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Transformative Climate Communities Program 

Sponsor/Source: California Strategic Growth Council 

The Transformative Climate Communities Program empowers the communities most impacted by pollution to choose their own goals, strategies, and projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollution.

Deadline: Spring/Summer 2026 
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments 

FY26 Rangeland Resource Management - Bureau wide 

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management 

Supports projects that maintain or improve rangeland health and productivity, increase soil carbon sequestration, and create more resilient landscapes for long-term environmental stewardship. 

Deadline: Aug. 14, 2026
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Special Districts, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Technical Assistance and Training for Rural, Small and Tribal Municipalities and Wastewater Treatment Systems

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Provides technical assistance and training to help rural, small, and Tribal communities address wastewater challenges, build technical and financial capacity, comply with Clean Water Act requirements, and access infrastructure funding. 

Deadline: Aug. 14, 2026
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Special Districts, Tribal Governments

Fiscal Year 2026 Cooperating Technical Partners Program

Sponsor/Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency 

Funds the development of flood hazard data and mapping projects that increase public awareness of flood risks and support actions that reduce community vulnerability. 

Deadline: Aug. 17, 2026
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Special Districts, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Climate Ready Cohort 

Sponsor/Source: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation 

Offers training for staff at city, town, and tribal governments or community-based organizations who would like to get started in taking action to build resilience in their community. Cohort members will create a climate vulnerability assessment for their community, examining the impacts of increasing wildfires, extreme heat, sea level rise, and drought using the Vulnerable Communities Platform alongside other tools and resources.   

Deadline: Aug. 19, 2026 
Eligible: Community-based organizations, Local Governments, Tribal Governments 

Regional Conservation Partnership Program 

Sponsor/Source: National Resources Conservation Service 

Promotes coordination of Natural Resources Conservation Service conservation activities with partners that offer value-added contributions to expand the ability to address on-farm, watershed, and regional natural resource concerns, including water quality, water quantity, and drought resilience. 

Deadline: Aug. 24, 2026 
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Special Districts, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 

Promotes a community-wide commitment to ending homelessness by funding projects that rapidly rehouse individuals and families experiencing homelessness, including those fleeing domestic violence, and that minimize trauma and dislocation. 

Deadline: Aug. 26, 2026 
Eligible: Higher Education, Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Housing Authorities, Special Districts, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

WaterSMART Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Projects 

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 

Funds planning, design, and construction of desalination facilities for seawater, brackish groundwater, or surface water.

Deadline: Aug. 26, 2026 
Eligible: Local Governments, Special Districts, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

WaterSMART Desalination Construction Program 

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 

Funds planning, design, and construction of desalination facilities for seawater or brackish groundwater or surface water. 

Deadline: Aug. 26, 2026 
Eligible: Local Governments, Special Districts, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program 

Sponsor/Source: National Park Service 

Provides grants to acquire or develop new parks or substantially renovate obsolete parks and outdoor recreation spaces in urban areas of 25,000 or more residents that lack close-by outdoor recreation access. The California Department of Parks and Recreation’s Office of Grants and Local Services conducts a first-tier competitive review before forwarding top applications to the National Park Service.

Deadline: Aug. 28, 2026 
Eligible: Local Governments, Special Districts, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management 

Develops local wildfire capacity through assessment and planning, community and homeowner mitigation efforts, and implementation of fuels management treatments and activities on and adjacent to public lands.

Deadline: Aug. 28, 2026
Eligible: Higher Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Local Governments, Special Districts, State Governments, Tribal Governments  

Forest and Woodlands Resource Management 

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management 

Focuses on activities that promote forest and woodland health, sustainable forest management, fire resiliency, biomass utilization for bioenergy, habitat conservation, and insect, disease, and fire recovery on public lands.

Deadline: Aug. 28, 2026 
Eligible: Higher Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Local Governments, Special Districts, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Fiscal Year 2026 United States Marine Highway Program 

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Department of Transportation 

Supports projects that expand or improve marine highway transportation, reduce landside congestion, strengthen freight movement, and provide viable alternatives to traditional surface transportation. 

Deadline: Aug. 31, 2026 
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Special Districts, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Healthy Homes Production Grant Program

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 

The Healthy Homes Production Grant Program maximizes the number of vulnerable residents protected from housing-related environmental health and safety hazards and the number of housing units where these hazards are controlled while promoting cost-effective, replicable, and sustainable healthy home methods and approaches.

Deadline: Aug. 31 
Eligible: Nonprofit Organizations, Local Governments, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Community Resilience Centers Program - Planning Grants

Sponsor/Source: California Strategic Growth Council 

Funds new construction, retrofits, and upgrades of neighborhood-level resilience centers that provide shelter and resources during extreme heat and other climate emergencies, along with year-round community programming. Planning grants fund earlier-stage work needed to bring a resilience center project forward. 

Deadline: Sept. 4, 2026  
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day Mini-Grant 

Sponsor/Source: Safe Routes Partnership 

The Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day Mini-Grant program funds annual celebrations honoring civil rights activist Ruby Bridges’ courage and highlights the importance of anti-racism, kindness, and community connection. Funds must support a Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day event on or around Nov. 14 and projects must align with the goals of Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day: 1) Promote constructive dialogue about activism, anti-racism, and anti-bullying, 2) inspire young people to make positive changes in their community, and 3) encourage students to walk, bike, or roll to school on the day of the event.

Deadline: Sept. 4, 2026 
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Schools 

Rural Housing Preservation Grant

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture 

Provides grant funds to qualified public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and other eligible entities to assist very low- and low-income homeowners in repairing and rehabilitating their homes in rural areas. Funds may also assist rental property owners and cooperative housing complexes that agree to make units available to low- and very low-income persons. 

Deadline: Sept. 8, 2026 
Eligible: Nonprofit Organizations, Local Governments, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility Pilot Program

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Department of Transportation 

Funds innovative capital projects that improve coordination between transportation and non-emergency medical transportation services for older adults, people with disabilities, and low-income populations. 

Deadline: Sept. 9, 2026 
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, State Governments, Transit Agencies, Tribal Governments 

WaterSMART Enhancing Water Resources Projects

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 

Supports collaboratively developed projects that benefit multiple water users, improve water-supply reliability, and enhance watershed health, including watershed group development and restoration and management project planning and design.

Deadline: Sept. 9, 2026 
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Special Districts, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Rubberized Pavement Grant Program 

Sponsor/Source: California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery 

The Rubberized Pavement Grant Program, formerly the Rubberized Asphalt Concrete Grant Program, promotes markets for recycled-content road surfacing made from California-generated waste tires and reduces illegal tire disposal and stockpiling. The program now consolidates the former Targeted RAC Incentive Grant and RAC Chip Seal Grant into a single grant with two project types.

Deadline: Sept. 10, 2026
Eligible: Nonprofit Organizations, Local Governments, Special Districts, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

U.S. Wildland Fire Service BLM-NIFC Joint Fire Science Program Primary Announcement 

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management 

Supports applied research on changing wildfire regimes, wildfire risk factors, and the impacts of prescribed fire and wildfire smoke to inform fire management and resilience strategies. 

Deadline: Sept. 17, 2026
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Special Districts, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

U.S. Wildland Fire Service BLM-NIFC Joint Fire Science Program Regional Fire Science Exchange Announcement 

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management 

Funds regional fire science exchanges that connect researchers, land managers, and stakeholders to advance the application and dissemination of wildfire science. 

Deadline: Sept. 17, 2026 
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Buses and Bus Facilities Program 

Sponsor/Source: Federal Transit Administration 

Assists in financing buses and bus facilities capital projects, including replacing, rehabilitating, purchasing, or leasing buses and related equipment, and rehabilitating, purchasing, constructing, or leasing bus-related facilities.

Deadline: Sept. 21, 2026 
Eligible: Local Governments, State Governments, Transit Agencies, Tribal Governments 

Low or No Emission Program 

Sponsor/Source: Federal Transit Administration 

Funds the purchase or lease of low-emission and zero-emission transit buses, including the acquisition, construction, and leasing of required supporting facilities, to help transit agencies transition their fleets and reduce emissions.

Deadline: Sept. 21, 2026 
Eligible: Local Governments, State Governments, Transit Agencies, Tribal Governments

Brownfields Job Training Grants

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Funds training programs that recruit, train, and place local unemployed and underemployed residents in the environmental field, strengthening local workforces and preparing graduates for jobs that support cleanup and revitalization in their own communities.

Deadline: Sept. 23, 2026
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Regional Councils

Community Resilience Centers Program – Implementation Grants

Sponsor/Source: California Strategic Growth Council 

Funds new construction, retrofits, and upgrades of neighborhood-level community resilience centers that provide shelter and resources during extreme heat and other climate emergencies, plus year-round resilience services and programming.

Deadline: Sept. 25, 2026 
Eligible: Nonprofit Organizations, Local Governments, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Bus Safety, Accessibility, and Innovation 

Sponsor/Source: Federal Transit Administration 

Funds prototype innovative and widely deployable concepts intended to make existing and new buses safer for their operators and for vulnerable road users, and safer and more accessible for passengers.

Deadline: Sept. 28, 2026
Eligible: For-Profit Organizations, Higher Education, Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Small Businesses, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Transformative Climate Communities Program 

Sponsor/Source: California Strategic Growth Council 

The Transformative Climate Communities Program empowers communities most impacted by pollution to choose their own goals, strategies, and projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollution while delivering environmental, health, and economic benefits. Round 6 is funded by the 2024 Climate Bond, Proposition 4, and is implemented by the California Department of Conservation. 

Deadline: Sept. 30, 2026 
Eligible: Nonprofit Organizations, Local Governments, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Last Mile Freight Program Rebate Program 

Sponsor/Source: Southern California Association of Governments 

SCAG’s Last Mile Freight Program (LMFP) Rebate Program is now open for a second round of applications, with $49.1 million in rebate funding available for last-mile freight operators in the Los Angeles – Long Beach – Anaheim and the Riverside – San Bernardino – Ontario metropolitan statistical areas. The program funds the deployment of battery-electric commercial vehicles (BEVs) and the scrappage or conversion of existing diesel or gasoline vehicles used for last-mile freight operations. 

Deadline: Oct. 5, 2026 
Eligible: Fleet Owners and Operators 

Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program

Sponsor/Source: California Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation 

Funds and supports local, regional, and Tribal efforts to reduce extreme heat and urban heat island impacts, implementing California's Extreme Heat Action Plan and directing financial and technical assistance to the most heat-burdened communities. 

Deadline: Oct. 13, 2026 
Eligible: Higher Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Local Governments, Regional Councils, Special Districts, Tribal Governments 

FY26 Youth Conservation Corps - Bureau wide 

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management 

Supports youth conservation projects such as trail construction and restoration, recreation facility improvements, habitat enhancement, forest health activities, and environmental monitoring. 

Deadline: Oct. 16, 2026
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Special Districts, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Fair Housing Initiatives Program - Education and Outreach Initiative

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 

Funds education and outreach programs that increase public awareness of fair housing rights and responsibilities among residents, housing providers, and other stakeholders. 

Deadline: Nov. 2, 2026
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, State Governments 

Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grants 

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Department of Transportation 

Facilitates the use of small, unmanned aircraft systems, or drones, in critical infrastructure inspection. Eligible uses include purchasing, leasing, or enhancing drone systems, contracting services where internal expertise is lacking, and supporting program management for these systems and operations.

Deadline: Nov. 15, 2026 
Eligible: Local Governments, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Permanent Local Housing Allocation

Sponsor/Source: California Department of Housing and Community Development

The Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program facilitates housing affordability, particularly for lower- and moderate-income households, by supporting projects that increase housing supply for households at or below 60 percent of area median income, assist affordable owner-occupied workforce housing, and assist persons experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The Permanent Local Housing Allocation promotes projects and programs to meet local governments’ unmet share of regional housing needs allocation while ensuring geographic equity in the distribution of the funds.

Deadline: June 30, 2027 
Eligible: Local Governments

Fiscal Year 2026 Flood Mitigation Assistance Swift Current 

Sponsor/Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency 

Provides funding to reduce or eliminate repetitive flood damage to National Flood Insurance Program-insured properties and align mitigation assistance more closely with disaster recovery needs. 

Deadline: Jan. 31, 2028 
Eligible: State Governments, Tribal Governments 

WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program 

Sponsor/Source: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 

Supports watershed group development, restoration planning, and watershed management planning and design efforts that improve long-term water resource stewardship. 

Deadline: Feb. 15, 2028 
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Special Districts, Tribal Governments 

Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program 

Sponsor/Source: National Park Service 

Funds land acquisition, park development, and facility renovation projects that expand outdoor recreation opportunities in qualifying urban communities with limited park access.

Deadline: Nov. 1, 2030 
Eligible: State Governments, Tribal Governments 

Accelerating Resilient Infrastructure

Sponsor/Source: Schneider Electric

The Accelerating Resilient Infrastructure (ARI) industry initiative is a market-based collaborative to help customers deploy clean energy infrastructure at any speed and scale with no upfront capital required via an “energy as a service” business model. The ARI ecosystem currently includes 33 industry-leading capital partners, proven project developers, and enabling technology partners. ARI capital partners have over $7.5 billion in clean energy capital to deploy, with no upper limit or floor per project. What makes ARI unique is the integration of funding, development, and energy infrastructure providers to simplify and accelerate the deployment of clean energy infrastructure to help customer harden critical infrastructure and address energy affordability challenges.

Deadline: Ongoing
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments

BH UWC Consolidated Grant Program

Sponsor/Source: Baldwin Hills & Urban Watersheds Conservancy

The BH UWC Consolidated Grant Program streamlines administration of State funds, aligning with the Cutting Green Tape initiative. Centered on Embedding Equity, it funds high-impact projects that advance conservation, climate resilience, and access for all through planning, implementation, acquisition, and stewardship & community access grants that deliver equitable, measurable benefits statewide.

Deadline: Proposals accepted year-round
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments

Coachella Valley Proposition 68 Parks, Conservation Land Access and Climate Change Response Grant Program

Sponsor/Source: Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy

The Coachella Valley Proposition 68 Parks, Conservation Land Access and Climate Change Response Grant Program makes grants to expand recreational and educational use of conservation lands and improve sustainability in the Coachella Valley.

Deadline: Ongoing 
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments

Cost Share for Federal Funding Opportunities Industrial Decarbonization and Improvement of Grid Operations Program and Food Production Investment Program

Sponsor/Source: California Energy Commission

This program implements projects at industrial facilities to significantly benefit the electrical grid, reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, achieve the state’s clean energy goals, and exceed compliance requirements.

Deadline: Ongoing 
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments

EDA FY 25 Disaster Supplemental

Sponsor/Source: Economic Development Administration

Awards will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of non-construction and construction projects, to address economic challenges in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued.

Deadline: Ongoing 
Eligible: Local Governments, Tribal Governments, Special District Governments, Nonprofit Organizations

Native American Preparedness Grant Program

Sponsor/Source: California Department of Fish and Wildlife

The Native American Preparedness Grant is part of the Office of Spill Prevention and Response program and supports California Native American Tribes in preparing for and enhancing emergency preparedness, response, and recovery efforts while protecting Tribal ancestral lands and communities from oil spills.

Deadline: Ongoing 
Eligible: Tribal Governments

Proposition 4 Nature-Based Solutions and Climate Adaptation Grant Program 

Sponsor/Source: Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy 

The Proposition 4 grant program makes grants to address climate resilience and nature-based solutions in conservation lands and improve sustainability in the Coachella Valley.

Deadline: Ongoing 
Eligibile: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments 

Proposition 4 Randall Preserve 

Sponsor/Source: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy 

The funds appropriated in this item shall be available for the Randall Preserve for work that supports the reduction of climate impacts on disadvantaged communities and vulnerable populations and the creation, protection, and expansion of outdoor recreation opportunities pursuant to Section 94020 of the Public Resources Code.  

Deadline: Ongoing 
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments 

Proposition 13 Water Recycling Planning Grant

Sponsor/Source: California Water Boards

The Proposition 13 Water Recycling Planning Grant provides technical and financial assistance to local agencies to plan water recycling projects that promote the beneficial use of treated municipal wastewater to augment freshwater supplies in California.

Deadline: Ongoing 
Eligible: Local Governments, Tribal Governments

Proposition 68 Grant Programs

Sponsor/Source: California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Proposition 68 Grant Programs provides funding to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to award grants to projects that improve a community’s ability to adapt to the unavoidable impacts of climate change; improve and protect coastal and rural economies, agricultural viability, wildlife corridors, or habitat; develop future recreational opportunities; or enhance drought tolerance, landscape resilience, and water retention.

Deadline: Ongoing 
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments

RMC Grants

Sponsor/Source: San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy

Since 2003, the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy 
has awarded over 295 grants and interagency agreements, investing at least $91 million in state funds to create open space, restore habitat, expand greenspace in disadvantaged communities, and protect the watersheds of the lower Los Angeles and San Gabriel rivers.

Deadline: Ongoing 
Eligible: Local Governments, Metropolitan Planning Organizations

The Safe and Affordable Funding for Equity and Resilience Program

Sponsor/Source: State Water Resources Control Board

The Safe and Affordable Funding for Equity and Resilience Program is a set of tools, funding sources, and regulatory authorities designed to ensure that one million Californians without safe drinking water receive safe and affordable drinking water.

Deadline: Ongoing 
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments

Senate Bill 1 Sea Level Rise Adaptation Planning Grant Program

Sponsor/Source: Ocean Protection Council

The Senate Bill 1 Grant Program provides funding for coastal communities to develop consistent sea level rise adaptation plans and projects to build resilience along the entire coast of California and San Francisco Bay.

Deadline: Ongoing 
Eligible: Local Governments, Tribal Governments

Transit Oriented Communities Technical Assistance Program

Sponsor/Source: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)

Metro’s Transit Oriented Communities Technical Assistance Program is a competitive funding program that supports Los Angeles County jurisdictions in completing transit-oriented community feasibility studies and plans.

Deadline: Ongoing 
Eligible: Local Governments, State Governments (MAT Only)

Wetlands and Mountain Meadows Restoration

Sponsor/Source: California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Wetlands and Mountain Meadows Restoration provides funding for mountain meadow and non-coastal wetland restoration consistent with the Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy and Pathways to the 30×30 initiative.

Deadline: Ongoing 
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments