California Grant Programs

• Economic Development
  • California Community Economic Revitalization Team (CERT)
    Operated by the California Resources Agency, this program provides links to Federal and State grant and loan programs.
• Energy
  • California Energy Commission
    This Commission provides various energy-related grants to local jurisdictions and private entities.
• Environmental
  • California Air Resources Board
    This Board provides links to sites that contain financial/grant information for small businesses.
  • Environmental Enhancement and Mitigtion (EEM) Program
    Operated by the California Resources Agency, this program offers a total of $10 million to local, state, and federal governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations for projects in three categories: Highway Landscape and Urban Forestry, Resource Lands, and Roadside Recreational.
  • Department of Water Resources
    This Department provides funding in the forms of grants and loans to local public agencies for water conservation and other water-related projects.
  • Department of Conservation Nonprofit Grant Program
    This program provides grants to nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies, including school districts, individual schools, special districts and joint power authorities to implement beverage container recycling projects in order to create or expand beverage container recycling collection, recycling infrastructure, and recycling infrastructure, and recycling outreach/education programs.
  • California Integrated Waste Management Board
    This Board provides the following grants: Enforcement Assistance Grants; Household Hazardous Waste Grants; Solid Waste Disposal & Site Cleanup Grants; Farm and Ranch Cleanup Grants; Used Oil Grants; and Tire Grants.
  • Alameda County Waste Management Authority
    This Authority provides grants to public agencies, non-profit organizations, private businesses and educational institutions interested in projects that promote source reduction, recycling and the development, marketing and use of recycled content.
• Health Facilities
  • California Rural Health Policy Council
    This Council provides various social welfare and related funding programs.
• Housing
  • Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program
    Operated by the California Department of Housing and Community Development, this program provides funding for economic development projects, public infrastructure improvements, as well as housing, community and social welfare related projects and activities.
  • California Department of Housing and Community Development
    A complete listing of this Department's numerous grant and loan programs.
• Ports
  • California Department of Boating and Waterways
    This Department offers various grants for the construction of launching lanes, shore side or floating restrooms, boarding floats, shore protection, car/trailer parking, utilities, landscaping and irrigation, and other ancillary items.
• Public Schools
  • Department of General Services
    Through the Office of Public School Construction, this department offers three grant programs:
    1. The Deferred Maintenance Program;
    2. The School Facility Program; and
    3. The State Relocatable Classroom Program.
• Traffic Safety
  • California Office of Traffic Safety
    This Office provides grants to improve traffic safety on area streets and highways, and increase safety awareness.
• Water
  • State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)
    This Board provides various water-related project grants.
  • SWRCB - NPS Grant: 319
    Operated through the State Water Resources Control Board, this is a federally-funded, non-point source (NPS) pollution control program. It may include watershed and land use management activities.
  • Department of Water Resources
    This Department provides funding in the forms of loans and grants to local public agencies for water conservation and other water-related projects.