Coastal Conservancy Grants
- Award ceiling
- $200,000 – $5,000,000
- Closes
- Rolling — no fixed deadline
- Last verified
- 2026-10-17
Awards $200,000 – $5,000,000 per recipient for nonprofit, public agency, tribal government, accepting applications on a rolling basis.
NonprofitPublic AgencyTribal GovernmentCAAgricultureDisadvantaged CommunitiesDisaster Prevention & ReliefEnvironment & WaterHousing, Community & Economic DevelopmentParks & Recreation
In one sentence
Coastal Conservancy Grants awards $200,000 – $5,000,000 per recipient, open to nonprofit, public agency, tribal government in CA, accepting applications on a rolling basis.
Record fields
- Program pool (total)
- Not confirmedTotal across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Award ceiling (per project)
- $5,000,000There are no maximum or minimum grant amounts for this funding; however, it is anticipated that most grants will be between $200,000 and $5,000,000.
- Award floor
- $200,000
- Typical award
- Not confirmed
- Deadline
- Rolling — no fixed deadline
- Deadline type
- Rolling
- Opens
- Not stated
- Status
- Open
- Eligible entities
- Nonprofit · Public Agency · Tribal Government
- Geography
- CA
- Matching funds
- No
- Disbursement
- Reimbursement
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Use of funds
- Agriculture · Disadvantaged Communities · Disaster Prevention & Relief · Environment & Water · Housing, Community and Economic Development · Parks & Recreation
- Currency
- USD
How much money is available?
Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.
Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
Not statedAward ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$5,000,000Source wording: “There are no maximum or minimum grant amounts for this funding; however, it is anticipated that most grants will be between $200,000 and $5,000,000.”
Who can apply?
level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
Nonprofit, Public Agency, Tribal Government
Source field: entity typesstate
Source field: states
industry
use
Agriculture, Disadvantaged Communities, Disaster Prevention & Relief, Environment & Water, Housing, Community and Economic Development, Parks & Recreation
Source field: use of fundssize limit
Not stated
Source field: applicant size limitclause text
Not stated
We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.When does it close?
No fixed deadlineRollingDeadline type Rolling
What can the money be used for?
6 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
AgricultureDisadvantaged CommunitiesDisaster Prevention & ReliefEnvironment & WaterHousing, Community and Economic DevelopmentParks & Recreation
These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.
How hard is the application?
2 fieldsEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Disbursement
- ReimbursementRecipients spend first and are reimbursed. Plan cash flow accordingly.
- Matching funds
- No
Who has received this funding?
617 awardsAwards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.
617 prior awards on file for this programme, largest first. Every row comes from the funder's own award listing; nothing here is estimated.
| Recipient | State | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Mill Valley | Not stated | $144,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Napa Valley Transportation Authority | Not stated | $143,750 | 2020-2021 |
| Native Coast Action Network | Not stated | $139,814 | 2025-2026 |
| Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority | Not stated | $130,561 | 2020-2021 |
| County of Del Norte | Not stated | $130,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Sonoma Land Trust | Not stated | $121,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District | Not stated | $120,000 | 2020-2021 |
| East Bay Regional Park District | Not stated | $120,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Pacifica Land Trust | Not stated | $120,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Cazadero Community Services District | Not stated | $115,000 | 2020-2021 |
| University of California, San Diego | Not stated | $113,660 | 2020-2021 |
| City of Santa Cruz | Not stated | $100,000 | 2020-2021 |
| County of Santa Barbara | Not stated | $100,000 | 2020-2021 |
| County of Santa Cruz | Not stated | $100,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Dry Creek Rancheria | Not stated | $100,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Green Cities Fund, Inc | Not stated | $100,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Land Together | Not stated | $100,000 | 2024-2025 |
| LandPaths (Land Partners Through Stewardship) | Not stated | $100,000 | 2025-2026 |
| LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Not stated | $100,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Mendocino Land Trust, Inc. | Not stated | $100,000 | 2022-2023 |
| Outdoor Outreach | Not stated | $100,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Public Media Group of Southern California | Not stated | $100,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living | Not stated | $100,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Semillas Sociedad Civil | Not stated | $100,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Social Good Fund | Not stated | $100,000 | 2024-2025 |
| The Ocean Foundation | Not stated | $100,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Wilderness Youth Project Inc. | Not stated | $100,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Yurok Tribe | Not stated | $100,000 | 2023-2024 |
| California Health Collaborative | Not stated | $99,800 | 2025-2026 |
| The C.R.E.W. | Not stated | $98,016 | 2024-2025 |
| Newport Bay Conservancy | Not stated | $97,300 | 2024-2025 |
| Blue Dot Education | Not stated | $94,000 | 2025-2026 |
| New Fire Yankuik Xihuitl | Not stated | $93,500 | 2025-2026 |
| South Bay Parkland Conservancy | Not stated | $90,050 | 2025-2026 |
| Audubon Canyon Ranch | Not stated | $84,250 | 2020-2021 |
| City of Fullerton, Ellis Group, Inc., Recht and Recht Company | Not stated | $83,187 | 2020-2021 |
| Mendocino Land Trust | Not stated | $82,700 | 2023-2024 |
| Carmel River Steelhead Association | Not stated | $80,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Surfrider Foundation | Not stated | $80,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium | Not stated | $79,750 | 2020-2021 |
| City of Santa Maria | Not stated | $76,500 | 2020-2021 |
| City of Riverside | Not stated | $75,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Inland Empire Waterkeeper dba Orange County Coastkeeper | Not stated | $75,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Inland Empire Waterkeeper dba Orange County Coastkeeper | Not stated | $75,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Project Avary | Not stated | $75,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Rails to Trails Conservancy | Not stated | $75,000 | 2020-2021 |
| TreePeople | Not stated | $75,000 | 2025-2026 |
| TreePeople | Not stated | $75,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Trinity County Resource Conservation District | Not stated | $75,000 | 2020-2021 |
| San Diego Canyonlands | Not stated | $74,742 | 2025-2026 |
| Sea Otter Savvy | Not stated | $71,400 | 2025-2026 |
| Coastal San Luis Resource Conservation District | Not stated | $70,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Paddle for Peace | Not stated | $68,100 | 2024-2025 |
| Evari GIS Consulting | Not stated | $67,850 | 2024-2025 |
| Black Surf Santa Cruz Inc | Not stated | $66,700 | 2024-2025 |
| Camp Del Corazon | Not stated | $64,900 | 2025-2026 |
| Local Government Commission | Not stated | $60,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Point Arena Lighthouse Keepers, Inc. | Not stated | $60,000 | 2022-2023 |
| Friends of the Dunes | Not stated | $58,500 | 2020-2021 |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | Not stated | $55,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Puente de la Costa Sur | Not stated | $55,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Orange County Coastkeeper | Not stated | $54,493 | 2020-2021 |
| MeWater Foundation | Not stated | $52,740 | 2024-2025 |
| Orange County Coastkeeper | Not stated | $51,537 | 2025-2026 |
| Amah Mutsun Land Trust | Not stated | $50,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Beach Erosion Authority for Clean Oceans and Nourishment | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022-2023 |
| City of Santa Barbara | Not stated | $50,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Color the Water | Not stated | $50,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Morro Coast Audubon Society | Not stated | $50,000 | 2022-2023 |
| R.A.C.E. Matters | Not stated | $50,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency | Not stated | $47,721 | 2020-2021 |
| GHD, Inc. | Not stated | $47,500 | 2020-2021 |
| City of Carmel by the Sea | Not stated | $45,000 | 2020-2021 |
| DiverSeaFy | Not stated | $43,200 | 2024-2025 |
| Grant African Methodist Episcopal Church | Not stated | $41,516 | 2025-2026 |
| Council for Watershed Health | Not stated | $41,500 | 2022-2023 |
| Mattole Restoration Council | Not stated | $41,200 | 2022-2023 |
| Mendocino Land Trust | Not stated | $41,000 | 2023-2024 |
| San Diego Coastkeeper | Not stated | $40,200 | 2025-2026 |
| Community Initiatives, Latino Outdoors | Not stated | $40,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Friends of the Dunes | Not stated | $40,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Ocean Discovery Insititute | Not stated | $40,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Outdoor Outreach | Not stated | $40,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Tukman Geospatial LLC | Not stated | $39,500 | 2025-2026 |
| Greater Farallones Association | Not stated | $38,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Orange County Coastkeeper | Not stated | $35,780 | 2022-2023 |
| City Surf Project | Not stated | $35,000 | 2020-2021 |
| County of Santa Cruz, Gary Ifland and Associates | Not stated | $35,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC) | Not stated | $35,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Hoopa Valley Tribe | Not stated | $35,000 | 2020-2021 |
| STOKED Mentoring | Not stated | $35,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Social Good Fund | Not stated | $35,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation | Not stated | $35,000 | 2020-2021 |
| YES Nature to Neighborhoods | Not stated | $35,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Ventana Wildlife Society | Not stated | $34,800 | 2020-2021 |
| Waterside Workshops | Not stated | $33,700 | 2020-2021 |
| Jug Handle Creek Farm and Nature Center | Not stated | $33,300 | 2022-2023 |
| Gary Ifland and Associates | Not stated | $31,400 | 2020-2021 |
| Inland Empire Resource Conservation District | Not stated | $30,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Outward Bound Adventures Inc., Santa Monica Conservancy | Not stated | $29,200 | 2020-2021 |
Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.
What comparable notices state
64 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.
Among open records stored under Agriculture, 64 of 78 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:
- 25th percentile$300,000
- Median$1,000,000
- 75th percentile$2,000,000
A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.
Common questions
8 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
- How much can one applicant receive?
- $200,000 – $5,000,000 per recipient. The source states: “There are no maximum or minimum grant amounts for this funding; however, it is anticipated that most grants will be between $200,000 and $5,000,000.”.
- When is the application deadline?
- This programme accepts applications on a rolling basis and states no fixed closing date.
- Who is eligible to apply?
- Nonprofit, Public Agency, Tribal Government.
- Which locations are eligible?
- CA.
- What can the funding be used for?
- Agriculture, Disadvantaged Communities, Disaster Prevention & Relief, Environment & Water, Housing, Community and Economic Development, Parks & Recreation, as classified by the source.
- Is matching funding required?
- No. The source states that no matching funds are required.
- Is the money paid up front or reimbursed?
- Reimbursement. Recipients spend first and claim the cost back, so the money has to be found before it is repaid.
- Has this programme funded anyone before?
- 617 prior awards are on file for this programme, made by Coastal Conservancy. Recipients, amounts and fiscal years are listed on this page.
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