The California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) is pleased to announce the availability of funding for Round 2 of the Regional Climate Collaboratives (RCC) Program.
Donor Name: California Strategic Growth Council
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/06/2023
Size of the Grant:
- Small grants between $500,000 and $999,999
- Large grants between $1M and $1.75M
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The RCC Program is a capacity building grant program for under-resourced communities. RCC funds community-rooted and cross-sectoral partners to deepen their relationships and develop the processes, plans, and projects that will drive and sustain climate action. The goal of the program is to strengthen local coordination, leadership, knowledge, skills, and expertise with a particular focus on increasing access to funding resources for project planning and implementation within under-resourced communities. RCC was designed to serve both emerging and established Collaboratives across the state, so applicants can tailor their proposals based on their size and community context.
Program Objectives
All RCC Program activities must build the capacity of selected under-resourced communities within a region to secure funding for climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience projects. Proposed tasks and narrative responses should provide additional detail around about the collaborative’s approach to achieve desired outcomes.
- Develop Actionable Plans and Projects: Collaborative activities should lead to the update and/or development of local plans as well as climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience projects that can be implemented if funding is secured. Grant activities will build the ability for Collaborative members and other entities within the communities served to develop competitive grant proposals.
- Build Social Infrastructure: Collaborative activities must foster trusting and enduring relationships between Collaborative members and with external entities and residents across the Project Area. Building social infrastructure will enable better regional coordination on the development and implementation of climate-related plans, projects, and applications for funding.
- Center Community Engagement and Decision Making: Collaboratives must directly engage residents and key local entities, with a focus on under-represented and historically excluded groups, in all phases of the RCC project. Collaboratives should use proven engagement methods that facilitate direct participation of community members, such as translating meetings and materials, scheduling meetings at times and locations convenient for community members, and involving community members in project scoping, development, and implementation.
- Develop Equity-Centered Processes: Collaborative activities should develop or improve local and regional processes that result in demonstrable benefits for under-resourced communities and enable residents, community-based organizations, and tribes to meaningfully co-lead on climate change related priorities.
Funding Information
- SGC anticipates that $8.5 million will be available for competitive awards in this funding round
- Small grants between $500,000 and $999,999
- Large grants between $1M and $1.75M
- RCC grant terms are three years.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants for a Collaborative include, but are not limited to, the following:
- California Native American Tribes: Native American tribes on the California tribal consultation contact list that the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) maintains per Chapter 905 of the Statutes of 2004 (Pub. Resources Code, § 21073). Please note that the RCC program does not require a waiver of sovereign immunity for tribal awardees.
- Community-based Organizations and Nonprofits: 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, non-governmental organizations, philanthropic organizations/foundations, tribal-serving organizations. Organizations, collaboratives, and networks that are fiscally sponsored by any of these types of organizations, and those fiscally sponsored by academic institutions, are also eligible.
- Local Government Agencies: cities; counties; metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs); joint powers authorities (JPAs); regional transportation planning agencies (RTPAs); Councils of governments (COGs); California institutions of higher education; special districts (e.g., school districts); public authorities; public agencies; political subdivisions; and public corporations (California GC § 811.2, excluding state agencies).
- Small Businesses: Small businesses that can demonstrate certification or eligibility for certification with the California Department of General Services (DGS).
- Other organizations with a history of providing community-based outreach or technical assistance: Applicants are responsible for determining which organizations play this role in their community and providing justification to demonstrate this in their application. These organizations may vary according to local and regional context.
For more information, visit California Strategic Growth Council.
