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Wildfire, flood, earthquake and emergency-preparedness funding from Cal OES, CAL FIRE and others. Community organizations often qualify for preparedness and recovery work. 11 open now, 7 open to nonprofits.
Disaster grants fund wildfire prevention and recovery, flood and earthquake preparedness, emergency planning and community resilience. The Office of Emergency Services, CAL FIRE and the conservancies are the main state funders, and much of the money is federal pass-through from FEMA and the Forest Service.
Categories are assigned by the grantor on the California Grants Portal; a grant can appear in several. All categories with descriptions →
Next Generation Early Warning streaming projects
The Real-time Data Grant Program was created to help fund projects to fill a gap in our current flood warning system. This grant program will fund additional real-time telemetry of reservoir elevations at dams with unga…
Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024. Appropriations under Chapter 6 Protect Biodiversity and Accelerating Nature-Based Climate Solutions 93020 to reduce the ris…
The 2025 Multifamily Finance Super NOFA - Los Angeles Disaster makes funds more accessible to developers enables the funding to further serve the lowest income Californians and increases the range of potential applicants…
Priorities for RMC Wildfire Prevention Grant Program: 1. Protect and expand native forests/wildlands; 2. Support communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire and improving fire safety; 3. Promote sustainable…
Track 1 of the SB 1 SLR Adaptation Grant Program supports jurisdiction-wide and regional sea level rise planning across California’s coast and San Francisco Bay. Projects advance consistent, comprehensive SLR Adaptation …
The Tribal Preparedness Grant is part of the Office of Spill Prevention and Response Program and supports California Native American tribes in preparing for and enhancing emergency preparedness, response, and recovery ef…
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds plans and projects that reduce the effects of future natural disasters. In California, these funds are administered by the Cal OES HMGP Unit. Eligible subapplicants include st…
The objective of the Local Oil Spill Response Equipment Grant Program is to award grants to Native American tribal governments, counties, cities, and special districts in order to pre-position (pre-stage) response equipm…
Each year, the Coastal Conservancy issues millions of dollars in grants for projects that restore and protect the California coast, expand public access to it, and enhance its resilience to climate change. We fund a wide…
CAEATFA supports California's mission to provide financial incentives to cutting-edge companies by offering a sales and use tax exclusion to manufacturers purchasing equipment to promote alternative energy, advanced tran…
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As of Oct 30, 2026 there are 11 open grants in this category on the California Grants Portal, 7 of them open to nonprofits. 1 have a fixed deadline and 10 are ongoing or in cycles announced by the grantor. The nearest deadline is Nov 25, 2026 (FY 2025 Next Generation Warning System (NGWS) for Early Earthquake Warning (EEW) Grant Program CFO, Governor's Office of Emergency Services).
Who funds it: Governor's Office of Emergency Services (2), San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (2), Department of Fish and Wildlife (2), Department of Water Resources (1), Department of Housing and Community Development (1).
Funding available: programs that state a total range from $15K to $210.1M; 2 list no total. 1 of the 11 require matching funds.
Community organizations qualify most often for preparedness education, fire-safe council work, and recovery services after a declared disaster. Prevention programs usually require a project on specific land or a partnership with the agency that manages it, and the federal pass-through programs bring federal reporting rules with them.
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11 as of Oct 30, 2026, 7 of them open to nonprofits. The list is rebuilt daily from the California Grants Portal.
The agencies with the most open programs right now are Governor's Office of Emergency Services, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, Department of Fish and Wildlife.
1 of the 11 open programs require a match. Use the 'No match required' filter to exclude them.
Yes. Applications are made on the grantor's own site at no cost. Anyone asking for a fee is not the grantor.
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