The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is requesting applications for its Community Air Grants.
Donor Name: California Air Resources Board
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Information
Almost $16M for the Cycle 5 Project Awards.
Maximum award per project:
- Educational projects – $300K award.
- Technical projects – $500K award.
- Focused projects – $500K award.
Grant Period
The grant term will be approximately from June 2025 through March 2027 or December 2027, depending on the project type awarded.
Project Examples
For more project examples, also see the Cycle 5 RFA.
- Educational project – Building community capacity to participate in the community air protection program
- Technical project – Providing community air monitoring training
- Focused Emission Reduction Strategies Expansion (ERSE) project – Deploying a specific strategy from an approved Community Emissions Reduction Program in a new community with similar sources of air pollution
- Focused Local- Community Emissions Reduction Plan (L-CERP) project – Convening a community to develop a Local Community Emissions Reduction Plan in coordination with local government and other stakeholders
Eligibility Criteria
- California non-profit organization with current Internal Revenue Service (IRS) section 501(c)(3) tax exemption
- California current IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempted non-profit organization as the Grantee, in partnership with a California community-based organization without Section 501(c)(3) status designated as a sub-grantee
- California Native American Tribe. For the purposes of this grant, this includes all Federally Recognized Tribes, and other California Native American Tribes, as defined by Governor’s Executive Order B-10-11.
Not Eligible
Those not eligible for CAG funding including the following (this list is not exhaustive):
- Individuals
- Schools, school districts, universities, or colleges (public or private)
- California organization holding a tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code ancillary or affiliated to a local, municipal, city, county, or state governmental agency or entities.
For more information, visit CARB.
