Addressing Climate Impacts
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW)
total of 35 million in the fund
California Grants Portal (CDFW)
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
variable
Continuing Authorities Program – ACE
Army Corps of Engineers – San Francisco
variable
Marin County Wildlife Conservation, Education Grants
Marin County Fish and Wildlife Commission
$5,000
Sea Grant Fellowship in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics & Marine Resource Economics
Department of Commerce and NOAA
$175,000
Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
up to $160
The Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) program
Enivronmental Protection Agency
up to $1 million per projet
Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program
Enivronmental Protection Agency
150,000-500,000
Delta Science Communication Fellowship
Sea Grant California
$4422/month
Fisheries Habitat Restoration Grant Program
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW)
variable
Ecological Effects of Sea Level Rise (ESLR)
NOAA-NOS-NCCOS
$250,000
Adaptation Planning Grant Program
Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
$150,000-$650,000
Pacific Marine & Fish Habitat Estuary Partnership
Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership (PMEP)
100,000 max
Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grant Program
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
25,000 – 50,000
Round 3 Funding CA MPA Outreach & Education
Coastal Quest
up to $100,000
Wetlands Action for People
Convention on Wetlands on World Wetlands Day
10,000 (EUR)
Disney Conservation Fund
Walt Disney Foundation
100,000
California Conservation Agreements
Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service
$30-75,000
National Coastal Resilience Fund
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) & National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
up to 34 million total
California Riparian Habitat Conservation Program
California Riparian Habitat Conservation Program and Wildlife Conservation Board
variable
Cornell Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative
Cornell Land Trust
5,000-25,000
Environmental Enhancement Fund (EEF) – Office of Spill Prevention and Response
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW)
Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
75,000
Nonpoint source grants
State Water Resources Control Board and United States Environmental Protection Agency
4.5 million total
Fund for Wild Nature
Fund for Wild Nature
Partners for Fish and Wildlife (PFW)
US Fish and Wildlife Service
$750,000 (max)
Landscape Conservation Catalyst Fund
Network for Landscape Conservation
325,000
National Estuary Program Coastal Watersheds Grant Program
Restore America’s Estuaries’ and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
200,000-500,000
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
USDA and NRCS
700 million
Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative
The Cornell Lab & Land Trust Alliance
$5,000 and $25,000
Santa Clara County Mini Grants Program
Santa Clara County
$5,000
San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1-3 million
CDFW Restoration Grants Funding
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
200 million
Environmental Enhancement Fund
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
100,000-300,000 (total of $750,000)
Sea Otter Recovery Grant
California State Coastal Conservancy
250,000
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund: Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) Land Acquisition Grants Program
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with DOI
$10,000 – $19,638,000
Endangered Species Habitat Conservation Plan Land Acquisition (HCPLA) Grant Program
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
10,000 – 19,638,000
Acres for America
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation with Walmart
250,000-500,000
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
variable
WaterSMART Environmental Water Resources Projects
Bureau of Reclammation
3,000,000
Nature Based Solutions: Wetland Restoration funding
Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Conservancy
5-7 million
Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)
FEMA
Measure AA funds
San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority
22 million in 2023
Urban Grant Program
Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
$10-250,000
America the Beautiful Challenge
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
1-5 million
Switzer Environmental Fellowship
Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation
$15,000
Clif Family Foundation Small Grants Program
Clif Bar Family Foundation
$7,000
Explore the Coast
California State Coastal Conservancy
up to $200,000 max
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)
Natural Resources Conservation Service
250,000 – 10 million
Multistate Conservation Grant Programs
USFWS, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) & Division of Wildlife Sport Fish Restoration Program
variable
Regional Coastal Resilience Grant Program
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
500,000-1 million for projects lasting up to 36 months
SFBJV Small Projects Funding
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
up to $5,000
National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Land Acquisition and Construction Program
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – NOAA
$20,000-1.5 million
California State Duck Stamp Project
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
$1,135,000
Echoing Green Fellowship
Echoing Green
California Fish Passage Forum
National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
$150,000 – 250,000
Temper of the Times Foundation grants
Temper of the Times Foundation, Inc
$5,000-$15,000
Patagonia Environmental Grants
Patagonia
$5,000 – 20,000
Packard Foundation Conservation and Science Program
Packard Foundation
Usually $250-$2,000
Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund
Rose Foundation
$5,000
NFWF Funding Opportunities page
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP) Request for Proposals
Science for Nature and People Partnership
up to US $1 million total across 4-6 approved working groups
National Geographic Society Grants
The National Geographic Society
20,000 – 100,000
Earthwatch Research Funding
EarthWatch Institute
20,000-80,000
The Conservation Fund
The Conservation Fund
California Watershed Protection Fund
Rose Foundation
$10,000-30,000
California Environmental Grassroots Fund
Rose Foundation
$5,000 or less
SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund
SeaWorld & Busch Gardens
from $5,000 to $25,000 for a one-year term.
Coastal Conservancy Grants
California State Coastal Conservancy
200,000- 5,000,000
Wetland Program Development Grant (WPDG)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
$75,000 to $220,000
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding (NOAA)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
variable
Land and Water Conservation Fund
California Department of Parks and Recreation
Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation (EEM) Program
California Natural Resources Agency
6.7 million
Sea Grant California
UCSD and Sea Grant California
$2,000,000
WCB Continuous Grant Applications
Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB)
Varies
Candidate Species Conservation Fund
US Fish and Wildlife Service – Department of the Interior
$1000- 500,000
National Conservation Innovation Grants
Natural Resources Conservation Service
$250,000 – 5 million
Species Recovery Grants to States
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – NOAA
variable
California Bay Watershed Education and Training Program
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
$50,000-300,000
East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancys science and research grant
East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy
$10-15,000
Napa County Wildlife Conservation Commission Grants
Napa County Wildlife Conservation Commission
Contra Costa County Fish and Wildlife Committee Propagation Fund
Contra Costa County Fish and Wildlife Committee
$1,000 – 21,000
Green Infrastructure Grant Program
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Up to $10M in available grant funding
California Sea Grant State Fellowship
California Sea Grant
$45,000
Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance program (RTCA)
National Park Service
variable
Climate Program Grants
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
14,000,000
Climate Adaptation Fund
Wildlife Conservation Society
2.5 million
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)
FEMA
90-199 million
Community Stewardship Grant
Clean Water Program Alameda County
$500 – $5,000
Coastal Program
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
up to $200,000 max
Sonoma County Fish and Wildlife Commission Grant Program
County of Sonoma
variable
National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
$1 million
Office of Wetlands, Oceans & Watersheds, Watershed Funding Resources
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Alameda County Fish and Game Propagation Fund
Alameda County Fish and Game Commission
5-30k
North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) Standard Grant
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
$250,000 – 3 million
Whale Tail Grants
California Coastal Commission
max 50,000
Coastal Stories grant program
State Coastal Conservancy
one million available with most grants likely up to $200,000
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Grants
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
SITKA Ecosystem Grants
SITKA
3,000-20,000
North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) Small Grants Program
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
$10,000- $250,000