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K-12, early-childhood, adult and higher-education programs. Many are limited to schools and districts, so check the applicant types on each listing. 22 open now, 20 open to nonprofits.
Education grants span early childhood, K-12, adult education, libraries and workforce-adjacent training. The Department of Education runs the largest programs, but the State Library, the Student Aid Commission and the Workforce Development Board also post here. Many programs are restricted to school districts, county offices of education or community colleges.
Categories are assigned by the grantor on the California Grants Portal; a grant can appear in several. All categories with descriptions →
Provide boating safety education to the general public.
The CEA-LAT Grant Program supports community-based organizations that conduct outreach and education related to the Technology for Equipment and Clean Heating (TECH) Clean California initiative. Grant-funded activities h…
The Digital Divide Grant Program will award one grant of $100,000 for rural and urban public schools and two grants of up to $50,000 each for non-profit Community Based Organizations (CBO). The grants will fund digital p…
The CalAgPlate program funds projects that support agricultural education, agricultural career awareness and development, agriculture career training, and agriculture leadership development to assist students at the kind…
The purpose of the Recreational Trails Program is to provide for well managed OHV Recreation by providing financial assistance to eligible agencies and organizations that develop, maintain, operate, expand, support, or c…
YCA Grants will fund projects that serve youth from low-income and disadvantaged communities and provide immersive and meaningful experiences with natural or cultural resources within California that participants otherwi…
The purpose of the After School Education and Safety Program is to create incentives for establishing locally-driven Expanded Learning programs, including after school programs that partner with public schools and commun…
CalNASP is an affiliate of the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP™), a non-profit, international style archery program dedicated to providing students in grades 4-12 the opportunity to learn and participate in…
The State Charter School Incentive Grant Program funds are applied toward a charter school’s annual costs of rent, lease, mortgage, debt service, or Proposition 39 pro-rata payments for facilities, or towards the costs o…
The Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade Energy Efficiency Program’s (KTEP) goal is to provide zero-interest loans to Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade (K-12) schools in California for energy efficiency retrofits and rene…
The program is to award grants to eligible entities that help charter schools address the cost of acquiring, constructing and renovating facilities by enhancing the accessibility and availability of loans and bond financ…
Priorities for RMC Prop 68 Grant Funding: 1. Develop urban recreation projects and habitat protection or restoration projects 2. Provide workforce development opportunities 3. Expand access to diverse populations RMC…
Aimed to assist charter schools lower costs to access facility acquisition, renovation, and construction financing.
Aimed to assist charter schools lower costs to access facility acquisition, renovation, and construction financing.
This non-competitive grant program focuses on increasing public access to the Delta through recreation and tourism opportunities, historic and cultural preservation, and environmental education in order to promote a robu…
This program will provide a borrower with access to low interest rate capital markets through the issuance of tax-exempt and taxable revenue bonds.
Designed to help provide credit enhancement to facilitate the financing of the purchase, construction, and/or renovation of facilities for California public Charter Schools. Funds awarded under the Program will be used i…
To provide financial assistance for charter school facilities.
The Charter School Revolving Loan Fund Program provides low-cost loans of up to $250,000 to charter schools
The federally-funded Charter School Facilities Credit Enhancement Grant Program provides grants to fully or partially fund debt service reserve accounts on bond transactions issued through the Authority. The grant is int…
Through the passage of Propositions 47, 55, 1D, and most recently, 51, $1.4 billion has been made available to charter schools for construction of new facilities or rehabilitation of existing school district facilities. …
The California Workforce Development Board (CWDB), in partnership with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), is offering $19 million in grants for the High Road to Construction Careers 2026 (HRCC 2026) …
No grants match those filters.
As of Oct 30, 2026 there are 22 open grants in this category on the California Grants Portal, 20 of them open to nonprofits. 7 have a fixed deadline and 15 are ongoing or in cycles announced by the grantor. The nearest deadline is Oct 30, 2026 (Division of Boating and Waterways Aquatic Center Boating Safety Education Grant FY26, Department of Parks and Recreation).
Who funds it: State Treasurer's Office (10), Department of Parks and Recreation (2), Public Utilities Commission (2), CA Department of Food and Agriculture (1), CA Natural Resources Agency (1).
Funding available: programs that state a total range from $4K to $1400M; 3 list no total. 2 of the 22 require matching funds.
For nonprofits the useful listings are expanded-learning and after-school programs, tutoring and literacy initiatives, and programs that require a community partner. Filter to nonprofit-eligible and read the applicant notes; 'local educational agency' means a district or charter, not an organization that works with one.
Browse all open California grants, grants closing soon, or every category. Not in California? See the state guides.
22 as of Oct 30, 2026, 20 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 State Treasurer's Office, Department of Parks and Recreation, Public Utilities Commission.
2 of the 22 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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