Welcome to SCAG’s grant opportunities page. Here you will find information on current open and upcoming grant opportunities offered by various agencies that may be pertinent to your agency’s workplan. SCAG gathers this information in order to disseminate it to all interested agencies in the SCAG region.
The basic characteristics of each of the grant opportunities are listed below each of the grant titles. Links to the grant program websites are also provided for more detailed information about each program.
We are also providing an additional link to the Federal Transportation Funding: Fiscal Year 2023 Discretionary Grant Preparation Checklist for Prospective Applicants. This resource provides useful guidelines designed to assist in understanding existing requirements for successful grant applications.
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Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program
Sponsor/Source: U.S. Department of energy
The purpose of the Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant program is to assist eligible state, local and tribal governments in implementing strategies to: reduce fossil fuel emissions and maximize benefits for local and regional communities; reduce the total energy use of eligible entities, improve energy efficiency in the transportation, building, and other sectors; and build a clean and equitable energy economy that prioritizes disadvantaged communities and promotes equity and inclusion in workforce opportunities and deployment activities, consistent with the Justice40 Initiative.
Deadline: Oct. 31, 2024 (Local Governments), May 31, 2025 (for Tribal Governments)
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Tribal Governments
Community Air Grants
Sponsor/Source: California Air Resources Board
Community Air Grants build community capacity, improve air quality at the local scale, and support community participation in the Community Air Protection Program to reduce harmful air pollution emissions and exposures to communities most impacted by poor air quality.
Deadline: Nov. 1
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments
Forest Health Research Program
Sponsor/Source: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
CAL FIRE’s Forest Health Research Program funds scientific research that expands knowledge in topics related to forest health and wildland fire.
Deadline: Nov. 14
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments
Local Partnership Competitive Program
Sponsor/Source: California Transportation Commission
The Local Partnership Competitive Program provides funding to counties, cities, districts, and regional transportation agencies where voters have approved fees or taxes dedicated solely to transportation improvements or where officials have imposed fees, including uniform developer fees, dedicated solely to transportation improvements.
Deadline: Nov. 20
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Regional Transportation Agencies
Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program
Sponsor/Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Community Change Grants will fund community-driven projects that address climate challenges and reduce pollution while strengthening communities. This grant support will enable communities and their partners to overcome long-standing environmental challenges and implement meaningful solutions to meet community needs now and for generations to come.
Deadline: Nov. 21, 2024
Status: Open
Eligible: Non-Profit Organizations, In Partnership with Community-Based Organizations: Education Institutions, Local Governments, Tribal Governments
GFO-23-318 – Bridge 2024: Bringing Rapid Innovation Development to Green Energy
Sponsor/Source: California Energy Commission
Bridge 2024: Bringing Rapid Innovation Development to Green Energy supports follow-on funding of projects with the most promising energy technologies that have completed a California state agency- or U.S. federal agency applied-research and development or technology demonstration and deployment award.
Deadline: Nov. 22
Status: Open
Eligible: Private Organizations, Public Universities, Utilities
Direct Air Capture Research, Demonstration, and Community Engagement
Sponsor/Source: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
Direct Air Capture Research, Demonstration, and Community Engagement grants advance the technical, economic, and environmental viability of innovative direct air capture technologies to meet the state’s carbon neutrality goals. This can include testing, piloting, and demonstrating advanced technologies, coupled with active community engagement, benefits planning, and community education.
Deadline: Dec. 13
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments
Prohousing Incentive Program
Sponsor/Source: California Department of Housing and Community Development
The Prohousing Incentive Program is intended to increase participation in the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s Prohousing Designation Program by pairing designations with impactful award grants.
Deadline: Dec. 31
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments
Charging and Refueling Infrastructure for Transport in California Provided Along Targeted Highway Segments
Sponsor/Source: California Energy Commission
The California Energy Commission’s Clean Transportation Program is providing up to $30 million in grant funds for projects that will design, construct, and operate publicly available medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle hydrogen refueling or charging infrastructure along designated corridors in disadvantaged communities or low-income communities, collectively known as priority populations.
Deadline: Jan. 15, 2025
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Private Organizations, Tribal Governments
GFO-24-601 – Light-Duty Hydrogen Infrastructure Build-Out
Sponsor/Source: California Energy Commission
The California Energy Commission’s Clean Transportation Program announces the availability of grant funds for projects that will provide publicly available hydrogen refueling stations to enable continued growth of the California fuel cell electric vehicle market and support the advancement of hydrogen refueling station operations and maintenance to improve the customer experience.
Deadline: Jan. 15
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Private Organizations, Tribal Governments
Permanent Local Housing Allocation
Sponsor/Source: California Department of Housing and Community Development
The Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program provides funding to local governments in California for housing-related projects and programs that assist in addressing the unmet housing needs of their local communities.
Deadline: June 30, 2027
Status: Open
Eligible: Entitlement Local Governments, Non-Entitlement Local Governments
Bridge Investment Program
SPONSOR/SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation
The Bridge Investment Program provides funding for planning and construction of large bridge projects, to improve the safety, efficiency and reliability of the movement of people and freight over bridges.
Deadline: Ongoing
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Special District Governments, Tribal Governments
Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program – Water/Energy Audit
Sponsor/Source: State Water Resources Control Board
The Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program – Water/Energy Audit encourages public agencies to independently evaluate their current practices, identify potentially inefficient water or energy use, and follow up with a well-thought-out plan to improve consumption of these valuable resources.
Deadline: Ongoing
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments
Cleanup, Remediation, and Watershed Enhancement Funding Opportunity
Sponsor/Source: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking high-quality grant proposals that support the enhancement of watersheds and communities in areas impacted by cannabis cultivation.
Deadline: Ongoing
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments
Coachella Valley Proposition 68 Parks, Conservation Land Access and Climate Change Response Grant Program
Sponsor/Source: Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy
The Coachella Valley Proposition 68 Parks, Conservation Land Access and Climate Change Response Grant Program makes grants to expand recreational and educational use of conservation lands and improve sustainability in the Coachella Valley.
Deadline: Ongoing
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments
Cost Share for Federal Funding Opportunities Industrial Decarbonization and Improvement of Grid Operations Program and Food Production Investment Program
Sponsor/Source: California Energy Commission
This program implements projects at industrial facilities to significantly benefit the electrical grid, reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, achieve the state’s clean energy goals, and exceed compliance requirements.
Deadline: Ongoing
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments
Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project
Sponsor/Source: California Air Resources Board
The Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project provides vouchers for the purchase of zero-emission trucks and buses, including funding for charging or fueling infrastructure.
Deadline: Ongoing
Status: Open
Eligible: Refer to Guidelines
Proposition 13 Water Recycling Planning Grant
Sponsor/Source: California Water Boards
The Proposition 13 Water Recycling Planning Grant provides technical and financial assistance to local agencies to plan water recycling projects that promote the beneficial use of treated municipal wastewater to augment freshwater supplies in California.
Deadline: Ongoing
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Tribal Governments
Proposition 68 Grant Programs
Sponsor/Source: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Proposition 68 Grant Programs provides funding to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to award grants to projects that improve a community’s ability to adapt to the unavoidable impacts of climate change; improve and protect coastal and rural economies, agricultural viability, wildlife corridors, or habitat; develop future recreational opportunities; or enhance drought tolerance, landscape resilience, and water retention.
Deadline: Ongoing
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments
RMC Grants
Sponsor/Source: San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy
Since 2003, the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy
has awarded over 295 grants and interagency agreements, investing at least $91 million in state funds to create open space, restore habitat, expand greenspace in disadvantaged communities, and protect the watersheds of the lower Los Angeles and San Gabriel rivers.
Deadline: Ongoing
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Metropolitan Planning Organizations
The Safe and Affordable Funding for Equity and Resilience Program
Sponsor/Source: State Water Resources Control Board
The Safe and Affordable Funding for Equity and Resilience Program is a set of tools, funding sources, and regulatory authorities designed to ensure that one million Californians without safe drinking water receive safe and affordable drinking water.
Deadline: Ongoing
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments
Senate Bill 1 Sea Level Rise Adaptation Planning Grant Program
Sponsor/Source: Ocean Protection Council
The Senate Bill 1 Grant Program provides funding for coastal communities to develop consistent sea level rise adaptation plans and projects to build resilience along the entire coast of California and San Francisco Bay.
Deadline: Ongoing
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Tribal Governments
State Coastal Conservancy Grant
Sponsor/Source: California Coastal Conservancy
The Coastal Conservancy issues millions of dollars in grants for projects that restore and protect the California coast, expand public access, and enhance its resilience to climate change.
Deadline: Ongoing
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organization, Tribal Governments
Transit Oriented Communities Technical Assistance Program
Sponsor/Source: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
Metro’s Transit Oriented Communities Technical Assistance Program is a competitive funding program that supports Los Angeles County jurisdictions in completing transit-oriented community feasibility studies and plans.
Deadline: Ongoing
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, State Governments (MAT Only)
Wetlands and Mountain Meadows Restoration
Sponsor/Source: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Wetlands and Mountain Meadows Restoration provides funding for mountain meadow and non-coastal wetland restoration consistent with the Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy and Pathways to the 30×30 initiative.
Deadline: Ongoing
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments
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Enabling Electric Vehicles as Distributed Energy Resources
Sponsor/Source: Caltrans Division of Local Assistance, Regional Transportation Planning Agencies Group
The Enabling Electric Vehicles as Distributed Energy Resources solicitation will fund studies and applied research and development projects that support the approved Electric Program Investment Charge 2021–2025 Investment Plan’s strategic objective to increase the value proposition of distributed energy resources to customers and the grid.
Deadline: Oct. 22
Status: Closed
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Private Organizations, Tribal Governments
The Recreational Trails Program R-24
Sponsor/Source: California Department of Parks and Recreation
The Recreational Trails Program provides for well-managed off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreation with financial assistance to eligible agencies and organizations that develop, maintain, operate, expand, support, or contribute to well-managed, high-quality, OHV recreation areas, roads, and trails, and to responsibly maintain the wildlife, soils, and habitat of project areas to sustain long-term OHV recreation.
Deadline: Oct. 18
Status: Closed
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations
Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing
Sponsor/Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing empowers communities that are actively taking steps to remove barriers to affordable housing, increase housing production, and lower housing costs for families over the long term.
Deadline: Oct. 15
Status: Closed
Eligible: Local Governments, Metropolitan Planning Organizations
RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT (RCP) PROGRAM
Sponsor/Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
The Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program includes $607 million in funding for capital construction and community planning projects that improve access to daily needs such as jobs, education, healthcare, food, nature, and recreation, and foster equitable development and restoration. If you plan to apply and are looking for a SCAG support letter for your application, please reach out to chanchlani@scag.ca.gov.
Deadline: Sept. 30
Status: Closed
Eligible: Local Governments, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments
Sustainable Communities Program – Active Transportation and Safety
Sponsor/Source: Southern California Association of Governments
The Sustainable Communities Program provides grant funding for technical assistance to implement SCAG’s Connect SoCal Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities. The 2024 Sustainable Communities Program – Active Transportation and Safety call for applications will fund community plans, area plans and quick-build projects that encourage active transportation (e.g., walking, biking, transit) and improve roadway safety.
Deadline: Sept. 27
Status: Open
Eligible: Caltrans, Councils of Governments, County Public Health Departments, Local Governments, Natural Resource Agencies, Public Land Agencies, Public Land Nonprofits, Public Schools, Public School Districts, Transportation Agencies, Tribal Governments
Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant
Sponsor/Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
The Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant funds highway-rail or pathway-rail grade crossing improvement projects that improve the safety and mobility of people and goods.
Deadline: Sept. 23
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Tribal Governments, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Public Port Authorities, State Governments, United States Territories
Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program
Sponsor/Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
The Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program will support digital equity, promote digital inclusion, and spur greater adoption and meaningful use of broadband among the covered populations.
Deadline: Sept. 23
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Nonprofit Organizations, Tribal Governments
2024 Local Housing Trust Fund Program
Sponsor/Source: California Department of Housing and Community Development
Funds awarded through the 2024 Local Housing Trust Fund Program shall be used to provide construction loans and permanent financing loans at simple interest rates of no higher than three percent per annum, for payment of predevelopment costs, acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation as well as to construct, convert, reconstruct, rehabilitate, or repair accessory dwelling units or junior accessory dwelling units.
Deadline: Sept. 17
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Local Housing Trust Funds, Nonprofits, Tribal Governments
Rubberized Pavement Grant Program
Sponsor/Source: Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)
CalRecycle’s Rubberized Pavement Grant Program promotes markets for recycled-content surfacing products derived from California-generated waste tires. The program encourages first-time or limited users of rubberized pavement in two project types: rubberized asphalt concrete hot-mix and Rubberized chip seal.
Deadline: Sept. 12
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Special Districts, Tribal Governments
Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)
Sponsor/Source: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
The Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) is a core federal aid program for states to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads. California’s Local HSIP focuses on infrastructure projects with nationally recognized crash reduction factors. Local HSIP projects must be identified based on crash experience, potential, rate, or other data-supported means.
Deadline: Sept. 9
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Agencies, Local Governments, Tribal Governments
FY 2024-2026 Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program
Sponsor/Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
The Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program provides competitive grants for projects that reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions and improve habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species.
Deadline: Sept. 4
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Regional Transportation Authorities, Special Purpose District, State Departments of Transportation, Tribal Governments