Grants in California

Department of Health Care Services

The CSSA is a Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) program that provides an opportunity for primary prevention providers who are delivering locally developed and innovative substance use disorder (SUD) prevention interventions to generate evidence as either practices or case studies of intervention implementation or adaptation to serve as a resource on the Substance Use Prevention Evidence-Based Resource (SUPER) website for other prevention providers across the state. The CSSA Cohort 2.0 will support prevention providers seeking to generate and demonstrate credible evidence of effectiveness for locally developed and innovative prevention activities, with the goal of increasing the number of effective interventions to be featured on the SUPER website, thus strengthening prevention providers’ ability to address SUDs and behavioral health-related challenges across diverse communities.   CSSA Cohort 2.0, managed by the University of California, Los Angeles Integrated Substance Use & Addiction Programs (UCLA-ISAP) will work with grantees to craft individualized, site-specific evaluation plans to help generate evidence of intervention impact. Additionally, there will be optional pre-planning meetings with each grantee site to review general evaluation strategies and skills and develop plans for training and technical assistance through monthly individual and group sessions to support grantees with customized feedback for ongoing data collection and reporting. Grantees will be expected to participate in mandatory ongoing evaluation training and technical assistance through monthly Learning Collaboratives, group sessions, individual check-ins, and coaching calls. Selected grantees will receive funding up to $102,500 per organization to be used to plan and implement individualized evaluation activities of the CSSA Cohort 2.0 across California. The project period is December 1, 2026 through March 1, 2028 (15-months). All eligible youth-serving non-profit community or tribal organizations, or counties must submit their completed applications online via a Qualtrics form embedded on the SUPER website no later than 5:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on May 29, 2026.

California Humanities Council

Grants for humanities programming including lectures, exhibitions, oral history, documentary, and public humanities projects in California. Funded by NEH.

CA State Library

California public libraries and nonprofit organizations supporting these libraries, such as Friends groups and library cooperative systems can apply for grant funding to support the following activities: Digital navigation services for library users. Digital literacy training and classes for library users. AI and/or internet safety classes or programs for library users. Allowable expenditures: Staff time to co-design, coordinate, and implement digital literacy and access programs and services. Supplies to support digital literacy and access programs, including devices such as laptops, computers, projectors, and tablets. Projects that include the purchase of devices that can connect to and browse the internet must be conducted in compliance with the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA). Services from community organizations, including workshops and presentations about digital literacy and access. Participation by library workers in professional development opportunities to gain knowledge and skills around digital literacy and access. Outreach and promotion of project programs and services. Evaluation of project activities and outcomes. Additional allowable expenditures to help libraries and communities achieve the project goals of improving access to high-speed broadband and improving digital literacy in their communities. Please note that if grant funds will be used to pay for a service from a community organization or organizations, those organization(s) cannot be considered as a partner in the application. Refer to the application instructions for full details about allowable and unallowable costs. The digital literacy and access LSTA-funded projects meet Goal 4 of the California Library Services and Technology Act Investment Plan 2023–2027 (PDF): Strengthen resource-sharing and access to information, services, and opportunity with an emphasis on local community strengths and challenges. Applicants should have at least one community connection in place before submitting an application. California library workers funded through this opportunity will commit to the following: Attend virtual Community of Practice sessions to meet with other grantees and share best practices. Attend virtual one-on-one progress meetings on a quarterly basis where the State Library team will provide support to grantees. Report data to the State Library related to the goals of the program, which are to help libraries improve access to high-speed broadband and improve digital literacy in their communities. Reporting requirements will include information required by the federal government and the State Library. Data may include program attendance, outcome survey results, and measurements about improved access to broadband. Reporting information will be provided at the start of the project period. The digital literacy and access LSTA-funded projects meet Goal 4 of the California Library Services and Technology Act Investment Plan 2023–2027 (PDF): Strengthen resource-sharing and access to information, services, and opportunity with an emphasis on local community strengths and challenges.

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Proposal applications will be accepted for the types of projects outlined in the solicitation, subject to the funding program criteria. Priority 1 Projects are those that restore, enhance, or protect salmonid habitat in anadromous watersheds through implementation or design projects that lead to implementation. Approximately 65% of the PCSRF grant award will fund Priority 1 Projects. Priority 2 projects are those that support implementation projects through watershed-scale planning and effectiveness monitoring.  Funding support is based on availability. Priority 3 Projects are those that support implementation projects through planning, outreach, and/or education. Approximately 10% of the PCSRF grant award will fund Priority 3 Projects. Proposals for FRGP programmatic permit required effectiveness monitoring are ineligible. Any project requesting $2 million or more must submit a concept proposal to be eligible for the full proposal.

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Proposal applications will be accepted for the types of projects outlined in the solicitation, subject to the funding program criteria. Priority 1 Projects are those that restore, enhance, or protect salmonid habitat in anadromous watersheds through implementation or design projects that lead to implementation. Approximately 65% of the PCSRF grant award will fund Priority 1 Projects. Priority 2 projects are those that support implementation projects through watershed-scale planning and effectiveness monitoring.  Funding support is based on availability. Priority 3 Projects are those that support implementation projects through planning, outreach, and/or education. Approximately 10% of the PCSRF grant award will fund Priority 3 Projects. Proposals for FRGP programmatic permit required effectiveness monitoring are ineligible. Any project requesting $2 million or more must submit a concept proposal to be eligible for the full proposal.

CA Natural Resources Agency

The 2026 Urban Greening Grant Program will solicit Step 1 Concept Proposals (between May 4-June 4) and extend invitations to submit Step 2 Full Proposals in July 2026. Successful projects will green and cool communities and offer multiple benefits including sequestering carbon, limiting stormwater runoff, providing habitat and preserving biodiversity, protecting public health during extreme heat, increasing equity, and expanding economic and workforce opportunities. Funded projects are expected to advance the goals of the State’s Extreme Heat Action Plan and Nature-Based Solutions Climate Targets. To be eligible for funding, Urban Greening projects must comply with all the following: • Be located in an urban area; • Provide public benefit; and • Provide public access At the time of full project proposal submission, applicants must either own the property or demonstrate landowner willingness to enter into future site control negotiations. Projects that proposing at least one of the following will be prioritized for funding: 1. Providing direct and meaningful benefits to vulnerable populations, disadvantaged communities, or severely disadvantaged communities, and meet these 4 criteria (A thru D): a) Create direct, tangible, and substantial benefits that would not have happened without the project. Meaningful benefits are not incidental, indirect, or speculative. b) Protect or enhance a community’s resources and quality of life by building climate resilience. This may include reducing risks to the community from climate hazards or protecting resources threatened by climate change (e.g. drinking water supply/quality, urban tree canopy, critical community infrastructure, etc.). c) Directly respond to a community’s expressed need or desired benefit, either through direct project input or as part of a larger planning or engagement effort. d) Avoid long-term degradation or reduction of any population’s resources (i.e., benefits provided to one community cannot burden another). 2. Using the services of the California Conservation Corps (CCC) or Certified Local Conservation Corps (LCCs) 3. Leverage private, federal, and local funding or produce the greatest public benefit This program intends to award funding to disadvantaged communities with a minimum of 40% of funds to projects providing meaningful and direct benefits to vulnerable populations, or disadvantaged or severely disadvantaged communities. For projects that affect tribal communities, applicants must show meaningful outreach and attempts to collaborate with local California Native American tribes throughout the planning, design, and implementation of their project.

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Proposal applications will be accepted for the types of projects outlined in the solicitation, subject to the funding program criteria. Priority 1 Projects are those that restore, enhance, or protect salmonid habitat in anadromous watersheds through implementation or design projects that lead to implementation. Approximately 65% of the PCSRF grant award will fund Priority 1 Projects. Priority 2 projects are those that support implementation projects through watershed-scale planning and effectiveness monitoring.  Funding support is based on availability. Priority 3 Projects are those that support implementation projects through planning, outreach, and/or education. Approximately 10% of the PCSRF grant award will fund Priority 3 Projects. Proposals for FRGP programmatic permit required effectiveness monitoring are ineligible. Any project requesting $2 million or more must submit a concept proposal to be eligible for the full proposal.

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Proposal applications will be accepted for the types of projects outlined in the solicitation, subject to the funding program criteria. Priority 1 Projects are those that restore, enhance, or protect salmonid habitat in anadromous watersheds through implementation or design projects that lead to implementation. Approximately 65% of the PCSRF grant award will fund Priority 1 Projects. Priority 2 projects are those that support implementation projects through watershed-scale planning and effectiveness monitoring.  Funding support is based on availability. Priority 3 Projects are those that support implementation projects through planning, outreach, and/or education. Approximately 10% of the PCSRF grant award will fund Priority 3 Projects. Proposals for FRGP programmatic permit required effectiveness monitoring are ineligible. Any project requesting $2 million or more must submit a concept proposal to be eligible for the full proposal.

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Proposal applications will be accepted for the types of projects outlined in the solicitation, subject to the funding program criteria. Priority 1 Projects are those that restore, enhance, or protect salmonid habitat in anadromous watersheds through implementation or design projects that lead to implementation. Approximately 65% of the PCSRF grant award will fund Priority 1 Projects. Priority 2 projects are those that support implementation projects through watershed-scale planning and effectiveness monitoring.  Funding support is based on availability. Priority 3 Projects are those that support implementation projects through planning, outreach, and/or education. Approximately 10% of the PCSRF grant award will fund Priority 3 Projects. Proposals for FRGP programmatic permit required effectiveness monitoring are ineligible. Any project requesting $2 million or more must submit a concept proposal to be eligible for the full proposal.

Department of Housing and Community Development

This MHP Gap NOFA provides funds for previously HCD-awarded projects that demonstrate readiness and commit to applying to the next funding cycle of California Debt Limit Allocation Committee (CDLAC), or that are fully funded with a small post-award funding gap resulting from decreased tax credit pricing or unanticipated increased costs. This NOFA also provides streamlining in its application process and scoring criteria. As detailed in the NOFA, documents and conditions previously determined through existing HCD awards will not be re-reviewed, repetition in point scoring categories is minimized, and application underwriting and feasibility review requirements are streamlined

Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

This Fiscal Year 2025-26 solicitation will include one grant type: • Forest Health  

Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

This Fiscal Year 2025-26 solicitation will include one grant type: • Forest Health