The Air District is offering grants to community-based organizations, neighborhood associations, and other community-based, local nonprofits to leverage community power to fully participate in decisions that impact the environment and health of the communities they serve.
Donor Name: Bay Area Air Quality Management District
State: California
County: Alameda County (CA), Contra Costa County (CA), Marin County (CA), Napa County (CA), San Francisco County (CA), San Mateo County (CA), Santa Clara County (CA), Solano County (CA), Sonoma County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/07/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The Air District seeks to strengthen partnerships with community-based organizations so that more Bay Area advocates have the information and resources they need to fully engage with Air District programs and policies.
Through the James Cary Smith Community Grant Program, the Air District will expand and support its network of community partners and work collaboratively to improve community members’ ability to partner with the Air District to improve local air quality and public health.
Grant Program Objectives
The Air District seeks to provide grant funding for projects that will:
- Help build community capacity to participate in one or more of the following: reducing air pollution, reducing human exposure to air pollution, and/or increasing community members’ ability to meaningfully engage with the Air District and its work;
- Design and implement strategies that foster authentic and meaningful engagement, and empower and build organizational and community capacity to actively participate in planning activities that improve a community’s environmental health;
- Uplift local efforts that improve air quality and public health; and
- Serve environmental justice communities, including communities that are under resourced, income challenged, unhoused, English language learners, and/or overburdened by a disproportionate share of air pollution.
Funding Information
A total of $1,500,000 is available for the James Cary Smith Community Grant Program in Cycle 2.The maximum amount for an individual grant is $300,000 over three years, with a maximum of $100,000 per year pending demonstrated grantee progress toward grant objectives and available Air District funds.
Eligibility Criteria
Community-based groups and local 501(c)(3) nonprofits located within the Air District’s jurisdiction (the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southwestern Solano, and southern Sonoma) may apply for a James Cary Smith Community Grant.
To be eligible to apply for a James Cary Smith Community 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) of the federal Internal Revenue Code; OR
- A California organization holding a tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code as the Fiscal Sponsor/Grantee, in partnership with a California community-based organization without Section 501(c)(3) status designated as a subgrantee.
For more information, visit BAAQMD.
