City of Sacramento Community Action Grant (California)

The City of Sacramento Stormwater Quality Improvement Program provides grant funds for community action projects that improve the quality of local creeks, rivers and watersheds within the City of Sacramento.

Donor Name: City of Sacramento

State: California

City: Sacramento

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 05/16/2025

Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000

Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned

Details:

The grant will fund an eligible program, or programs, that prevent pollution from entering storm drains, creeks and the Sacramento and American Rivers.

Community Action Grants are part of the City Stormwater Program’s effort to establish working partnerships with the local community and foster environmental stewardship to assist in meeting pollution prevention goals. Teachers, neighborhood groups, volunteer groups, environmental organizations and other nonprofit associations are encouraged to submit their ideas for protecting, restoring or enhancing creeks, riparian corridors, watersheds and rivers within the city.

The City Stormwater Program’s mission is to prevent stormwater and urban runoff pollution, protect water quality and preserve the beneficial uses of local creeks and rivers. Stormwater and urban runoff pollution results when trash, motor oil, hazardous household products, garden chemicals and other toxic materials are spilled or washed by rain or excessive irrigation into the storm drain system where they flow directly into creeks and rivers, untreated. The success of community-based efforts, such as the Community Action Grant program, greatly assists the City Stormwater Program in meeting its pollution prevention goals and educating the community on how everyone can have a part of protecting the waterways!

Funding Information

Up to $3,000 per project.

Eligible Expenses

Purchase of materials and supplies
Equipment rental
Promotion of a volunteer event
Volunteer recruitment
Meals for volunteers
Purchase of native vegetation.

Eligible Projects

Eligible projects must in some way benefit, protect, or enhance local creeks, rivers, or watersheds:

Education Projects
- Create materials or outreach activities on ways that people can help prevent pollution in creeks, rivers, or watersheds
- Write a stream or watershed guidebook and conduct tours or field trips

Create interpretive displays or signs relating to water quality
- Purchase and distribute used oil recycling containers
School Projects
- Design and/or evaluate stormwater quality control measures (i.e., build a grassy swale in your school parking lot and monitor its effectiveness).
- Go on a field trip to learn about Sacramento’s watershed, creeks, or the rivers
- Conduct an in-class activity which involves student participation in hands-on activities
- Purchase a watershed model for classroom use
- Create a creek, stormwater, or watershed club to adopt a creek, river, or watershed near your school
Community Outreach Projects
- Coordinate clean- up days at local creeks or rivers
- Hold a workshop or symposium about a creek, river, or watershed for the community.
Restoration Projects
- Organize an invasive species plant removal and revegetation project for creeks or rivers
- Construct and revegetate stream side interpretive trails
Monitoring Projects
- Conduct a citizen’s monitoring program on a local creek, river, or watershed
- Evaluate the condition of the natural vegetation, native species, and habitat of a specific creek, river, or watershed.
Neighborhood Improvement Projects
- Start routine neighborhood cleanup events to prevent trash from entering waterways
- Improve a vacant lot to prevent trash accumulation and illegal dumping
- Develop a community garden that provides education on use of integrated pest management
- Install and maintain trash and cigarette receptacles to prevent litter.