The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is requesting applications to apply for its Cycle 5 Community Air Protection Program.
Donor Name: California Air Resources Board
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Community Air Grants build community capacity, improve air quality at the local scale, and support community participation in the Community Air Protection Program (CAPP). Under Blueprint 2.0, CARB commits to using CAGs as a new pathway to bring resources to consistently nominated communities in alignment with CARB’s commitment to diversity, racial equity, inclusion, and environmental justice (EJ).
The Community Air Grants Program will focus on the following priorities to promote and support a diverse range of effective community based and community driven solutions, which can serve as models and be expanded upon to benefit impacted communities throughout the state through the following:
- Achieving equitable participation and the demonstration of local partnership building and coordination, resource leveraging, in-kind support, or other forms of collaboration.
- Fostering workforce training and development (e.g., job creation and/or job training).
- Advancing equity and environmental justice within the context of California’s air quality policies.
- Promoting transferability of emissions reduction strategies contained in CARB approved Community Emission Reduction Programs (CERPs) developed by air districts and Community Steering Committees to other communities with similar sources of air pollution.
- Building capacity of participants, such as those communities consistently nominated to the Program, to engage more equitably in the Community Air Protection Program and building capacity through projects that bring together partners to develop and implement Local Community Emission Reduction Plans (L-CERPs).
- Providing CAPP benefits to communities disproportionately impacted by air pollution that are identified as disadvantaged communities by CalEnviroScreen 4.0 or SB 535.
Funding Information
- Educational projects – $300K award.
- Technical projects – $500K award.
- Focused projects – $500K award.
Grant Period
June 2025 to March 31, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply for a CARB Community Air Grant, the Applicant must be one of the following:
- A California community-based organization holding a current tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) federal Internal Revenue Code.
- A California organization holding a tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code as the Grantee, in partnership with a California community-based organization without Section 501(c)(3) status designated as a subgrantee.
- A California Native American Tribe. For the purposes of this grant, this includes all Federally Recognized Tribes, and other California Native American Tribes, as defined by Governor’s Executive Orders B-10-11 and N-15-19.
For more information, visit CARB.
