greater appreciation for California's coastal and marine environments. The program funds projects that provide educational opportunities for underserved communities, engage the public in coastal protection and restoration, and connect people with California’s coast through meaningful experiences. Projects can include outdoor education, community-based restoration activities, coastal stewardship, and educational efforts focused on marine and coastal environmental issues.
Special consideration is given to projects that target underserved communities, provide hands-on learning opportunities, or have an innovative approach to promoting coastal and marine conservation. Grant recipients are encouraged to collaborate with local partners and leverage additional funding sources to maximize the impact of their projects.
USBR: WaterSmart WEE Grant Program:
Deadline: November 13, 2024
Match: Yes 50%
Amount: up to $5 Million
The objective of the WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants Funding Opportunity is to invite states, Indian tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, other organizations with water or power delivery authority, and partnering nonprofit conservation organizations to leverage their money and resources by cost sharing with Reclamation on projects that seek to conserve and use water more efficiently; increase the production of renewable energy; mitigate conflict risk in areas at a high risk of future water conflict; and accomplish other benefits that contribute to water supply sustainability in the western United States.
Federal USBOR grant. Can fund scada, installation of water meters, etc.
Link: https://www.usbr.gov/watersmart/weeg/
https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/350982
Through WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants (formerly Challenge Grants) Reclamation provides 50/50 cost share funding to irrigation and water districts, tribes, states and other entities with water or power delivery authority. Projects conserve and use water more efficiently; increase the production of hydropower; mitigate conflict risk in areas at a high risk of future water conflict; and accomplish other benefits that contribute to water supply reliability in the western United States. Projects are selected through a competitive process and the focus is on projects that can be completed within two or three years.
EPA: Multipurpose, Assessment, RLF, and Cleanup (MARC) Grants
Deadline: November 14, 2024
Amount: MAX: Multipurpose: $1,000,000; Community Wide Assessment: $500,000; Assessment Coalition: $1,500,000; Clean Up: $5,000,000
Match: Not Required
https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/marc-grant-application-resources#Open%20Solicitations Grants offered by the Brownfields Program may be used to address sites contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum) and petroleum. Please visit the Types of Brownfields Grant Funding for an overview of the Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants.
Cal OES: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Post-Fire
Deadline: NOI due November 15th, 2024
Amount: $11 million total available
Match: 25% (can be in-kind contributions)
Eligibility: Local governments, including counties, cities, special districts, and tribal governments in eligible counties: San Bernardino, Butte, Riverside, Mariposa, Tehama, Kern, Los Angeles, and Lake. The project must align with one of the following categories:
● Wildfire Mitigation
● Infrastructure Retrofit
● Soil and Slope Stabilization
● Post-Fire Flood Prevention
The risk (e.g., wildfire risk) must be identified in the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP), though the specific project does not need to be listed. Projects in declared counties are prioritized, and a high level of project design is encouraged to ensure quick start after FEMA approval.
Link: Cal OES Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
Purpose: The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Post-Fire program provides funding to mitigate risks after a wildfire disaster, specifically targeting areas vulnerable to erosion, flooding, and future fires. Eligible projects include wildfire mitigation, retrofitting of infrastructure to withstand future disasters, and stabilizing soil and slopes to prevent post-fire floods and landslides. The aim is to enhance community resilience and prevent future damage from disasters.
EPA: Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program Deadline: November 21, 2024
Amount: Awards under Track I are expected to be between $10-20 million each and cannot exceed $20 million. Awards under Track II are expected to be between $1-3 million each and cannot exceed $3 million. EPA expects to award approximately $1.96 billion for about 150 Track I awards, including those under the Target Investment Areas described below in B, and approximately $40 million for about 20 Track II awards.
Match: No cost-sharing or matching is required as a condition of eligibility under this NOFO. Eligibility: Consistent with CAA §138(b)(3) and Assistance Listing 66.616, applicants eligible to apply and receive grants under this NOFO are (1) a partnership between two community-based nonprofit organizations (CBOs) as defined below, or (2) a partnership between a CBO and one of the following: a federally recognized Tribe, a local government, or an institution of higher education. These types of partnerships for eligibility purposes are known as Statutory Partnerships. Further eligibility requirements are described below.
Link: https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/inflation-reduction-act-community-change-grants program
The Community Change Grants are the final and most comprehensive piece of EPA’s implementation of ECJP IRA funding. The Community Change Grants will complement grant programs that EPA launched in 2022 and 2023, including those for the Collaborative Problem-Solving, Government-to-Government, and Thriving Communities Grantmaker programs. Collectively, these programs will empower communities and their partners to design, develop, and implement multi-faceted community-driven projects. These programs will address the diverse and unique needs of disadvantaged communities by: 1. Reducing and preventing pollution; 2. Building resilience to climate change and mitigating current and future climate risks; 3. Enhancing meaningful involvement in government processes related to environmental and climate justice; 4. Expanding access to high-quality jobs and economic opportunity through workforce development; and 5. Bolstering community strength by ensuring that local residents receive the benefits of investments and have the opportunity to build on them for current and future generations.
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.
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: Released October 2024, Apps due January 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 $30,000,000
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