The California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) Clean Vessel Act Education and Outreach Grant Program (Grant Program) uses federal Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund grants to support programs that educate California boaters and increase public awareness about boat waste management and its proper disposal.
Donor Name: Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW)
State: California
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $277,500
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The funding for the 2022 grant will be from the Clean Vessel Act Coastal Award F22AP00307. The goal of this Grant Program is to educate California boaters to reduce sewage discharge into California waterways.
The purpose of this Grant Program is to provide funding to a non-profit organization, any municipal level government entity, or private (for-profit) organization for educating boaters about proper sewage disposal, proper use of pumpout facilities, and pumpout monitoring.
Goals
The Grant Program will support two main goals in each geographic region:
- Perform education and outreach, and
- Triennial monitoring and reporting of the pumpout and dump stations network.
Objectives
- Objective A Education and Outreach
- Objective B Monitoring
- Objective C Non-Motorized Boater Behavior Study
- Objective D Phase 2 Sewage Volume Study
Amount Available for each Grant:
A maximum of $277,500 of federal CVA funding is available for each of the targeted regions to complete Objectives A (Education and Outreach) and B (Monitor the pumpout and dump stations network). There are additional funds for Objective C Non-Motorized Boater Sewage Behavior Study ($37,500), and Objective D the second phase of the Sewage Volume Study ($75,000). These additional objectives are not region-specific and can be completed by one awardee or split between both.
Grant Period
The anticipated grant start date of January 1, 2023, and end date of December 31, 2023.
Target Audience
The Grant Program is aimed at all coastal recreational boaters identified in the two targeted geographic regions mentioned below, specifically boaters with onboard holding tanks. The Grant Program should serve as a general reminder to all boaters to keep California’s waters clean. This Grant Program focuses on two targeted geographic regions of California:
- 13‐county San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary (San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Solano, Napa, Sonoma, Marin, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties).
- 6 Southern California Coastal Counties (Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, and San Luis Obispo Counties).
Eligibility of Applicants and Projects
- This grant is open to any organization including non-profit organizations, municipal level government entities, and private (for-profit) organizations.
- Grants will not be awarded to fund advocacy work.
- Applicants must be able to demonstrate at least five continuous years of experience within the last ten years in developing and implementing educational and outreach programs for boating communities and boating facilities. A written summary of the outcome of the multi-year educational and outreach programs must be verifiable and available upon request.
- This is a reimbursement program. Reimbursement is available for up to 67% of the eligible project costs. Grantee is responsible for finding eligible match funding (in the form of cash, donations, or volunteer hours) totaling no less than 33% of the total project value.
- Example:
- Requested reimbursement amount: $100,000
- To be reimbursed for this amount, grantee must demonstrate that it has generated a minimum project value of no less than $149,254 (divide $100,000 by 67%).
- Minimum match required is 33% of the total project value. In this case it would be $49,254.
- Each grant proposal must include plans for education, outreach, and monitoring.
- Applications that do not address each component will be disqualified.
For more information, visit Education and Outreach Grant.
