Funding Resources 2 - California Climate and Energy Collaborative

Funding Resources

Taking local action on climate change and clean energy is hard enough. Let us help you identify ways to pay for it.

The opportunities below are a curated list of open, upcoming and past opportunities relevant to local climate and energy practitioners that can help them advance fair and equitable climate change and energy practices.

This database defaults to showing active opportunities first. Please use the filter functions to the right to find the open or upcoming funding opportunity that works for you.

(Round 10) Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program (SALC) Capacity and Project Development Grants

Application Status: Past

Deadline: July 5, 2025

Source: Department of Conservation

Solicitation Page

Permanently protect croplands, rangelands, and lands utilized for the cultivation of traditional resources from conversion to non-agricultural uses. Protecting these lands promotes smart growth within existing jurisdictions, ensures open space remains available, and supports healthy agricultural and tribal food systems, and resulting food security.

Award Amount: Variable

Eligible Entities: Local Governments, Tribal Government, Nonprofits

Categories: GHG Reduction

A Decision Tool to Electrify Homes with Limited Electrical Panel Capacity

Application Status: Past

Deadline: March 5, 2024

Source: California Energy Commission

The purpose of this solicitation was to develop and demonstrate a decision tool that could provide homeowners with detailed information on their electricity use and panel capacity and provide actionable pathways to achieve electrification.

Total Funding: $4.775 Million

Award Amount: $2.5 - $4.775 Million

Eligible Entities: Public Agencies, Private Entities

Previous program opportunities: This program closed March 5, 2024

Categories: Energy Efficiency

Access Clean California Grant Solicitation FY 2023-2024

Application Status: Past

Deadline: April 8, 2024

Source: CARB

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) held a competitive grant solicitation of $5 million from Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 for a grantee to continue implementation of the Access Clean California project.

Access Clean California provided resources to nonprofits, community-based organizations (CBO), and similar grassroots organizations to help individuals in low-income and disadvantaged communities learn about, apply for, and participate in clean transportation and clean energy incentive programs.

Total Funding: $5 Million

Award Amount: $5 Million

Eligible Entities: Local Governments, Public Agencies, State Agencies, Nonprofits

Previous program opportunities: This program closed on April 8, 2024

Categories: Electric Vehicles and Clean Mobility

Active Transportation Program (ATP)

Application Status: Past

Deadline: June 17, 2024

Source: California Transportation Commission

The purpose of ATP is to encourage increased use of active modes of transportation by achieving the following goals:

Increase the proportion of trips accomplished by biking and walking.
Increase safety and mobility for non-motorized users.
Advance the active transportation efforts of regional agencies to achieve Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction goals, pursuant to SB 375 (of 2008) and SB 341 (of 2009).
Enhance public health.
Ensure that disadvantaged communities fully share in the benefits of the program.
Provide a broad spectrum of projects to benefit many types of active transportation users.

Total Funding: $123 Million

Award Amount: Various Minimum Awards

Eligible Entities: Local Governments, Public Agencies, State Agencies, Tribal Government

Categories: Electric Vehicles and Clean Mobility

Adaptation Planning Grant Program

Application Status: Past

Deadline: May 20, 2024

Source: Governor's Office of Planning and Research

This program provides funding to help fill local, regional, and tribal planning needs, provides communities the resources to identify climate resilience priorities, and supports the development of a pipeline of climate resilient infrastructure projects across the state.

Total Funding: $9.5 Million

Award Amount: $100,000 - $650,000

Eligible Entities: Local Governments, Public Agencies, Tribal Government, CBOs, Nonprofits

Categories: Energy Resilience, Workforce Development

Affordable Housing & Sustainable Communities; Round 8

Application Status: Past

Deadline: March 19, 2024

Source: California Department of Housing and Community Development

The AHSC Program provides grants and/or loans, or any combination thereof, to Projects that seek to integrate low-carbon transportation and affordable housing, with an emphasis on providing benefits to Disadvantaged and Low-Income Communities.

The AHSC Program identified three eligible Project Area Types:

Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Project Areas,
Integrated Connectivity Project (ICP) Project Areas, or
Rural Innovation Project Areas (RIPA).

Total Funding: $675 Million

Award Amount: $250,000 - $50 Million

Eligible Entities: Public Agencies, Tribal Government, Nonprofits, Private Entities

Previous program opportunities: Round 8 closed in March 2024.

Categories: Electric Vehicles and Clean Mobility

Affordable Housing & Sustainable Communities–Round 9

Application Status: Past

Deadline: 5/28/2025 4:00 PM

Source: Strategic Growth Council

Purpose:

The Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program aims to fund projects for affordable housing, which include partnerships and collaboration to integrate transportation and other community benefits. The Program encourages housing and transportation within proximity of jobs and key destinations, which are accessible by walking, biking, and transit.

https://sgc.ca.gov/grant-programs/ahsc

Description:

The Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program (AHSC) builds healthier communities and protects the environment by increasing the supply of affordable places to live near jobs, stores, transit, and other daily needs. Personal vehicle use is, by far, the most significant source of greenhouse gas emissions in California. AHSC reduces these emissions by funding projects that make it easier for residents to get out of their cars and walk, bike, or take public transit. Funded by auction proceeds from California’s Cap-and-Trade emissions reduction program, AHSC is administered by the Strategic Growth Council and implemented by the California Department of Housing and Community Development.

Total Funding: $775 Million

Award Amount: $10-50 Million

Eligible Entities: Local Governments, Public Agencies, Tribal Government, CBOs, Nonprofits, Private Entities

Categories: Building Decarbonization, Climate Planning, Electric Vehicles and Clean Mobility, Infrastructure

American Rescue Plan Act Build Back Better Regional Challenge

Application Status: Past

Source: US Economic Development Association

The $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge (PDF) is the marquee of EDA’s American Rescue Plan programs that aims to boost economic recovery from the pandemic and rebuild American communities, including those grappling with decades of disinvestment.

On September 2nd, 2020 the Biden-Harris Administration announced awards for 21 regional coalitions that were finalists in the Build Back Better Regional Challenge (BBBRC). This $1 billion grant competition, created through the American Rescue Plan Act, challenged communities to identify a set of interconnected investments that, together, could transform their local economy, expand economic opportunity and competitiveness, and create thousands of good jobs.

BBBRC awardees each received between $25 million and $65 million to fund 123 individual strategic projects to advance economic strategies benefiting 24 states. This federal funding was matched by more than $300 million of local investment and leveraged support from over 450 private sector and 27 labor unions or workers organizations.

Total Funding: $1 Billion

Award Amount: $25 Million - $65 Million

Eligible Entities: Local Governments, Public Agencies, State Agencies

Categories: Economic Development

American-Made Solar Prize Round 8

Application Status: Past

Source: US DOE

The American-Made Solar Prize Round 8

is a multimillion-dollar prize program designed to spur innovations in U.S. solar hardware and software technologies and address challenges to rapid, equitable solar energy deployment. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) opened applications on June 14, 2024.

Anyone based in the United States with a potentially marketable solar technology solution are eligible to compete and can sign up on the HeroX prize platform. Potential applicants include students, professors, small business owners, and researchers.

Eligible Entities: Individuals, Private Entities

Categories: Renewable Energy & Storage

Assistance for Latest and Zero Building Energy Code Adoption

Application Status: Past

Deadline: Full Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until September 30, 2025

Pre-Application Deadline: Letter of Intent (LOI) to Reserve Funds due November 21, 2023

Source: US DOE

Total Funding: $400 Million

Eligible Entities: State Agencies

How to Apply: Submit your LOI via email.

Categories: Energy Efficiency

Building Decarbonization and Energy Efficiency Compliance Strategies Development

Application Status: Past

Source: California Energy Commission

The purpose of this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was to select a prime contractor to lead a team of professional architectural and engineering consultants to provide technical support for evaluating and implementing strategies to advance decarbonization of residential and nonresidential buildings and to increase Energy Code compliance.

Eligible Entities: Public Agencies, Private Entities

Previous program opportunities: Submission Deadline was March 01, 2022

Categories: Energy Efficiency

Building Initiative for Low-Emissions Development (BUILD)

Application Status: Ongoing

Source: California Energy Commission

The Building Initiative for Low-Emissions Development (BUILD) Program is designed to provide technical assistance and incentives for new all-electric low-income residential buildings that reduce GHG emissions.

Award Amount: $2 million maximum

Eligible Entities: Local Governments, Public Agencies, Tribal Government, Nonprofits, Private Entities

How to Apply: Complete an Incentive Application: https://www.energy.ca.gov/programs-and-topics/programs/building-initiative-low-emissions-development-program-build/build

Categories: Energy Efficiency

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