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California grants for Individuals

Explore 205 grant opportunities

Hardship Assistance Fund
$20,000
California Certified Organic Farmers Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Mar 27, 2026

Date Added

Aug 19, 2025

This program provides financial assistance to organic farmers and processors in California affected by extreme weather and climate-related disasters.

Disaster Prevention and Relief
Individuals
Measure Q Grants
$500,000
Santa Cruz County
Local

Application Deadline

Mar 6, 2026

Date Added

Feb 19, 2026

This program provides funding to community organizations and local governments in Santa Cruz County to support projects that improve environmental health, enhance public access to parks, and promote community resilience.

Environment
Nonprofits
$5K Grant Program: California
$5,000
Verizon
Private

Application Deadline

Mar 31, 2026

Date Added

Nov 14, 2024

This program provides funding and resources to small business owners to help them improve their operations and compete in the digital marketplace.

Business and Commerce
Small businesses
Create Grants
$3,000
Arts Council Santa Cruz County
Private

Application Deadline

Apr 1, 2026

Date Added

Mar 7, 2025

This funding opportunity supports artists and organizations in Santa Cruz County to create public arts and cultural projects that promote equity, accessibility, and social impact from July 2025 to June 2026.

Arts
Individuals
Individual Artists Grant Program
$10,000
Arts Council for Monterey County
Local

Application Deadline

Mar 23, 2026

Date Added

Mar 7, 2025

This program provides financial support to emerging and established artists in Monterey County to help them advance their work and engage the community through the arts.

Arts
Individuals
Arts Making Impact (AMI) Grant Program
$5,000
Santa Barbara County Arts Commission
Local

Application Deadline

Mar 20, 2026

Date Added

Jan 16, 2026

This grant provides funding to artists and nonprofit organizations in Santa Barbara County to create projects that increase access to the arts for underserved communities.

Arts
Nonprofits
One Irvine Green Home Grant Program
$1,500
City of Irvine
Local
Rolling

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Jun 19, 2025

This program provides financial assistance to homeowners of older single-family homes and condominiums in Irvine for making energy-efficient and environmentally friendly upgrades.

Environment
Individuals
Marin Cultural Association (MCA) Arts Grants Program
$10,000
Marin Cultural Association
Private

Application Deadline

Feb 27, 2026

Date Added

Jan 8, 2026

This funding initiative provides financial support to artists and nonprofit arts organizations in Marin County, California, to enhance community-centered arts programming and cultural participation.

Arts
Individuals
Individual Water & Wastewater Grants
Contact for amount
U.S. Department of Agriculture (Rural Development)
Federal
Rolling

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Jun 27, 2025

This program provides financial assistance to low-income homeowners in designated border communities to improve their water and wastewater infrastructure.

Housing
Individuals
Sidewalk Vendor Formalization Grant
$5,000
Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO)
Local
Rolling

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Apr 8, 2025

This funding initiative provides financial assistance to self-employed sidewalk vendors in unincorporated Los Angeles County to help them comply with new regulations and recover from pandemic-related losses.

Business and Commerce
Individuals
GFO-23-318 – BRIDGE 2024: Bringing Rapid Innovation Development to Green Energy
$25,776,915
California Energy Commission
State

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Nov 22, 2024

This grant provides funding to support innovative clean energy projects in California, targeting entrepreneurs and organizations that advance energy efficiency and renewable technologies.

Energy
Small businesses
Develop Quick Grants
$1,000
Arts Council Santa Cruz County
Private

Application Deadline

May 26, 2026

Date Added

Mar 7, 2025

This funding opportunity supports individual artists and arts organizations in Santa Cruz County to enhance their artistic skills and professional capacity through training, mentorship, and skill-building activities.

Arts
Nonprofits
Self-Generation Incentive Program – Residential Solar and Storage Equity
$280,000,000
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
State
Rolling

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Aug 7, 2025

This program provides financial incentives for low-income California residents to install solar and battery storage systems, helping them save on energy bills and improve energy resilience.

Energy
Individuals
Endangered Species Conservation and Recovery Grant Program
$400,000
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
State

Application Deadline

Apr 6, 2026

Date Added

Feb 27, 2026

This grant provides funding for conservation projects aimed at recovering threatened and endangered species in California, supporting collaboration between state wildlife staff and external partners like nonprofits and academic institutions.

Environment
Individuals
Orphan Site Cleanup Fund
$1,000,000
California State Water Resources Control Board
State
Rolling

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

May 20, 2024

This funding is available to current property owners for cleanup and investigation of unauthorized petroleum releases from underground storage tanks, covering activities like site assessments, soil and groundwater investigations, and corrective action planning.

Environment
Small businesses
Individual Artist Projects Grant
$5,000
City of Berkeley
Local

Application Deadline

Mar 4, 2026

Date Added

Feb 5, 2025

This grant provides $5,000 to individual artists living in Berkeley to create and publicly present original work that engages the local community, with a focus on diverse artistic disciplines.

Arts
Individuals
Wolf-Livestock Compensation Grant Program
$600,000
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
State

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Oct 28, 2024

This program provides financial compensation to livestock producers for confirmed or probable losses due to wolf attacks, while also encouraging the implementation of nonlethal deterrent strategies to reduce future conflicts.

Agriculture
Small businesses
California Forest Improvement Program
$2,000,000
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
State
Rolling

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

May 20, 2024

This program provides cost-share assistance to private and public landowners with 20 to 5,000 acres of forest land to improve forest resources, including wildlife habitat and soil and water quality, through various forestry management activities.

Agriculture
Small businesses
Oak Woodlands Conservation
Contact for amount
California Wildlife Conservation Board
State
Rolling

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Sep 18, 2023

This program provides funding to landowners, conservation groups, and local governments in California to support projects that conserve and restore oak woodlands while promoting sustainable ranching and farming practices.

Environment
City or township governments
Cost Share for Federal Funding Opportunities Clean Hydrogen Program
Contact for amount
California Energy Commission
State
Rolling

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

May 20, 2024

This grant provides financial support to applicants seeking federal funding for clean hydrogen projects, specifically those applying for opportunities from the Department of Energy.

Energy
Small businesses