The Rose Foundation is pleased to present this grant opportunity for water quality related projects in the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board’s jurisdiction.
Donor Name: Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
State: California
County: Kern County (CA), Monterey County (CA), San Benito County (CA), San Luis Obispo County (CA), San Mateo County (CA), Santa Barbara County (CA), Santa Clara County (CA), Santa Cruz County (CA), Ventura County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/28/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Central Coast Community-Based Water Quality Grants Program supports projects that water quality related projects in the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board’s jurisdiction, with an emphasis on projects that advance environmental justice and/or provide water quality benefits to underrepresented communities.
The Rose Foundation is partnering with the Bay Foundation of Morro Bay in presenting this grant opportunity, and there will be a publicly available ranking and selection criteria utilized in the selection process.
Preferred topic areas include:
- The human right to water
- Environmental justice and local environmental justice capacity
- Water quality impacts of climate change
- Drought related water supply resiliency projects
- Climate adaptation and mitigation projects
- Sustainable drinking water or wastewater treatment solutions
- Sustainable groundwater management strategies
- Providing benefits to Underrepresented Communities
Additional topic areas include, but are not limited to the following:
- Projects that provide water quality benefits to marine habitats and associated beneficial uses in San Luis Obispo County.
- Implementation of activities that will reduce pollutant loading and make measurable progress toward meeting water quality objectives established in the Central Coast Basin Plan.
- Water quality improvement or restoration projects that preserve and restore watershed functions and support healthy ecosystems, especially in impaired waterbodies identified on the 303(d) List and associated Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs).
- On-farm Best Management Practice (BMP) implementation projects that demonstrate reductions in salt and nitrate loading, especially projects that assist limited resource farmers.
- Projects that prevent or address Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)
Funding Information
- Large Grant Track
- is for funding requests of up to $200,000, and most grants will be in the $100,000-200,000 range.
- Small Grant Track
- is for funding requests of up to $50K, and most grant awards will be in the $20-$50K range.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be one of the following:
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organizations
- Federally recognized Indian tribes or
- State Indian tribes listed on the Native American Heritage Commission’s Tribal Consultation List
- Public agencies (e.g., counties, cities, districts), including agencies having jurisdiction over water resources management, drinking water, or treatment and disposal/reuse of municipal wastewater or other wastes
- Projects must be conducted within the jurisdiction of the Central Coast Water Board, identified as Region 3. (Region 3 includes Southern Santa Clara (Morgan Hill and south), Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara Counties, and small portions of Ventura, Kern, and San Mateo Counties).
For more information, visit Rose Foundation for Communities.
