The California Air Resources Board is pleased to announce its Community Air Grants Program.
Donor Name: California Air Resources Board
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/24/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $300,000
Details:
The purpose of the Community Air Grants is to provide support for California community-based organizations and Tribes to participate in the AB 617 process, build capacity to become active partners with government to identify, evaluate, and ultimately reduce air pollution and exposure to harmful emissions in their communities. The AB 617 program’s goal is to reduce exposure in communities most impacted by air pollution. Communities around the State are working together to develop and implement new strategies to measure air pollution and reduce health impacts.
Community Air Grant Program goal is to be accomplished by designing and executing projects that build capacity in communities through supporting community-based organizations’ and community members’ participation in improving air quality at the local scale. This includes, but is not limited to, developing methods to acquire new or better information regarding air quality and related health impacts, as well as facilitating greenhouse gas emission reductions, and identifying or implementing measures to reduce air pollution in disproportionately impacted communities, which includes the development of community-driven Community Emissions Reduction Plans.
Grant Priorities
Community Air Grant Project priorities:
- Projects that propose/ will achieve equitable public participation and demonstrate local partnership building and coordination, resource leveraging, in-kind support, or other forms of collaboration
- Projects that foster workforce training and development (job creation and/or job training).
- Projects that advance equity and environmental justice within the context of California’s air quality policies
- Projects that focus on transferability of emissions reduction strategies from AB 617 communities to other communities with similar sources of air pollution
- Projects that build capacity of participants to engage more equitably in the AB 617 and/or AB 32 programs
- Projects that bring together partners to develop and implement local community emission reduction plans
Funding Information
The total amount of funding available for this fourth year of the Community Air Grants is $10 million. Additional funds may become available. Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis and projects will be funded up to a maximum of $300,000.
Uses of funds
Examples of what Community Air Grants are being used to fund includes, but is not limited to:
- Community engagement and outreach related to AB 617
- Hiring consultants and/or technical experts
- Travel and logistical support for hosting and/or attending meetings related to AB 617 (i.e., room rental, meeting facilitation, transportation)
- Support for community operated air monitoring
- Data collection and analysis, including community based participatory research project.
Eligibility Criteria
The following are eligible to apply for a Community Air Grant under these solicitation Guidelines:
- A California community-based organization holding a current tax-exempt status under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code
- A California organization, not affiliated with a local, municipal, city, county, or state governmental agency or entity, and holding a tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as the Grantee, in partnership with a California community-based organization without Section 501(c)(3) status designated as a sub-grantee
- A California Native American Tribe. For the purposes of this grant, this includes all Federally Recognized Tribes, and other California Native American Tribes.
For more information, visit CARB.
