Programs for Nonprofits
Nonprofits can receive funds through California Climate Investments to reduce climate pollution and provide benefits to priority populations through clean transportation, waste prevention, clean air initiatives, and more. Learn about open funding opportunities, resources to help you learn more about California Climate Investments and how to apply for funds, and read stories of funded projects led by nonprofits.
California Climate Investments is a portfolio of over 110 State climate programs that fund projects and programs like:
Community-led projects (e.g., community car sharing, composting)
Household-serving voucher programs (e.g., rebates for the purchase of cleaner cars, woodstove replacements)
Large-scale infrastructure projects (e.g., affordable housing, transit)
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Funds conservation and management of natural and working lands and technical assistance for land managers.
Funds development of the Regional Priority Plan, demonstration projects, and outreach.
Funds flood conveyance improvement and habitat restoration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Funds habitat restoration and dust suppression projects to improve air quality and environmental conditions at the Salton Sea.
Funds project that advance ocean and coastal resilience and adaptation, consistent with the 2020-2025 Ocean Protection Council Strategic Plan.
Funds planning and implementation projects that reduce the impacts of extreme heat and increase community resilience.
Funds placement of full-time service members with public agency, nonprofit, tribal, and educational institution partners to support community engagement efforts.
Technical assistance for small, disadvantaged communities to address drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, or groundwater needs.
Financial incentives for planning, purchase, and installation of publicly available charging equipment.
Financial incentives for EV charging stations with priority for shovel-ready projects in disadvantaged and low-income communities.
Financial incentives for installation of all-electric appliances, energy efficiency and weatherization measures, and related building upgrades in low-income communities.
Funds demonstration of business and technology models to promote large-scale deployment of EV charging infrastructure in multi-family housing.
Funds adoption of on-site renewable energy technologies, such as wind and solar, at agricultural operations.
Funds establishment, enhancement, and expansion of community spaces and parks, tree planting, green infrastructure in streets and alleys, and the construction of active transportation infrastructure.
Grants that support the creation of new or expanded capacity of small-scale composting programs in green spaces within disadvantaged and low-income communities.
Grants that support activities that prevent food waste from being generated and/or becoming landfill waste and distribution of rescued food to people.
Grants that support the construction, renovation, or expansion of facilities to preprocess, digest, or compost organics into compost, soil amendments, biofuels, or bioenergy.
Loans to fund the construction, renovation, or expansion of facilities for the preprocessing, digesting, or composting of organics or the manufacture of value-added finished products using recycled fiber, plastic, or glass.
Grants that support construction, renovation, or expansion of facilities to process or manufacture value-added products from California-derived, newly diverted fiber, plastic, or glass waste.
Grants that support replacement of single use containers, food service ware, and packaging with durable, reusable products and recovery of lumber, wood flooring, or wood furniture from landfills or through deconstruction projects for reuse.
Funds nature-based projects to increase community resilience to sea level rise.
Funds nature-based projects to increase community resilience to sea level rise.
Funds projects that increase soil organic carbon, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, protect and improve water quality, increase flood protection, improve groundwater recharge, and develop resiliency to sea level rise in wetlands.
Grants that support training program that increase access to high-quality jobs for underserved populations.
Grants that support commercial, institutional, and residential water-energy efficiency programs or projects benefiting disadvantaged communities.
Grants for affordable housing and transportation projects near jobs, schools, and other daily destinations.
Grants for land use planning, capacity building, and land acquisition projects that protect agricultural land from conversion to non-agricultural uses.
Grant application assistance and implementation support for Tribal, disadvantaged, and low-income communities applying for or carrying out climate mitigation, adaptation, or resilience projects.
Funds California Conservation Corp, which enrolls young adults for a year of service resulting in job skills and work experience implementing forest fuel reduction, habitat restoration, and energy efficiency projects.
California Climate Investments puts billions of Cap-and-Invest dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, improving public health and the environment, and providing meaningful benefits to the most disadvantaged communities and low-income communities and households.
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