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Public health, behavioral health, victim services and social-services funding. Nonprofit providers are the main applicant type for many of these. 13 open now, 13 open to nonprofits.
Health and human services grants fund public health, behavioral health, victim services, aging and disability services, family support and similar work. Funders include the Department of Public Health, Health Care Services, Social Services, Aging, the Victim Compensation Board and the Office of Emergency Services' victim-services programs.
Categories are assigned by the grantor on the California Grants Portal; a grant can appear in several. All categories with descriptions →
EMS Program funding will be awarded to increase the number of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) in local communities with a particular focus in the inclusion of young adult participants who come from a disadvantaged o…
The 2026 CNIP RFP is focused on increasing California-grown fresh fruit and vegetable purchases at Certified Farmers’ Markets and California Small Businesses* by shoppers using CalFresh (SNAP) benefits and sustaining pro…
This Grant is to provide support to eligible community-based, nonprofit organizations for the purpose of delivering trauma-informed, rehabilitative and/or restorative justice programming in CDCR institutions.
The Trauma Recovery Center Grant funds centers throughout California that assist victims of violent crime. These centers provide wrap-around services and assist victims who are typically unserved and underserved communit…
The Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program (SPP) that helps support the acquisition and development of new parks and the renovation or expansion of existing parks in critically underserved and cl…
This program will provide a borrower with access to low interest rate capital markets through the issuance of tax-exempt and taxable commercial paper notes.
With funding from the California Electronic Cigarette Excise Tax (Senate Bill 395, Chapter 489, Statutes of 2021), the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) is launching the Small and Rural Hospital Rel…
The purpose of the program is to improve the health and welfare of California's critically ill children, by providing a stable and ready source of funds for capital improvement projects for children's hospitals.
The purpose of the program is to improve the health and welfare of California’s critically ill children, by providing a stable and ready source of funds for capital improvement projects for children's hospitals.
This grant allows applicants to apply for funding to implement programs for improving Skilled Nursing Facility residents' quality of life. Projects may span topics such as training, culture change and direct improvements…
This program will provide a borrower with access to low interest rate capital markets through the issuance of tax-exempt and taxable revenue bonds.
This program will provide low-interest rate loans to California's non-profit small or rural health facilities in an efficient, timely, and cost-effective manner.
This program will provide a borrower with access to tax-exempt, fixed-rate financing for equipment purchases.
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As of Oct 30, 2026 there are 13 open grants in this category on the California Grants Portal, 13 of them open to nonprofits. 5 have a fixed deadline and 8 are ongoing or in cycles announced by the grantor. The nearest deadline is Nov 2, 2026 (Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Grant for Program Year 2026-27 (PY 26-27), Employment Development Department).
Who funds it: State Treasurer's Office (6), Employment Development Department (1), CA Department of Food and Agriculture (1), CA Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (1), Victim Compensation Board (1).
Funding available: programs that state a total range from $8.5M to $5000M; 3 list no total. 1 of the 13 require matching funds.
Nonprofit service providers are the main applicant type, often alongside counties. Many programs flow federal money and bring federal rules on allowable costs, and many are structured as multi-year contracts rather than one-time grants, which makes the first award the hard one.
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13 as of Oct 30, 2026, 13 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, Employment Development Department, CA Department of Food and Agriculture.
1 of the 13 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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