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Public Utilities Commission · Amount varies

Businesses, nonprofits, and public agencies in California may apply for funding to increase broadband adoption in communities with low access, including low-income and senior communities. Eligible projects include digital literacy training, public education, free broadband access in community spaces, and community outreach. Specific award amounts are not stated here. The deadline is July 1, 2026.

Public Utilities Commission · Amount varies

Businesses, nonprofits, and public agencies in California may apply to build broadband networks that provide free internet to residents of low-income communities, publicly supported housing, farmworker housing, and qualifying mobile home parks. Grants and loans can cover up to 100% of last-mile infrastructure, inside wiring, and network equipment, but not ongoing operations or maintenance. About $30.1 million is allocated for FY 2025-2026. The application deadline is July 2, 2026.

Department of Fish and Wildlife · Amount varies

Open to individuals, nonprofits, public agencies, and California Native American tribes, including universities. It funds upland game bird projects and related habitat conservation that meet the purposes of California Fish and Game Code section 3684. The application deadline is July 17, 2026; no specific award range is stated.

Department of Forestry and Fire Protection · $1M–$1.5M

Open to nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments for collaborative, landscape-scale forest health and greenhouse-gas reduction research in California; projects are expected to involve multiple partner organizations. Funded by California's Proposition 4 climate bond, awards range from about $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. The process is two-stage: concept proposals are due July 15, 2026, with full invited proposals due November 4, 2026.

Department of Forestry and Fire Protection · Amount varies

Open to individuals, nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments, this is the graduate-student track of California's forest health and fire science research program funded through California Climate Investments. It supports stand-alone research projects on priority topics such as post-wildfire recovery and forest management. The process is two-stage: concept proposals are due July 30, 2026, with full invited proposals due November 18, 2026; no specific award range is stated.

Department of Forestry and Fire Protection · Amount varies

Open to individuals, nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments for stand-alone forest health and fire science research relevant to California ecosystems; only projects where research is the sole activity qualify. It is funded through California Climate Investments and uses a two-stage process. Concept proposals are due July 30, 2026, with full invited proposals due November 18, 2026; no specific award range is stated.

Board of Forestry · $5K–$375K

Open to a broad range of California applicants including businesses, individuals, nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments. It funds research and development to advance innovative wood, biomass, and bioenergy products, plus related workforce development and affordable workforce housing in forest-dependent communities. Awards range from about $5,000 to $375,000, with applications due August 3, 2026.

Department of Fish and Wildlife · Amount varies

Individuals, nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments may apply to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Upland Game Bird Account grant, which funds projects—including habitat conservation—carrying out the purposes of Fish and Game Code §3684. Any proposal meeting the statutory criteria can qualify, and projects must serve California upland-game-bird purposes. Funding amounts and deadline are not specified in the listing.

CA Energy Commission · Amount varies

This California Energy Commission program provides cost-share funding to help applicants match federal clean-energy awards, and it is open to individuals and public agencies. The eligible projects vary depending on which federal funding opportunity you are pursuing, so you must already be tied to a qualifying federal opportunity listed in the solicitation. Funding amounts are not specified, and applicants generally need a corresponding federal award to use these matching funds.

San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy · $50K–$2M

This California program from the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy funds wildfire and forest resilience, habitat restoration, open space, and park projects, with awards ranging from roughly $50,000 to $2 million. Only nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments may apply, and projects must benefit the conservancy's jurisdiction in the San Gabriel and Los Angeles River watershed areas, so the geographic limit excludes applicants and projects outside that region. Businesses and individuals are not eligible.

Department of Fish and Wildlife · Amount varies

Open to nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments, this California Department of Fish and Wildlife program funds research and innovation projects that evaluate and mitigate the environmental impacts of cannabis cultivation, covering water use, land management, native species, community engagement, and technological innovation. Award amounts and deadline are not specified. Projects must address impacts in California, and applicants such as researchers and universities working through eligible entity types are encouraged.

State Treasurer's Office · Amount varies

California's Sales and Use Tax Exclusion (STE) Program lets eligible manufacturers exclude qualifying equipment purchases from state and local sales and use taxes when building or upgrading facilities for advanced manufacturing, recycling, alternative energy, or advanced transportation. Businesses, individuals, nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments may apply, but the project must occur in California and involve qualified manufacturing property. This is a tax-exclusion benefit rather than a cash grant, so confirm the qualifying-property and project requirements with CAEATFA before applying.

CA Energy Commission · Amount varies

Open to businesses, individuals, public agencies, and tribal governments, this California Energy Commission program provides matching (cost-share) funds to support applicants pursuing federal geothermal energy funding opportunities. It targets energy science, technology, and R&D projects. Award amounts are not stated; applicants should consult the application manual, and because it is a cost-share program, recipients must secure the corresponding federal award.

Wildlife Conservation Board · Amount varies

Nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments can apply to California's Wildlife Conservation Board for projects that restore wildlife migration corridors or remove barriers to fish passage, such as wildlife over/undercrossings, fish ladders, culverts, and related planning and environmental review. Projects must improve fish or wildlife mobility and further the objectives of Proposition 68. Award amounts are not stated, and the program prioritizes specific project types and sites on California's official priority barrier lists.

CA Department of Food and Agriculture · $1–$190K

Businesses, individuals, nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments may apply to the CA Department of Food and Agriculture's Beet Curly Top Virus Control Program, which funds projects developing new methods to manage the beet leafhopper (the virus's main vector) or to enhance other program areas. Awards range up to about $190,000. Funded approaches must use either no-pesticide alternatives or pesticides approved by CA's Department of Pesticide Regulation for the relevant use. Proposals must be submitted 30 days before posted Control Board meetings, so timing depends on the published meeting schedule.

Wildlife Conservation Board · Amount varies

Nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments may apply to California's Wildlife Conservation Board Regional Conservation Investment Strategies (RCIS) grant program, which funds development of voluntary regional conservation strategy documents. Note that only public agencies may formally propose an RCIS, and proposals with matching funds (including in-kind) are prioritized, so a cost share is favored. Funding amounts and deadline are not specified in the listing.