The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) is requesting proposals for its Advancing 30×30 in Coastal Waters program.
Donor Name: California Ocean Protection Council (OPC)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/18/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) was created to ensure that California maintains healthy, resilient, and productive ocean and coastal ecosystems for the benefit of current and future generations. OPC works with state, federal, tribal, and local entities to further the Council’s goal of protecting, conserving, and maintaining California’s healthy coastal and ocean ecosystems and the economies they support. The role of OPC is to recommend policy, lead and promote coordination, seek and leverage funding, inform government decision-making with the best available science, and to operate with transparency and accountability.
Priorities
This solicitation is intended to advance 30×30 in coastal waters by:
- Enhancing coastal and marine biodiversity conservation
- Strengthening biodiversity protections in existing 30×30 Conservation Areas
- Supporting the identification of potential new 30×30 Conservation Areas
- Providing direct benefits to coastal and marine biodiversity via restoration or other on-the-ground environmental stewardship activities
- Supporting stewardship of coastal and marine ecosystems by local communities and California Native American tribes.
Tracks
- Track 1: Action-Oriented Science
- Track 2: Accelerating Environmental Restoration and Stewardship
- Track 3: Revitalizing Tribally Led Stewardship.
Funding Information
$10 million is available through this solicitation to fund projects for up to two years.
- Total Funding for Track 1: $3,000,000
- Total funding for Track 2: $3,000,000
- Total funding for Track 3: $4,000,000.
Grant Period
2 years.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants that are eligible to apply for Prop 68 funding from OPC consist of:
- Local, state, and federal agencies
- Public or private universities
- Nonprofit organizations (must be a 501(c)(3) as verified by the Internal Revenue Service)
- Private entities
- California Native American Tribes.
For more information, visit OPC.
