Riverside Grants for Nonprofits

The JetBlue Foundation is committed to supporting aviation-related education, and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) initiatives. Inspiring the next generation of aviation pioneers is a responsibility JetBlue takes very seriously. At JetBlue, inspiration is more than an idea – it’s our mission. No other airline has gone on record to solely focus on supporting aviation education, and we are proud of our commitment to serve the communities in which we live and fly.

The JetBlue Foundation awards grants up to $50,000 to qualifying educational organizations.

Focus Areas

Applications are only accepted from qualified educational institutions and organizations that sponsor educational STEM and/or certification programs in one or more of the following areas:

• Aviation technology
• Aviation engineering
• Aviation operations
• Aviation maintenance
• Sustainable and environmental programs in aviation

Our Mission

The McMillen Family built a very successful wholesale plumbing supply business consisting of nine highly respected facilities located in California and Nevada. That success was the result of hard work, honesty, integrity and a respect for both customers and employees.

Those same values will guide the McMillen Family Foundation in providing support to nonprofit groups and agencies dedicated to improving the lives of those in need. We will give priority in funding to those nonprofits with a proven track record that share our values and produce tangible and measurable results consistent with our mission.

The mission of the McMillen Family Foundation is to provide assistance to eligible groups in Southern California which are dedicated to helping people of all ages who have been impacted, directly or indirectly, by alcohol and/or drugs and to provide community outreach and education to prevent alcohol and/or drug addiction before it starts.

What We Do The McMillen Family Foundation is a grant-making Foundation which serves non-profit organizations in Southern California that assist people affected by drug and alcohol dependency through treatment, prevention, and education. The McMillen Family Foundation continually seeks out new avenues for making a difference in the lives of persons affected by substance use. Additionally, the McMillen Family Foundation supports its grantees with technical assistance, a grantee conference, trainings, and a web-portal solely to encourage and aid in collaboration amongst one another, and to provide beneficial news for those providing services.

Laureus USA is pleased to announce funding opportunities for sport for development organizations operating in Atlanta, New Orleans, New York City, and Los Angeles.

About Laureus USA

Laureus USA’s mission is to improve the lives of youth and unite communities through the power of sport. We are a part of the global network of Laureus Foundations that uses the power of sport to end violence, discrimination and inequality for children, young people and their communities. Laureus USA will make one-year general operating grants to local organizations.

Who We Fund

Laureus USA funds non-profit sport for development organizations that intentionally address a particular and relevant social issue facing youth while increasing physical activity and enhancing social-emotional development.

Laureus USA will fund organizations using sport to create impact in one or more of the following social focus areas: 

• Health and Wellbeing
• Education
• Gender Equity
• Employability
• Inclusion
• Peace Building

Organizations that meet the following criteria will be prioritized for funding:

• Intentionally prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion in recruiting, hiring, and engaging program staff/ participants
• Work primarily with underserved and marginalized youth
• Demonstrate a sustainable organizational structure
• Demonstrate a commitment to learning, leadership and resource development in the field of sport for development 

Successful applicants will:

• Highlight primary and secondary social focus areas and commit to measuring impact aligned with the Laureus Sport for Good Global GOAL Framework
• Deliver intentional programming attuned to local needs and in partnership with local stakeholders
• Demonstrate basic standards in the areas of child protection, governance, monitoring and evaluation, partnership, and financial stewardship
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion across internal practices (leadership, staffing, and governance) as well as in programming and community engagement
• Have the opportunity to implement Algorhythm’s Hello Insight platform to measure social emotional learning in program participants free of charge 

NFL Foundation Grassroots Program

The NFL Foundation Grassroots Program is a partnership of the National Football League (NFL) Foundation, which provides funding for the Program, and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), which provides technical assistance and manages the Program. The goal of the Program is to provide nonprofit, neighborhood-based organizations with financial and technical assistance to improve the quality, safety, and accessibility of local football fields.

WHAT WE’RE OFFERINGThe NFL Foundation Grassroots Program provides grants of up to $250,000 for capital improvement projects and will require 1:1 match funding.

Strong preference will be given to those proposals that (1)seek to upgrade existing facilities that are in poor condition or otherwise underutilized; (2) demonstrate active use of the fields; (3) attract matching funding that exceeds the minimum required match of 1:1; (4) involve local partnerships with nonprofit community partners (e.g., USA Football, Parks and Recreation Departments, YMCA branches, etc.) promote youth sports safety and community programming on the fields; (5) provide for continuing maintenance and field safety; and (6) involve youth football programs that are currently registered and compliant with USA Football’s Football Development Model education program.

Mission

Our mission is to provide lifesaving and life- enriching assistance to organizations which serve children with special needs in Southern California. Our primary goal is to provide support wherever the need is the greatest. 

About Us

The mission of the DevTo Support Foundation is to empower disadvantaged youth to become independent, self-sufficient, and productive community members and to enhance the physical, intellectual, spiritual, and emotional well being of youth, individuals and families in Southern California.

​The Foundation supports programs in Orange County, the Coachella Valley and surrounding areas that

• Build strong families and communities
• Provide educational opportunities to the disadvantaged and underserved youth
• Support a nurturing and caring community
• Enhance the intellectual, spiritual, and emotional well being of the individual and family.

Funding priorities include:

• Mentoring and enrichment programs for disadvantaged and underserved youth
• Sports-related programs for youth
• Faith-based programs
• Drug and alcohol recovery programs

Grants will range from $10,000 to $75,000 on average. Exceptions may be made.

Grants shall generally be awarded for a single year.

Goals

To meet the facility needs of evolving or growing Catholic communities through construction, expansion, or renovation of critical facilities.

Summary

Catholic Extension funds the construction, expansion, or renovation of churches and facilities that enable the dynamic practice of faith and promote the experience of church community. In this category, Catholic Extension will consider the facility needs of a diocese, to help ensure that spaces are adequately-sized, safe, and that they meet the needs of the local populations. Catholic Extension will favor those projects where the communities have urgent facility needs, a convincing funding strategy and business plan, demonstrated strong local support for the proposed project, and evidence of their limited means to raise all of the funds themselves. Catholic Extension only supports active building and renovation projects and does not give funds to service debt on projects where work has been completed. Therefore, the ideal point at which Catholic Extension should be engaged for this funding is when a parish/organization is still actively raising funds and the project is within one year or less from starting.

Qualifying Funding Areas

Catholic Extension will consider funding minor and major facility requests only for the following types of facilities:

• Church Buildings - places that regularly celebrate the liturgy
• Community Space - places where a community can convene outside of the liturgy (i.e. parish halls and parish community centers)
• Program Space - facilities that provide religious education and other church ministries
• Residential Facilities for Ministers – modest housing for leaders in extremely under-resourced communities
• Temporary Structures - for faith communities in transition due to population changes, recent disaster, etc.

Minor Funding Requests

Catholic Extension will fund up to 100% of the following minor projects (under $5,000) only for the most under-resourced applicants:

• Repairs - periodic improvements that are necessary for a fully functioning space 
• Equipment/Small Furnishing Needs - audio equipment, chairs, other basic furnishings etc.

Major Funding Requests

Catholic Extension will consider funding a portion of a major building project’s (over $5,000) total budget, the amount of which is determined on a case-by-case basis. Funding amounts generally are not able to exceed $100,000. The following building projects will be considered for all applicants in Extension dioceses:

• Renovation - major enhancement or restoration of existing church building or facility space due to age, weather-related needs, updated safety-code requirements, or natural disasters
• Expansion - enlargement of a church building or facility space, necessitated by community growth
• New Church Construction - a new church building or facility space, justified by the needs of the community

Major funding requests will be offered in the form of a matching challenge. After presentation and approval of the request, funding strategy and church business plan, Catholic Extension will pledge a specific amount and lay out the matching challenge benchmarks and conditions. The matching challenge duration, funding amount and aggressiveness will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Such factors will be considered: parish financial capacity, fundraising to date, and the actual building project timeline. The qualifying matching dollars must be raised after the matching challenge approval date. Any fundraising and pledges made prior to the matching grant approval date will not count toward the matching challenge. However, these savings and funds will be noted as a demonstration of the project’s momentum and feasibility. If the intended recipient fails to raise matching dollars in the agreed upon period of time, the matching offer will be rescinded.

Catholic School Leadership Development Grant Program

The purpose of this initiative is to enable your diocese to develop and retain its Catholic school system’s most promising leaders.

Catholic Extension has engaged in a partnership with Loyola Marymount University’s Catholic School Leadership Academy to offer a graduate level virtual online Certificate in Catholic School Administration program to novice and prospective leaders in Catholic schools in your Extension Dioceses. Although leadership development is often identified as a strategic concern for Catholic Schools in Extension Dioceses, these schools often lack opportunities for professional development due to barriers of cost and distance. This agreement covers 80 percent of the cost of tuition, as well as funding for travel and accommodations for the introductory course on campus at Loyola Marymount University in late July 2023.

This unique and successful educational program professional development that is specific to the Catholic school administration context. The one-year (4 course/10 graduate level units) program is designed to address three major themes in Catholic school administration, mission effectiveness, operational management, and instructional leadership. All of the certificate coursework will count toward a Master of Arts in Catholic School Administration at LMU.

Students will be asked to commit a minimum of 2 years of service to a Catholic School in their diocese after they successfully complete the certificate program. Additionally, at the conclusion of the program students will be asked to apply their new skills by implementing a specific project that will enhance their local Catholic school in a strategic area identified by the principal. 

• Duration: 1 year
• Value to Participating Diocese: $14,120 per student, or $42,360 per group of 3 students

Desired Outcomes

• Building Leadership Capacity: Dioceses and individual Catholic schools can retain their most promising leaders and can eventually promote some to leadership positions or offer increased responsibilities in their current position.
• Knowledge and Skills Applications: Catholic school professional educators can apply the administrative knowledge and skills attained from the program to their current and future work as leaders, therefore strengthening their local Catholic school.

Community Progress Makers Fund

Community Progress Makers is a Citi Foundation initiative aimed at supporting local community organizations connecting low-income communities to greater social and economic opportunity. The Foundation first launched the Community Progress Makers initiative in 2015 with a vision of empowering local community organizations to grow their transformative impact through unrestricted, trust-based funding. The Foundation is committing an additional $50 million to support a fourth cohort of Community Progress Makers. Through an open request for proposals (RFP) process, the Foundation will select 50 community organizations to receive the following over three years: 

• $1 million in unrestricted grant support
• Access to technical assistance from national experts and leading researchers
• Opportunities to connect and share learnings through webinars and local and national gatherings

Selection Priorities

For this funding opportunity, the Citi Foundation will prioritize organizations that demonstrate:

• Deep connections to the communities served
• Track record of partnering with other community organizations and stakeholders to achieve positive change
• Utilization of data to inform planning and the capacity to collect, analyze, and share data, results, and learnings
• Track record and innovative vision in one of the following areas of work: 
  • Affordable Housing and Access, such as efforts to promote housing affordability; home ownership; and resident support services to help people more easily access employment, education, health, and childcare.
  • Economic Development, including the provision of technical assistance to small businesses; commercial corridor revitalization efforts; and green economy strategies that promote job creation.
  • Financial Health, such as efforts in delivering financial coaching; integrated financial capability services; and savings and asset building strategies.
  • Workforce Readiness, including organizations preparing young people and/or adults for careers and entrepreneurship.

The In-N-Out Burger Foundation’s mission is to assist children and youth who have been victims of child abuse and neglect, and to prevent others from suffering a similar fate. The Foundation will only consider requests from organizations that closely align with our mission and that serve communities where In-N-Out Burger does business.

The In-N-Out Burger Foundation is happy to consider the following types of grants:

Traditional Grants: Grant awards range from $5,000 - $25,000.

Program: Restricted funding to support the development, expansion, or enhancement of programs within an existing organization.

General Operating Support: Unrestricted funding to support the overall operations and sustainability of your nonprofit. Applicants must present a strong case on how this funding will help sustain the organization’s mission and provide benefits to the children in their care. *Please note that all of your organization’s programs must align with our mission to be considered for this type of support.

Capital Grants: Grant awards range from $5,000 - $50,000.

Capital Campaign: Restricted funding for the construction of new facilities, renovations or upgrades to existing buildings, and other special projects that will enhance the organization’s mission.

Capital Purchase: Restricted funding to purchase equipment, furnishings, or any other major material purchases that will enhance the organization’s mission.

Capital grants are awarded on a very limited basis each year. The Foundation will only consider requests from organizations that meet all other funding criteria and who already have an established long-term funding relationship with the Foundation (minimum of 2 years).

Please carefully review the Capital Grant Guidelines above to ensure that your organization meets the requirements to apply. Capital Grants are invitation-only. Please contact us to set a 30-minute meeting to discuss your project and be prepared to send a draft summary of the project for review beforehand. 

Spectrum Digital Education Grants

Spectrum supports nonprofit organizations that educate community members on the benefits of broadband and how to use it to improve their lives. We award grants across the country to help accomplish this goal. 

Spectrum is working to ensure that our neighbors have access to broadband internet and the educational resources needed to use it effectively in their daily lives. Research shows that not all Americans use broadband internet at home, including seniors, people with disabilities, and those with ethnically diverse backgrounds. A fundamental part of this initiative is our Spectrum Digital Education grant program.

The Spectrum Digital Education Grant Program Selection Committee will use the following criteria in evaluating completed, eligible applications:

• How is the program compelling, captivating or unique?
• To what extent does the program address community needs, with a focus on the digital divide?
• Does the program partner with the community or any government entities?
• Does the program support families or seniors in underrepresented urban and/or rural communities?
• Based on the proposed budget, is it financially feasible that the program will accomplish its goals at the conclusion of the one-year period?
• How does the program have a lasting, meaningful and tangible impact?
• Is there data to illustrate the program’s impact? Can the organization report those metrics to Spectrum?

Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation

Established in 1995, the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) is the official team charity of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Harnessing the power of the Dodger brand and a passionate fan base, LADF works to significantly impact underserved youth in some of the most challenged neighborhoods of Los Angeles. LADF leverages key partnerships to administer direct programs serving youth and communities at large and provides grants to local nonprofit organizations. LADF uses three pillars to guide its work: Sports + Recreation, Education + Literacy and Health + Wellness.

Annual Grant Program

The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation's annual grants program disseminates funds three times a year to organizations who fall within its three pillars. In addition to grants, LADF activates with grantees, co-hosts grantee events, digitally showcases the work of grantees and conducts "Giving Moments" in stadium to further highlight grantees work to millions of fans.

LADF Pillars

Education

The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) knows that quality education is the best indicator of future financial and social success. We use our platform to get kids excited about reading. We created a first of its kind curriculum to keep students engaged about science and math just as they hit the age where their interests and test scores tend to decline. We provide opportunities for young adults to see themselves on a solid path, whether it's college or a clear vocation.

Healthcare

The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) knows that health disparities exist along racial, class and gender lines. We invest and partner with organizations that identify these disparities and provide services that support interventions for our most vulnerable populations.

Homelessness

In Los Angeles County, for every 130 people we house, an additional 150 become homeless, further highlighting that this crisis is fueled by a broken economy. The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) seeks to prevent homelessness from happening in the first place by providing services and resources that keep families intact and roofs over their heads. We distribute basic needs to LA’s homeless and food insecure; directly serve young people and their families living in housing facilities through sport programming and green space; and have granted nearly $100,000 to partners on the front lines.

Youth Development

62% of youth living in poverty have experienced at least one traumatic event. Through social and emotional learning the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) provides youth with the tools they need to be better equipped in the classroom, on the field, and for whatever endeavor their future holds for them. We place a special emphasis on engaging girls in sport, because we know that by adolescence, girls' confidence drops about twice as much as boys', their perception of their academic ability declines, and participation in physical activity plummets.

The Santa Ana River Conservancy Program of the California State Coastal Conservancy announces the availability of grants to public agencies, tribes and nonprofit organizations for programs that facilitate and enhance the public’s opportunities to explore the Santa Ana River and its tributaries. The Explore the River grant program seeks to provide experiences for people and communities who face challenges or barriers to accessing or enjoying the River (“ETR Priority Communities”)*. The ETR grant program will focus on the River and its tributaries excluding the coastal areas.

*ETR Priority Communities may include but are not limited to lower-income individuals and households, people with disabilities, people of color, immigrant communities, foster youth, and others.

Projects should also meet one or more of the following priorities:

• Provides an enjoyable experience at the River.
• Reduces economic, physical, operational, or societal barriers to accessing or enjoying the River.
• Inspires ongoing River stewardship ethic through active learning and interactive activities.

Anderson Children's Foundation

Irene W. Anderson, who cared deeply for children yet had none of her own, established this foundation in 1970 in memory of her husband Guy L. Anderson. The purpose of the Anderson Children’s Foundation is to provide for unmet needs of children of every race, culture, and creed. Our goal is to nurture and inspire young people in areas including health, education, recreation, and the arts. We welcome your involvement in caring for children by applying for funding of worthy nonprofit programs.

The Desert Fish Habitat Partnership

The Desert Fish Habitat Partnership (DFHP) seeks to address fish and habitat issues over a broad geographic area that encompasses the entirety of the Great Basin and Mohave deserts, and those por­tions of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts that lie within the United States.

The benefits of aquatic habitat conservation extend beyond desert fishes to include humans and other animal and plant species.

Riparian habitats that depend on surface water not only support a significant number of terrestrial and avian species identified as priority conservation species in state wildlife action plans, but also function to store water that supplements groundwater recharge.

The declining status of so many desert fishes highlights the importance of preserving these aquatic habitats so that water is available not only for the native fish, but also for future generations of humans.

The Partnership plays an important role in conserving water in the West for future generations.

As one of 20 federally recognized National Fish Habitat Partnerships, DFHP is a collaborative effort between 11 western states, federal agencies, sovereign tribes, non-governmental organizations, and private conservation groups that seek to cooperatively conserve native desert fish species across their historic ranges by protecting, restoring, and enhancing aquatic ecosystems.  Project funding is made available to grantees annually through the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) Board.

Goals

• Protect healthy intact aquatic systems supporting native desert fish habitats.
• Prevent further degradation of impaired desert fish habitats
• Reverse declines in the quality and quantity of desert fish habitats to improve health and resiliency of desert fish and other aquatic species
• Increase the quality and quantity of desert fish habitats that support a broad natural diversity of desert aquatic species
• Contribute to the success of national efforts to protect and enhance aquatic habitats by participating in the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP)

Three Conservation Priorities

• Integrate State Wildlife Action Plan priorities with the National Fish Habitat Action Plan strategies to include the following:
  • protect intact and healthy habitats
  • restore and maintain flow and water levels
  • restore connectivity, while protecting native populations at-risk from non-native encroachment
  • remediate and minimize sediments and excessive input of nutrients to habitats supporting species at-risk
• Implement on-the-ground projects that focus actions to protect the most under-served, imperiled desert fish species identified in state wildlife action plans to enhance their conservation status and prevent their extirpation and extinction.
• Prioritize projects to conserve and restore habitat for the most under-served, imperiled desert fish species.

Available Funding

The America’s Conservation Enhancement Act authorizes an appropriation of $7.2 million in NFHP funds for FY2024 projects. However, the exact amount of funding available to DFHP varies annually and is not known at this time. Typical funding per project is within the range of $5k-$50k; however, proposals requesting over $50k are still welcome and considered.

Reliable, Equitable, and Accessible Charging for Multi-family Housing 2.0 

The purpose of this solicitation is to demonstrate replicable and scalable business and technology models for large-scale deployment of EV charging infrastructure capable of maximizing access and EV travel for MFH residents. Proposed projects must include charger installations that will benefit and be used by MFH residents within disadvantaged communities, low-income communities, or a combination of both and applicants are encouraged to pursue installations for affordable housing.

Purpose

The California Energy Commission’s (CEC’s) Clean Transportation Program announces the availability of up to $20,000,000 in grant funds for projects that will increase electric vehicle (EV) charging access for multi-family housing (MFH) residents. The solicitation also aims to enable greater EV adoption among MFH residents. For the purpose of this solicitation, MFH is defined as residential properties with multiple dwelling units and excludes single-family dwellings (detached), duplexes, triplexes, townhomes, and mobile homes.

The purpose of this solicitation is to demonstrate replicable and scalable business and technology models for large-scale deployment of EV charging infrastructure capable of maximizing access and EV travel for MFH residents. Proposed projects must include charger installations that will benefit and be used by MFH residents within disadvantaged communities, low-income communities, or a combination of both (see Definitions of Key Words, Section V.A.), and Applicants are encouraged to pursue installations for affordable housing. Proposed projects must address the following:

• Reliable and replicable charging installations for MFH building types that have characteristics that may challenge onsite installations, such as properties with shared onsite parking, properties with assigned parking spaces for residents, or properties with limited or no onsite parking, and properties that may pose installation challenges due to size or configuration.
• Outreach to MFH residents, particularly MFH within disadvantaged communities and low-income communities, and the residents of affordable housing units, that will explain the benefits of having accessible chargers and provide relevant consumer information on charging and on EVs, including available vehicles and total cost of ownership.
• Charger installations and business models that will maximize accessibility and ease of use, and minimize EV charging costs for MFH residents, with either onsite charging or charging stations located in close proximity to MFH properties.
• Other support and maintenance services that will ensure reliability.

Program Intent

The LWCF + REPI program combines two unique federal funding opportunities to provide full funding for projects that meet both program objectives. The program will fund projects near military bases that will acquire and enhance lands for public outdoor recreation. LWCF, can award up to 50% of eligible outdoor recreation project costs. REPI, run by the Department of Defense (DOD), can award up to 50% of eligible acquisition and combination project costs to support state and local projects adjacent to military installations to stop encroachment, such as building parks and open space.

Amount Available

Up to $80 Million is available for the national competition. Funding is made possible through $40M of unused LWCF funding and $40M from Department of Defense's REPI Program. Participating states are not guaranteed an award. The national review committee will award the most competitive applications received nationwide. 

Maximum Grant Amount Request: $6 million through LWCF

Minimum Grant Amount Request: $250,000

PLTW Engineering

Burns & McDonnell is a family of companies bringing together an unmatched team of 10,000 engineers, construction and craft professionals, architects, planners, technologists and scientists to design and build our critical infrastructure. With an integrated construction and design mindset, we offer full-service capabilities. Founded in 1898 and working from more than 60 offices globally, Burns & McDonnell is 100% employee-owned.

Getting students excited about STEM is essential to building a brighter future for all of us. Showing students how STEM topics fit into the real world and real careers can give them the tools to embrace this vital message. Burns & McDonnell and its Foundation have partnered with PLTW to increase access and participation to PLTW programs for students located in Burns & McDonnell communities. PLTW programs empower students to develop and apply in-demand, transportable skills by exploring real-world challenges.

Through this partnership, Burns and McDonnell is supporting PLTW grants to schools interested in starting and expanding PLTW programs beginning in the next academic year.

Program Requirements

Grantee must offer at least one PLTW Engineering course in the 2025-2026 academic year and must offer one additional course each academic year of the grant period (two different courses in two years). Grantee may implement any PLTW Engineering courses of their choosing. Grantee must complete two years of grant reporting. 

PLTW Program Status- New Program

School Type: Public, Charter

Grant Award and Distribution Schedule

• Total Award: $40,000
  • First Year: $20,000
  • Second Year: $20,000

The SoCal Climate Champions Grant invests up to US $400,000 annually in programs, projects, and research that address community climate solutions in Southern California. This program is designed to encourage and foster clean, safe, and innovative solutions towards decarbonization, diversification, and digitalization towards a clean energy future.

The SoCal Climate Champions Grant aims to advance climate solutions in Southern California. In the context of this grant program, climate solutions refer to reducing, mitigating, and sequestering greenhouse gas emissions, improving air quality, and organic waste diversion solutions in the communities we serve.

To this end, the SoCal Climate Champions Grant assesses proposals based on their demonstrated potential as measured through an objective rubric. Our rubric and priorities are publicly available on this site in an effort to offer transparency into the process and to foster an open, encouraging atmosphere as we work together to empower a cleaner, safer, and more reliable future.

Solutions

Proposals should focus on one or more of the following solutions:

• Resilient Energy Solutions accelerate, improve, or increase the application of innovations in clean energy, such as renewable energy, fuel storage, energy storage, alternative energy generation, efficient energy use, diversification of clean energy solutions, or energy backup systems.
• Clean Air Solutions accelerate, improve, or increase the application of techniques for better air quality, such as air monitoring, sequestering atmospheric carbon, or reducing emissions.
• Organic Waste Diversion Solutions accelerate, improve, or increase the application of approaches for reducing organic waste, such as repurposing organic waste, supporting a circular economy, improving anaerobic digesters, or producing biogas, renewable natural gas, and low and zero carbon fuels.

Strategies

Applicants should propose climate solution(s) that will be implemented or advanced within communities we serve using one or more of the following strategies:

• Education Strategies engage people in learning about, designing, and/or participating in climate solutions in their homes and communities.
• Community Planning Strategies coordinate and/or implement community-level solutions through policy, design plans, facilitated community forums, or other community-based strategies.
• Municipal Strategies design and/or implement green infrastructure, such as developing new technology, designing new systems, building engineering prototypes, advancing clean transportation, or greening heat islands.

The examples in these definitions are by no means exhaustive. The SoCal Climate Champions Grant values a diverse range of ideas that advance climate solutions and strategies within our communities.

Award

SoCalGas is honored to support innovative climate solutions to help our communities offering up to $50,000 grants to each non-profit recipient. Grant recipients will:

• Gain recognition in a community of accomplished non-profit leaders from diverse programs.
• Share their stories through the Climate Champions Initiative.
• Be offered the aid of SoCalGas volunteers during their granting window.

Thrive Inland SoCal for Catalyst Funding

In 2021, Governor Newsom launched the $600 million Regional Investment Initiative to create quality jobs and bolster California's resilience to climate and global challenges. Thrive Inland SoCal received $14 million in Catalyst Funding, $9 million of which goes to advance sector-specific pre-development projects from early and near-completion stages to "ready-to-go" status, facilitating access to various funding sources.

Thrive Inland SoCal for Catalyst Funding

In 2021, Governor Newsom launched the $600 million Regional Investment Initiative to create quality jobs and bolster California's resilience to climate and global challenges. Thrive Inland SoCal received $14 million in Catalyst Funding, $9 million of which goes to advance sector-specific pre-development projects from early and near-completion stages to "ready-to-go" status, facilitating access to various funding sources.

GFO-24-603 – California’s Electric Vehicle Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator (EVC RAA) Program (CA)

Purpose

The California Energy Commission (CEC) announces the availability of up to $59,484,345 in grant funds for projects that will improve the reliability of existing non-operational publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure across California. The purpose of this solicitation is to repair, replace, and install at least 1,302 charging ports across the State. Funds available for this solicitation are only for ports listed on the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Final List and Final List Addendum of Non-Operational Chargers.

Funding

The maximum award per port depends on the charging station type and port type. 

Desert Tortoise Recovery Partnership

The Desert Tortoise Recovery Partnership (DTRP) was formed through partnerships between the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), U.S. Marines Corps, U.S. Army, Department of Defense, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to coordinate implementation of strategies and provide additional resources to address the pressing conservation needs of the Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the West Mojave Desert of southeastern California. The DTRP was established as an effort of the Recovery and Sustainment Partnership (RASP), a joint initiative of the Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior to develop species conservation and recovery programs and provide increased flexibility for military missions.

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is requesting proposals to restore, protect and enhance populations of Mojave desert tortoise and their habitat in California’s western Mojave Desert. Up to $1 million in funding is expected to be available through support from the U.S. Marine Corps.

About Us

TMCity supports promising new innovations in neurocognitive research and medicine, transforming our approach to mental health. 

We believe that mental health presents a critical challenge to our society today, and understanding the brain holds the key. While significant medical achievements have been made treating many physical diseases, there is still so much we don’t know about the brain and mental health. With technology and data available as never before, real progress in this field is possible, but it requires our attention and financial commitment.

Catalyzing research efforts is critical to removing stigma and delivering proper care at every stage of life. TMCity is looking for cutting-edge research opportunities and transformative technologies that can advance our understanding of the brain and create innovative, real-world solutions to neurocognitive healthcare problems

With a rich heritage of philanthropy, it is our honor and privilege to leverage our resources and expertise to help develop treatments and cures for brain-related ailments.

Grant Funding

With awards ranging from $25,000 - $250,000, we have the flexibility to sponsor a wide spectrum of non-profit partners. Requests for smaller or larger amounts may be considered.

The most crucial element of an application will be ensuring your request addresses our Foundation’s focus in neurocognitive healthcare and treatments for brain-related ailments.

Grants are made for one year in the first instance, and organizations can apply again for multi-year funding after being awarded an initial year-long grant. An initial two-year award may be considered in some cases.