The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking applications for its San Francisco Bay Restoration Grants.
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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: 03/03/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The SF Bay Grant Program is competitive and focuses on program priorities that make measurable progress in restoring the Bay and its watersheds.
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to seek applications that align with the Administration’s “Five Pillars” from the “Powering the Great American Comeback” initiative; to support the SF Bay program priorities; and to align with appropriate statutory authorities. The SF Bay Program aims to support a broad array of project types that improve ecosystem functions and address water quality impacts from nutrients, stormwater, urban pesticide use, and habitat loss.
Goals
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports the Administrator’s Powering the Great American Comeback Initiative, with an emphasis on Pillar 1 (Clean Water for Every American) and Pillar 3 (Permitting Reform, Cooperative Federalism, and Cross-Agency Partnerships) to spur economic prosperity, protect aquatic and terrestrial habitat, and offer recreational opportunities to millions of Americans.
EPA also requires that grant applicants adequately describe environmental outputs and outcomes to be achieved under this grant . Applicants must include specific statements describing the environmental results of the proposed project in terms of well-defined outputs, and to the maximum extent practicable, well-defined outcomes that will demonstrate how the project will contribute to the priorities described above.
Funding Information
The amount of funding is expected to be approximately 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 per award.
Grant Period
Awards funded under this opportunity are expected to have a 3-5year project period.
Geographical Areas
Projects must be carried out entirely within one or more of the nine SF Bay counties (Marin, Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San Francisco) that drain to the Bay.
Eligibility Criteria
Only these types of organizations may apply:
- State, local agencies, and special districts
- Federally recognized Tribes: non-federally recognized Tribes represented by a nonprofit institution
- Public or nonprofit agencies, institutions, and organizations.
For more information, visit Grant.gov.
