FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

UPCOMING AND OPEN FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:

2026 Climate Action Event Microgrant Program: California Volunteers’ California Climate Action Corps, in partnership with Keep California Beautiful, is offering one-time funding up to $1,500 to eligible entities through the 2026 Climate Action Event Microgrant Program to support volunteer climate service events throughout the state. Those climate service events must include a defined volunteer role in a service project with a measurable climate outcome in one of the 10 priority actions for Climate Action Counts, our statewide effort to unite Californians in taking everyday actions at home and in their neighborhoods. Priority will be given to applications for events planned for April 2026 (Earth Month) or September 2026 (Climate Action Counts Month), so apply today! 

Whole Kids School Garden Grant (deadline: March 15): The Garden Grant program provides a $3,500 monetary grant to support a new or existing edible educational garden located at a K–12 School in the U.S. or Canada. If grant applications are closed, don’t worry! This grant reopens annually in late winter and disbursements are sent to grantees the following fall. Click here to learn more. 

The California Fertilizer Foundation’s (CFF) Garden Grant Program strives to increase the understanding and awareness of agriculture and plant nutrition in California’s youth through school gardens. In doing so, classroom curriculum can be enhanced with first-hand experiences. Applications will be accepted at any time, and reviewed twice a year.  January 15, 2026 and June 15, 2026. Learn more here. 

Other grants to track that are available statewide:

• Adventure Pass Grant, Parks California and California State Parks
• Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Grant, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• California Grant Portal - subscribe to receive notifications
• California Marine Protected Areas Outreach and Education Small Grants Program, Coastal Quest/Ocean Protection Council
• CAL FIRE IRA Grants, CAL FIRE's Urban and Community Forestry (UCF) Program
• Career Pathways, Parks California
• Environmental Education Grant, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Environmental Justice Small Grant, California Environmental Protection Agency
• Explore the Coast Grant, State Coastal Conservancy
• Liberated Paths, Justice Outside
• Outdoor Equity Grant, California State Parks
• Route to Parks, Parks California
• Youth Access to Nature Fund, Justice Outside
• Youth Community Access Grant, California Natural Resources Agency
• Whale Tail Grant, California Coastal Commission

Please contact info@aeoe.org if you are aware of additional funding opportunities to share with our community.