Other Funding Opportunities
SEARCHABLE & BROWSABLE WEB PAGES: GRANTS & OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Updated Novemer 2025
Air Resources Board Funding Wizard.
The Funding Wizard is a searchable database of grants, rebates and incentives available in California — gathered all in one place —to help you pay for sustainable projects. The Funding Wizard team combs the internet for funding opportunities in categories such as energy, air quality, climate change, transportation, urban development, waste management, and water. https://fundingwizard.arb.ca.gov/web/node/2814
CAL FIRE Grant Program.
CAL FIRE offers several grant opportunities, each with its own scope and funding priorities. https://www.fire.ca.gov/grants/
California Climate Investments funding.
California Climate Investments is a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment — particularly in disadvantaged communities. Projects include affordable housing, renewable energy, public transportation, zero-emission vehicles, environmental restoration, more sustainable agriculture, recycling, and much more. Programs provide funding to implement projects through grants, vouchers, incentives, loans, and more. https://coolcalifornia.arb.ca.gov/funding-climate-action
California Financing Coordinating Committee.
The California Financing Coordinating Committee (CFCC) combines the resources of four State and two Federal funding agencies to provide a one-stop shop for available grants, loans and bond financing for infrastructure projects. Since 1998, the CFCC has conducted free funding fairs statewide each year to educate the public and offer potential customers the opportunity to meet with financial representatives from each agency and learn more about their currently available funding programs.
California Fire Safe Council.
California Fire Safe Council grants clearinghouse. The CA Fire Safe Council administers US Forest Service State Fire Assistance grant programs and offers a variety of other federal, state, and private funding opportunities. https://cafiresafecouncil.org/grants-and-funding/apply-for-a-grant/
California Grants Portal.
This site is managed and hosted by the CA State Library to provide a centralized location to find state grant opportunities. https://www.grants.ca.gov/
California Natural Resources Agency.
California Natural Resources Agency grant resources, including past and present program guidelines, mapping and data tools, project administration forms, past awards, CEQA, and a link to funding opportunities. https://resources.ca.gov/grants/grant-program-resources
Cal OES Grant Search Web Page.
This web page provides information regarding FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant programs and provides a link to the Grants Central System, which provides a streamlined and efficient way to apply for and manage grant funding as well as a search function. https://www.caloes.ca.gov/cal-oes-divisions/grants-management
CDFW Grant Opportunities.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife grant programs fund projects that sustain, restore and enhance California’s fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats. Many of the grants are accepted on a rolling basis, and some grants provide recreational access. https://wildlife.ca.gov/Grants
Empower Innovation.
This searchable directory of public and private funding opportunities is an initiative by the California Energy Commission. It displays funding opportunities by funding type (Government grant, private grant, venture capital, loans, incentives, RFI/RFP, etc.), by applicant type (government, tribal government, institution, organization, school, households, business, etc.), and topic. https://www.empowerinnovation.net/en/custom/funding/directory
Local Air Quality Districts and Metropolitan Planning Organizations may have additional location specific resources and programs.
Fire Adapted Communities.
Grant opportunities and resources database for community-based wildfire resilience. This page provides information and resources to help Fire Adapted Communities practitioners to identify, apply for, and manage funding for their work, with a focus on the specifics of federal funding sources. The page contains a sortable database. https://fireadapted.org/funding-fac/
Funding Navigation for California Communities.
Funding Navigation for California Communities offers the most prominent funding opportunities for local governments and communities. These resources are available to communities across California and are categorized into eight “Project Types:” active transportation, affordable housing, drinking water, parks, public transit and shared mobility, stormwater, street repair, and wastewater management.
https://www.fundingresource.org/
Funding Workbook for All California Tribes.
This Funding Workbook was developed to facilitate navigating California Climate Investments funding opportunities for California Tribes. https://www.caclimateinvestments.ca.gov/funding-workbook-for-tribes
Grants.Gov.
This is a searchable database containing federal funding opportunities. https://www.grants.gov/search-grants
Sierra Nevada Conservancy Upcoming Grants web page.
Opportunities relevant to the Sierra Nevada region and throughout California are presented in a sorted list with grants due soonest on top. The list includes opportunities for Tribal nations. https://sierranevada.ca.gov/funding/funding-opportunities-newsletter/
Tribal Funding Registry.
A searchable grants database for Tribes and Native-led Nonprofits. https://www.tribalfunding.org/signup
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
This searchable website allows the user to filter by program, eligibility, and topic. https://www.nifa.usda.gov/page/search-grant
USDA Rural Development.
This page lists current and past Notices of Solicitation of Applications and Notices of Funding Availability. https://www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom/federal-funding-opportunities
US EPA Specific Grants Program.
Provides information about opportunities available through US EPA. https://www.epa.gov/grants/specific-epa-grant-programs
US EDA.
Provides Opportunities available through the US Economic Development Administration. https://www.eda.gov/funding/funding-opportunities/all-opportunities
SPECIAL NEEDS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES – OPEN UNTIL FUNDING RUNS OUT
Clean Drinking Water Well Assessment Grant Program.
The Rural Community Assistance Corporation is offering free well assessments and water quality screening for nitrate to private well owners https://www.rcac.org/environmental/individual-well-program/
Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid Grants.
The Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid Grants program is split between $2.5 billion in matching grants for industry, also known as the Grid Resilience Utility and Industry Grants, and $2.3 billion in formula grants for States and Tribes, also known as the Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grant Program. https://www.energy.gov/gdo/preventing-outages-and-enhancing-resilience-electric-grid-grants
Rural Community Assistance Corporation Community Facility Loans.
This program offers short-term loans for early property acquisition and predevelopment, interim construction costs and long-term permanent financing. Applicable facilities include public and nonprofit office buildings, treatment centers, emergency and transitional housing, assisted living, human services, public safety, child care, education and cultural facilities. Link active as of 8/16/24. https://www.rcac.org/lending-2/community-facility-loans/
Safe and Affordable Funding for Equity and Resilience Small Community Funding.
Small Community Funding is available to help small disadvantage communities (small DACs), providing drinking water service to less than 10,000 people or wastewater service to less than 20,000 people and having a median household income (MHI) of less than 80% the statewide MHI, with technical assistance needs, interim water supplies, and implement eligible drinking water or wastewater capital improvement projects. The Small Community Funding Program continuously accepts applications starting with a simple pre-application. Website last updated 2/17/22. https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/grants_loans/sustainable_water_solutions/scfp.html
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants.
This program helps eligible communities prepare, or recover from, an emergency that threatens the availability of safe, reliable drinking water for rural communities with populations of 10,000 or less. https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/water-environmental-programs/emergency-community-water-assistance-grants
Emergency Watershed Protection Program.
The EWP Program offers technical and financial assistance to help local communities relieve imminent threats to life and property caused by floods, fires, windstorms and other natural disasters that impair a watershed. EWP does not require a disaster declaration by federal or state government officials for program assistance to begin. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs-initiatives/ewp-emergency-watershed-protection
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Climate Change Technical Assistance Program for Tribes.
The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals Tribes & Climate Change Program’s Caring for Our Relatives Technical Assistance Program offers free, ongoing technical assistance for Tribes who may be facing barriers to starting or completing climate change-related species and/or ecological resilience projects that help our non-human relatives to survive and thrive in a changing climate. Types of projects supported include: grant writing, project proposal support, project scoping, support in implementing species/ecological resilience projects, and engaging with Tribal Leadership. https://www.cakex.org/community/opportunities/climate-change-technical-assistance-program-tribes-institute-tribal-environmental-professionals
Community Navigators Project.
Coalitions and Collaboratives is partnering with the US Forest Service and a team of national and regional nonprofits to deliver Community Navigator services. Community Navigators support communities in accessing federal funding opportunities to build capacity for wildfire risk reduction and community resilience. https://co-co.org/community-navigator/
EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water Online Training System.
The online training system is a self-paced training system that provides an overview of the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations and is available to anyone interested in learning about drinking water regulations. The online training system can be found at: https://cfpub.epa.gov/epa_dwts/dsp_welcome.cfm
First Nations Community Navigator Project.
First Nations Development Institute is partnering with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to serve as a Community Navigator. In this role, First Nations is conducting outreach and supporting engagement of Tribes and Native-led organizations in USFS Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and related Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) programs and opportunities. As IRA and BIL federal opportunities become available, it is necessary to ensure that Tribes and Native communities are informed of and have the support to access and fully participate in them to advance their land stewardship goals and priorities. https://www.firstnations.org/projects/community-navigator/
US Grants Learning Center.
The Grants Learning Center is your gateway to the federal grants world. This page contains basic information about federal grants, including a community blog, an “Introduction to Grants.gov Video Series,” Community Questions, using the search function, and other basic and detailed information to help understand, evaluate, and apply for federal grants. https://www.grants.gov/learn-grants
ICARP List of Organizations Offering Pro-Bono Technical Assistance.
The Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program (ICARP) Climate Services team has compiled a list of organizations that offer pro-bono technical assistance including grant writing. Note, list of organizations was checked 11/29/25 and all but the last link appear to be live and still offering TA. https://files.constantcontact.com/3ca30c7f501/f989159b-5086-4201-9dc3-772bd4ecf62a.pdf?_gl=1*orem1*_gcl_au*NDYzNjQ3OTM5LjE3MTYyMzc4ODY.*_ga*ZGRmZWVkOTEtZDY1ZC00NjRmLTlmMGUtODZjMTliZDQ4Mjlh*_ga_14T5LGLSQ3*MTcxOTI2ODU3Ni45LjEuMTcxOTI3MjE5NC40OC4wLjA
National Renewable Energy Lab Decision Support for Tribes.
NREL’s State, Local, and Tribal program partners with federally recognized Tribes, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and other organizations to provide Energy Decision Support, which connects Tribes with credible, timely, and actionable scientific information on which to base their energy decisions NREL provides the following tailored programs: technology and market analytics, direct technical assistance, capacity building, and resilience assessment and planning. For more information, visit the technical assistance description.
On-Request Technical Assistance from DOE Office of Indian Energy.
The DOE Office of Indian Energy provides federally recognized Indian Tribes with technical assistance to advance Tribal energy projects at no cost. Technical support energy planning, housing and building energy efficiency, project development, policy and regulation, resilience, and village power. https://www.energy.gov/indianenergy/technical-assistance
Partners for Fish and Wildlife.
The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program provides free technical and financial assistance to landowners, managers, tribes, corporations, schools and nonprofits interested in improving wildlife habitat on their land. https://www.fws.gov/program/partners-fish-and-wildlife
Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households in CA (Water and Waste Disposal Projects).
This program helps very small, financially distressed rural communities with predevelopment feasibility studies, design and technical assistance on proposed water and waste disposal projects. https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/water-environmental-programs/search-special-evaluation-assistance-rural-communities-and-households-grant-14
US DOE Clean Cities Coalition Network Technical Assistance.
Clean Cities connects transportation stakeholders with objective information and experts to assist with alternative fuels, fuel economy improvements, and emerging transportation technologies. https://cleancities.energy.gov/technical-assistance
ROLLING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Coastal Conservancy Grants.
Most Conservancy grants are awarded through a rolling pre-application solicitation. This includes Climate Ready, Wildfire Resilience, and all regional grant programs. https://scc.ca.gov/grants/
Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire.
Working with communities across the country, Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire (CPAW) provides land use planning solutions, communications assistance, and customized research to better understand and manage wildfire-prone areas and reduce risks. We envision communities that are better prepared to thrive in a world with increasing wildfire risk.A ny incorporated community in the U.S. can apply, including towns, cities, counties or tribes. Eligible applicants must demonstrate high wildfire risk, strong stakeholder engagement at the community level, a collaborative relationship between the land use planning and fire department, and opportunities for land use planning to benefit community wildfire risk reduction efforts. https://cpaw.headwaterseconomics.org/
Indian Land Tenure Foundation.
ILTF makes grants to Indian nations and nonprofit organizations for land-related initiatives in education, cultural awareness, economic opportunity and legal reform. We work to promote education on Indian land ownership and management, increase cultural awareness of Indian land tenure, create economic opportunity on Indian-owned lands, and reform the legal and administrative systems that prevent Indian people and Native nations from owning and controlling their lands. https://iltf.org/grants/
Seventh Generation Fund.
Seventh Generation Fund focuses on cultural revitalization, leadership development, tribal sovereignty, and culturally appropriate economic development. The primary purpose of our work is dedicated to Indigenous Peoples’ self-determination and the sovereignty of Native nations. https://7genfund.org/our-work/
USDA NRCS Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations (WFPO) Program.
The Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention (WFPO) Program helps units of federal, state, local and federally recognized tribal governments (project sponsors) protect and restore watersheds. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs-initiatives/watershed-and-flood-prevention-operations-wfpo-program
