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State Grantmaker’s Guide

This guide above provides information and instructions for state grantmakers on navigating and submitting information to the California Grants Portal

Technical Assistance

For technical assistance, email the Grants Portal team at CAGrantsPortal@library.ca.gov. For urgent matters, email CAGrantsPortal@library.ca.gov and CC the Grants Portal Project Manager, Shivani Bose-Varela, at Shivani.Bose-Varela@library.ca.gov.  

Office hours/Training sessions:

The Grants Portal team is happy to meet with new Grant Editors or Grant Contributors to walk through requirements and functionality on the Grants Portal. Please reach out at CAGrantsPortal@library.ca.gov to schedule a call with a team member.  Below are some of the training recordings from our quarterly grantmaker meetings.

• Training recording- Refresher training session from Feb 5, 2025:
  • https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/E0lfYK0z6M7bLfXt7BzaXYOE3FQi40pxMF0Z-JLx4AI392VpmGV78P-ojC9OcpCE.3b05uMG7cue3SENo?startTime=1738778623000
    • Passcode: ^Hi1jxg$
• Training recording- Refresher training session from Feb 5, 2024:
  • https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/b9CKI1XB7gMz_GoTWGvz-on2MWni6Y37uKhBGfFNPL0lWNcVxHJiEho8eafNvy0z.SgQcbmc3PnY0nm_6
    • Passcode: m=6Q%puS
• Training recording- Phase II (post-award information) from Feb 6, 2023:
  • https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/YzM1HD2ZjJrfuuicCXNhuHKBEMuCTDWsdDBn3f-US4lu3dRiteo58rp1jd6J8oF6.orQbobNC829jl1rk
    • Passcode: i6Z0=e@1

Last Updated on 02/05/2024