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  • Deadline
    Active
    Grant Title

    Division of Multi-Benefit Initiatives Delta Levees Special Flood Control Projects 2023 Project Solicitation Package for Multi-Benefit Projects

    Open Date
    Feb 3, 2023
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Water Resources
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $37,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Advances & Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Water Resources
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    13898
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The intent of this Project Solicitation Package is to provide funding for public benefit in accordance with Section 12311 of the California Water Code for Multi-Benefit projects in the California Delta and parts of the Suisan Marsh.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies

    Eligible portions of The California Delta and Suisan Marsh

    View Full Grant Details: Division of Multi-Benefit Initiatives Delta Levees Special Flood Control Projects 2023 Project Solicitation Package for Multi-Benefit Projects>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active
    Grant Title

    California Advanced Services Fund: Broadband Public Housing Account

    Open Date
    Mar 24, 2023
    State Agency / Department
    Public Utilities Commission
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $15,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Public Utilities Commission
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    27020
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The basis of the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Broadband Public Housing Account is to provide grants and loans to finance projects to build broadband networks offering free broadband service for residents of low-income communities.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Business
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies
    View Full Grant Details: California Advanced Services Fund: Broadband Public Housing Account>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active
    Grant Title

    California Advanced Services Fund: Broadband Adoption Account

    Open Date
    Mar 24, 2023
    State Agency / Department
    Public Utilities Commission
    Match Funding?
    15%
    Estimated Total Funding
    $20,024,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Public Utilities Commission
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    27023
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The California Advanced Services Fund Broadband Adoption Account provides grants that will 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.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Business
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    Eligible Geographies
    View Full Grant Details: California Advanced Services Fund: Broadband Adoption Account>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active
    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
    Active
    Grant Title

    Beet Curly Top Control Program

    Open Date
    Apr 4, 2023
    State Agency / Department
    CA Department of Food and Agriculture
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $0
    Estimated Low/High
    $1 – $190,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA Department of Food and Agriculture
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    27395
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The Program may consider funding projects that develop new management methods for treating the beet leafhopper (BLH), or development of enhancements to other program areas that will mitigate the virus.  The funding will be based on the researcher using a no pesticide alternative or Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) approved pesticides registered for use in CA on BLH and/or on rangeland/hillside. 

    Eligible Applicants
    • Business
    • Individual
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies
    View Full Grant Details: Beet Curly Top Control Program>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active Ongoing
    Grant Title

    Sales Tax Exclusion (STE) Program

    Open Date
    Sep 1, 2010
    State Agency / Department
    State Treasurer's Office
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $115,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Advances & Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    State Treasurer's Office
    Grant Program ID
    (YY)-SM(###)
    Portal ID
    1971
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    CAEATFA supports California's mission to provide financial incentives to cutting-edge companies by offering a sales and use tax exclusion to manufacturers purchasing equipment to promote alternative energy, advanced transportation and recycling, as well as advanced manufacturing. These manufacturers create tens of thousands of high-paying, permanent jobs that bolster the state's economy.

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

    Available statewide

    View Full Grant Details: Sales Tax Exclusion (STE) Program>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active Ongoing
    Grant Title

    Regional Conservation Investment Strategies

    Open Date
    May 11, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Wildlife Conservation Board
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $1,500,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Advances & Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Wildlife Conservation Board
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    10346
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    WCB is seeking high-quality grant proposals for the development of RCIS's. CDFW's RCIS program encourages public agencies to develop regional conservation planning documents using the best available science to identify regional conservation priorities and other actions to help California’s species populations that may be vulnerable or declining by protecting, restoring, creating, and reconnecting their habitats.

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

    Statewide

    View Full Grant Details: Regional Conservation Investment Strategies>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active Ongoing
    Grant Title

    Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Rescue

    Open Date
    May 11, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Wildlife Conservation Board
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $5,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Advances & Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Wildlife Conservation Board
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    10343
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The Program was created for the purpose of recovering and sustaining populations of monarch butterflies and other pollinators.

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

    Statewide

    View Full Grant Details: Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Rescue>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active Ongoing
    Grant Title

    Wildlife Corridor and Fish Passage

    Open Date
    May 11, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Wildlife Conservation Board
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $5,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Advances & Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Wildlife Conservation Board
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    10322
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The Program is seeking proposals for planning or implementation projects that construct, repair, modify, or remove transportation infrastructure or water resources infrastructure improving passage for wildlife or fish. Additional consideration will be given for projects that restore or enhance wildlife mobility or fish passage across barriers whose impacts on migration have been increased by drought conditions.

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

    Statewide

    View Full Grant Details: Wildlife Corridor and Fish Passage>/span>
  • Deadline
    Active Ongoing
    Grant Title

    Workforce and Business Development

    Open Date
    Jan 3, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
    Match Funding?
    200%
    Estimated Total Funding
    $28,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    Dependent
    Funds Disbursement
    Reimbursement(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    8237
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    CAL FIRE's Wood Products and Bioenergy team seeks to maintain and enhance the wood products infrastructure of California to promote healthy resilient forests throughout the state by supporting a diverse set of business development and workforce development projects.  

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

    Statewide

    View Full Grant Details: Workforce and Business Development>/span>