Coastal Conservancy Grants
- Award ceiling
- $200,000 – $5,000,000
- Closes
- Rolling — no fixed deadline
- Last verified
- 2026-10-16
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Save the Redwoods League | Not stated | $1,239,300 | 2025-2026 |
| City of Oakland | Not stated | $1,233,315 | 2023-2024 |
| John Muir Land Trust | Not stated | $1,230,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Napa County Resource Conservation District | Not stated | $1,225,984 | 2020-2021 |
| Bay Area Ridge Trail Council | Not stated | $1,200,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Bay Area Ridge Trail Council | Not stated | $1,200,000 | 2022-2023 |
| County of Santa Barbara | Not stated | $1,200,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority | Not stated | $1,188,000 | 2023-2024 |
| California Marine Sanctuary Foundation | Not stated | $1,169,120 | 2024-2025 |
| City of San Pablo | Not stated | $1,150,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Solano Resource Conservation District | Not stated | $1,143,500 | 2023-2024 |
| San Mateo Resource Conservation District | Not stated | $1,142,861 | 2020-2021 |
| North East Trees | Not stated | $1,131,700 | 2024-2025 |
| Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County | Not stated | $1,123,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Coastal San Luis Obispo Resource Conservation District | Not stated | $1,110,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Multiple | Not stated | $1,104,736 | 2023-2024 |
| LandPaths (Land Partners Through Stewardship) | Not stated | $1,103,500 | 2024-2025 |
| Pepperwood Foundation | Not stated | $1,100,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Together Bay Area | Not stated | $1,100,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District | Not stated | $1,091,700 | 2024-2025 |
| California Marine Sanctuary Foundation | Not stated | $1,090,000 | 2022-2023 |
| City of Eureka | Not stated | $1,090,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Marin Municipal Water District | Not stated | $1,088,609 | 2020-2021 |
| Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District | Not stated | $1,080,000 | 2022-2023 |
| City of San Diego | Not stated | $1,072,000 | 2023-2024 |
| City of Watsonville | Not stated | $1,068,300 | 2025-2026 |
| Humboldt County Resource Conservation District | Not stated | $1,066,000 | 2025-2026 |
| City of Encinitas | Not stated | $1,060,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Multiple | Not stated | $1,057,650 | 2023-2024 |
| County of Humboldt | Not stated | $1,057,049 | 2024-2025 |
| Port of San Diego | Not stated | $1,023,500 | 2020-2021 |
| Port of San Diego | Not stated | $1,023,500 | 2024-2025 |
| Alameda County Fire Department | Not stated | $1,000,000 | 2025-2026 |
| California Department of Parks and Recreation | Not stated | $1,000,000 | 2022-2023 |
| California State Coastal Conservancy | Not stated | $1,000,000 | 2024-2025 |
| California State University | Not stated | $1,000,000 | 2025-2026 |
| City of Richmond | Not stated | $1,000,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Coastside Land Trust | Not stated | $1,000,000 | 2025-2026 |
| East Bay Regional Park District | Not stated | $1,000,000 | 2024-2025 |
| East Bay Regional Park District | Not stated | $1,000,000 | 2022-2023 |
| Homeless Garden Project | Not stated | $1,000,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Land Trust of Santa Cruz County | Not stated | $1,000,000 | 2022-2023 |
| Regents of the University of California, Santa Barbara | Not stated | $1,000,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County | Not stated | $1,000,000 | 2024-2025 |
| San Francisco Recreation and Park Department | Not stated | $1,000,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Save the Redwoods League | Not stated | $1,000,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Save the Redwoods League | Not stated | $1,000,000 | 2020-2021 |
| Surfrider Foundation | Not stated | $1,000,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Tomales Bay Watershed Council Foundation | Not stated | $999,335 | 2023-2024 |
| Mid-Klamath Watershed Council | Not stated | $997,900 | 2025-2026 |
| Zero Foodprint | Not stated | $995,500 | 2022-2023 |
| Russian Riverkeeper | Not stated | $989,300 | 2022-2023 |
| Land Trust of Santa Cruz County | Not stated | $980,000 | 2025-2026 |
| California Invasive Plant Council, Olofson Environmental Inc. | Not stated | $968,900 | 2023-2024 |
| Aquatic Science Center -San Francisco Estuary Institute, et al | Not stated | $963,014 | 2020-2021 |
| County of San Mateo | Not stated | $950,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Resilient Cities Catalyst | Not stated | $950,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Sonoma County Regional Parks | Not stated | $950,000 | 2024-2025 |
| California Invasive Plant Council, Olofson Environmental Inc. | Not stated | $949,925 | 2025-2026 |
| City of Santa Barbara | Not stated | $947,850 | 2024-2025 |
| Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council | Not stated | $935,200 | 2025-2026 |
| City of Fortuna | Not stated | $922,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County | Not stated | $910,000 | 2022-2023 |
| California Department of Parks and Recreation | Not stated | $900,000 | 2025-2026 |
| California Marine Sanctuary Foundation | Not stated | $889,225 | 2023-2024 |
| Resource Conservation District of Monterey County | Not stated | $880,100 | 2025-2026 |
| Regents of the University of California, San Diego, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project | Not stated | $880,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Westport Village Society | Not stated | $870,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Santa Cruz County Parks Department | Not stated | $865,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County | Not stated | $864,000 | 2022-2023 |
| City of Albany , City of El Cerrito | Not stated | $850,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Los Penasquitos Lagoon Foundation | Not stated | $850,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Westport Village Society | Not stated | $845,000 | 2022-2023 |
| City of Crescent City | Not stated | $835,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Cachuma Resource Conservation District and to the Santa Barbara Fire Safe Council | Not stated | $824,900 | 2022-2023 |
| San Mateo County Resource Conservation District | Not stated | $813,500 | 2023-2024 |
| Ventura County Watershed Protection District | Not stated | $809,730 | 2020-2021 |
| Mendocino County Fire Safe Council | Not stated | $803,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Mendocino County Fire Safe Council | Not stated | $803,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Sanctuary Forest, Inc. | Not stated | $800,750 | 2025-2026 |
| City of Marina | Not stated | $800,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Mattole Restoration Council | Not stated | $800,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Sonoma Land Trust | Not stated | $787,500 | 2022-2023 |
| Mendocino Land Trust | Not stated | $778,800 | 2024-2025 |
| Literacy for Environmental Justice | Not stated | $772,000 | 2025-2026 |
| City of San Luis Obispo | Not stated | $770,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Land Trust of Santa Cruz County | Not stated | $760,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Mendocino County Fire Safe Council | Not stated | $757,500 | 2024-2025 |
| Santa Lucia Conservancy | Not stated | $752,510 | 2022-2023 |
| Noyo Harbor District | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024-2025 |
| San Diego Canyonlands | Not stated | $750,000 | 2022-2023 |
| Trinidad Coastal Land Trust | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Coastal San Luis Obispo Resource Conservation District | Not stated | $727,700 | 2023-2024 |
| Elk Valley Rancheria | Not stated | $725,000 | 2023-2024 |
| consultants | Not stated | $711,000 | 2022-2023 |
| Land Trust of Napa County, Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District | Not stated | $704,000 | 2024-2025 |
| City of San Rafael | Not stated | $700,000 | 2022-2023 |
| East Bay Regional Park District | Not stated | $700,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Multiple | Not stated | $695,000 | 2020-2021 |
| California Trout, Inc | Not stated | $694,358 | 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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