General Search Lists

CA: Welcome to GetGrants! http://getgrants.ca.gov/

Identifies Grant Programs within State of California Agencies and Departments through a single search, without being required to know the name of the responsible entity.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html

Database of all Federal programs available to State and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.

Coastal Habitat Restoration: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/lcr/rhodeisland/html/fund/fundana.htm

List of long standing sources of funding for projects (mostly restoration work). Funds available every year.

Federal Funding for Watershed Protection: http://cfpub.epa.gov/fedfund/

Searchable database of financial assistance sources (grants, loans, cost-sharing) available to fund a variety of watershed protection projects.

Grants: http://www.bigdatabase.com/

North America's most comprehensive source of fundraising information, opportunities and resources for charities and non-profit organizations.

Invasivespecies.gov: http://www.invasivespecies.gov/toolkit/grants.shtml

Grants presented on this Web site are not inclusive of all available grants for invasive species management, prevention and research. The information provided is as accurate as possible, but is subject to change.

Local Government Environmental Assistance Network: http://www.lgean.org/html/wn8

What's New keeps local government officials abreast of current environmental funding opportunities, federal policy updates, important legislative activities, new reports and publications, and other available tools and resources.

SWRCB Division of Financial Assistance: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/cwphome/

Clean Beaches Initiative Projects, State Revolving Fund (SRF) Priority List

SWRCB Financial Assistance sub-site: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/funding/index.html

Additional programs from Prop 13, Non-Point Source/Clean Water Act (NPS/CWA), and Prop 40/50 funded programs.

Specific Sites

American Sportfishing Association's FishAmerica Restoration Grants: http://www.fishamerica.org/content/conservation/fishamerica/

Funds marine and anadromous fish habitat restoration projects which benefit recreationally fished species. During open announcements, applications should be directed to the FishAmerica Foundation. (NOAA is apartner.)
Proposals due May 28, 2004

Bay-Delta Science Consortium RFPs: http://www.baydeltaconsortium.org/RFPnews

Grants up to $25,000. January 20, 2004 round closed.

Conservation Assistance Tools: http://cat.sonoran.org/

Dam removal and fish passage: http://www.amrivers.org/feature/restorationgrants.htm

Funds voluntary dam removal and fish passage projects in California, the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic states. During open announcements, applications should be directed to American Rivers. (NOAA is a partner.)
Closed April 1, 2004

DWR Urban Streams Restoration Program: http://www.watershedrestoration.water.ca.gov/urbanstreams/

Assists communities in reducing damages from stream bank and watershed instability and floods while restoring the environmental and aesthetic values of streams; encourages stewardship and maintenance of streams by the community.

EPA Environmental Education Grants Program: http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html

Supports environmental education projects to enhance public awareness, knowledge, and skills to make informed decisions about environmental quality.

EPA Region 9: http://www.epa.gov/region9/funding/index.html

Financial assistance grants to support a variety of environmental programs and activities.

Event Sponsorship: http://www.tomsofmaine.com/toms/community/rivers2003/)

Tom's of Maine - promotes natural care products and supports the river conservation movement. Grants generally range from $1,000 - $10,000.

Grant writing and financial management courses :

The Grantsmanship Center: http://www.tgci.org

Cal State Fullerton: www.csufextension.org (Feasibility Studies and Proposal Writing)

Free Grantwriting Information: The Foundation Center http://www.fdncenter.org

Institute for Sustainable Forestry's California Salmon Partnership Grants:
http://www.isf-sw.org/

Funds projects benefiting salmonids in coastal California and the Klamath basin. Applicants must be communities or tribal, community-based or community-led organizations working to recover local watershed anadromous salmonid stocks. During open announcements, applications should be directed to the Institute for Sustainable Forestry. (NOAA is a partner.)

Closed March 17, 2003

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Five-Star Restoration Challenge Grants Program: http://www.nfwf.org
Funds community-based wetland, riparian and coastal habitat restoration projects. During open announcements, applications are directed to NFWF. (EPA &NOAA are partners). Provides modest financial assistance. Project sites can be public land, such as parks, streams, and school campuses, or private land, such as corporate facilities. Projects involving only research, monitoring, or planning are not eligible for funding. Open to any public or private entity.

Closed March 1, 2004

NFWF General Challenge Grant Program: http://www.nfwf.org/programs/guidelines.htm

NOAA partners with The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to fund many types of projects that benefit living marine resources, including fishery habitat restoration projects. During open announcements, applications should be directed to NFWF. (NOAA is a partner.) Pre-Proposals due annually June and October

NFWF Native Plant Conservation Initiative (NPCI): http://www.nfwf.org/programs/npci.htm

Grants of federal dollars will be provided to non-profit organizations and agencies at all levels of government to promote the conservation of native plants. (Plant Conservation Alliance is a partner.) Request for Proposals includes two separate grant cycles, with application dates December 1 and July 15.

NFWF Pacific Grassroots Salmon Initiative: http://www.nfwf.org/programs/PGSI_RFP.htm

Funds projects to protect and restore chinook and coho salmon and steelhead stocks. During open announcements, applications should be directed to NFWF. (NOAA is a partner.)

Closed July 1, 2003

NFWF Pulling Together: A Public/Private Partnership for Invasive and Noxious Plant Management: http://www.nfwf.org/programs/pti.htm

Federally funded program with partnerships between federal, state and local agencies, private landowners and interested groups to develop long term weed management projects. Program goals are to prevent, manage, or eradicate invasive and noxious plants through a coordinated program of public/private partnerships; and to increase public awareness of the adverse impacts of invasive and noxious plants. (BLM, DoD, NPS, APHIS, FS, FWS are partners.)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Services Center: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/funding/
The NOAA Coastal Services Center annually issues a Broad Area Announcement detailing the availability of competitive funding from the Center. This announcement consists of several independent opportunities to provide the coastal management community with a clear overview of grants from the Center. The most recent Broad Area Announcement was published in the Federal Register on June 10, 2002.
Closed March 15, 2004

NOAA Community-based Restoration Program Individual Project Grants: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs/crp/partners_funding/callforprojects.html

Provides funds for individual grass-roots marine habitat restoration projects that will benefit living marine resources including anadromous fish species, commercial and recreational resources, and endangered and threatened species. During open announcements, applications are directed to the NOAA Restoration Center. Closed September 12, 2003

NOAA Community-based Habitat Restoration National and Regional Partnership Grants: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs/crp/partners_funding/natregpart.html

Provides one-on-one technical and permitting assistance in restoring habitats required by marine and anadromous fish, endangered species, and other living marine resources partnerships. Closed December 5, 2003

NOAA-related Funding Opportunities outside the NOAA Community-based Restoration Program: Omnibus Notice Announcing the Availability of Grant Funds for 2004
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announces the availability of grant funds for Fiscal Year 2004. The purpose of this notice is to provide the general public with a single source of program and application information related to the Agency's
competitive grant offerings, and it contains the information about those programs required to be published in the Federal Register. This omnibus notice is designed to replace the multiple Federal Register notices that traditionally advertised the availability of NOAA's discretionary funds for its various programs.
Status: Multiple Grants are Currently Open

Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund: grassroots@rosefdn.org

Established in 2003 by a consortium of foundations to support community-based grassroots environmental efforts throughout Northern California (Includes the entire Sierra Nevada Mountains, Central Valley, Central Coast, and North Coast). Small grants ($5000 or less) to small organizations (with budgets of $100,000 of less) that are currently underserved by most funding strategies. Nonprofit status, be sponsored by another nonprofit, or ask for sponsorship from the fund. Four grant cycles, about 3 months apart.

David and Lucile Packard Foundation: http://www.packard.org/index.cgi?page=consci-cs

Provides grants to nonprofit organizations. The Foundation provides national and international grants, and also has a special focus on the Northern California Counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey.

Private Foundations: http://www.environmentalgrants.com/

Rapid Response Proposal Funding (California Sea Grant College Program): http://www-csgc.ucsd.edu/PROPOSAL/RAPID_RESP/IndxRR.html

Rapid response proposals may be submitted at any time during the year and are restricted to one year or less. Total Project Costs over $9,999 will be sent to NOAA for review and approval.

San Francisco Bay Watershed: http://www.ifrfish.org/

Projects benefiting marine and anadromous biological resources in SF Bay. During open announcements, applications should be directed to the Institute for Fisheries Resources. (NOAA is a partner.) Closed January 23, 2004

San Francisco Estuary Institute Aquatic Pesticide Monitoring Program (APMP): www.sfei.org/apmp/docs/APMP_NonChem_RFP.pdf

APMP is administered by the San Francisco Estuary Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California. Projects are to be conducted in California waters by October of 2003. (www.sfei.org).

The Nature Conservancy Grant Program: http://nature.org/

Funds marine and anadromous fish habitat restoration projects. The applicant must be a TNC local chapter. Organizations that have project ideas should contact their local TNC chapter to discuss forming a partnership to apply for project funds under this request for proposals. (NOAA is a partner.) Closed May 30, 2003

Trout Unlimited Embrace-A-Stream Grants: http://www.tu.org/index.asp
Funds coastal projects benefitting anadromous fish submitted to TU’s Embrace-A-Stream program. The applicant must be a TU local chapter. Organizations that have project ideas should contact their local TU chapter to discuss forming a partnership to apply for project funds under this RFP. (NOAA is a partner.) Closed December 22, 2003

USFWS Partners for Fish & Wildlife Program: http://attra.ncat.org/guide/pfw.htm

Voluntary partnerships with private landowners to restore ecological habitat, usually on a cost-share basis.

Debra Schlafmann

(Asst: Dan Strait)

Partners for Fish and Wildlife & Habitat Conservation

2800 Cottage Way, W-2610

Sacramento, CA 95825

916-414-6446 

FAX: 916-414-6462

USFWS Private Stewardship Grants Program: http://endangered.fws.gov/grants/private_stewardship/

Available to private landowners and is a true granting program. Technical assistance and design can be provided with projects but typically are not.

Michael Fris, Program Contact, 916/414-6464

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Building

2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2606

Sacramento, CA 95825-1846

Weed Management Areas: http://www.weedcenter.org/grants/overview.html

Applied Science Case Studies, Seed Money for Research into Invasive Plants, Fire and Invasive Plants; and Information Synthesis and Assessment.

Deadlines are March 7 for Weed Management Area Grants and March 21 for others.

Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP): http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/whip/

Technical and financial assistance for landowners (both private and public) to develop upland, wetland, riparian and aquatic habitat areas for wildlife. Grant monies are provided through the Farm Bill. Past applicants have applied and received funding for the removal of exotic plants in their project areas.

Watershed Initiative Grants: http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/initiative

Competitive grant program to encourage the protection and restoration of the country's water resources.