OPENDisability & Accessibility
Department of Fish and Wildlife
CDFW's Boating Access Grant Program provides funding for projects that increase access to recreational boating opportunities across California's waterways. The Boating Access program provides funding for a broad range of access facilities and associated amenities that benefit recreational boaters.
- Deadline
- Nov 6, 2026
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.; $3,000,000.00
OPENSmall Business & Startups
Department of Fish and Wildlife
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is offering $2 million in grant funding to develop or enhance Mojave Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) Recovery. This funding supports projects that produce measurable, near-term progress toward Mojave Desert Tortoise recovery in California, prioritizing actions
- Deadline
- Dec 3, 2026
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.; $2,000,000.00
OPENClimate & Environment
Department of Fish and Wildlife
CDFW seeks high quality grant proposals that support the enhancement of watersheds and communities in areas impacted by cannabis cultivation. Grants are provided through the Environmental Restoration and Protection Account pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code section 34019(f)(2)(A). This funding opportunity focuses on
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
OPENClimate & Environment
Department of Fish and Wildlife
To restore and protect rivers and streams in support of fisheries and wildlife.
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.; $15,925,000.00
OPENClimate & Environment
Department of Fish and Wildlife
To restore and protect rivers and streams in support of fisheries and wildlife.
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.; $6,087,000.00
OPENClimate & Environment
Department of Fish and Wildlife
To restore Southern California Steelhead habitat consistent with the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Steelhead Restoration and Management Plan and the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Southern California Steelhead Recovery Plan.
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.; $15,927,000.00
OPENClimate & Environment
Department of Fish and Wildlife
To improve conditions for fish and wildlife in streams, rivers, wildlife refuges, wetland habitat areas, and estuaries.
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.; $6,087,000.00
OPENEducation
Department of Fish and Wildlife
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 target archery. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) oversees the CalNASP program an
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.; $3,800.00
OPENAgriculture & Food
Department of Fish and Wildlife
The purpose of the grant is to help mitigate the impact of wolves on livestock producers in California. The Wolf-Livestock Compensation Grant Program has established three primary areas of need and compensation; direct livestock loss from wolf depredation, the use nonlethal deterrent tools, and the compensation for ind
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.; $600,000.00
OPENResearch & Science
Department of Fish and Wildlife
CDFW seeks high quality grant proposals that facilitate environmental sustainability of legal cannabis cultivation and addresses environmental impacts related to cannabis cultivation. Grants are provided through the Environmental Restoration and Protection Account pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code section 34019(f)(
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
OPENResearch & Science
Department of Fish and Wildlife
The purpose is to ensure funds generated by the sales of upland game bird hunting validations and stamps are used in programs and projects to benefit upland game bird species and their constituents.
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.; $400,000.00
OPENClimate & Environment
Department of Fish and Wildlife
To restore and protect rivers and streams in support of fisheries and wildlife.
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.; $4,124,000.00
OPENClimate & Environment
Department of Fish and Wildlife
To fund multi-benefit ecosystem and watershed protection and restoration projects that benefit the Delta.
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.; $23,115,663.00
OPENClimate & Environment
Department of Fish and Wildlife
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 equipment to protect economic and environmental resources in the event of an oil spill.
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
OPENClimate & Environment
Department of Fish and Wildlife
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 efforts while protecting their ancestral lands and communities from oil spills.
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.; $15,000.00
OPENClimate & Environment
Department of Fish and Wildlife
To fund multi-benefit ecosystem and watershed protection and restoration projects.
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.; $19,402,750.00