Community Action Grants (Stormwater Pollution)

Community Action Grants (Stormwater Pollution) is sponsored by City of Sacramento. Grants to help reduce stormwater pollution in the City of Sacramento.

Community Action Grants | City of Sacramento Resources to Prevent Pollution Sacramento Stormwater Quality Improvement Program The City’s Department of Utilities each year offers reimbursements to community groups to help fund projects that protect, restore or enhance rivers, creeks and nearby areas in the city. Eligible projects are designed to help prevent urban runoff pollution and protect water quality.

A variety of community groups — including schools and student groups, neighborhood organizations and informal groups — can apply. Application information will be provided in Summer 2026. Projects must benefit, protect, or enhance local creeks, rivers, or watershed, be within city of Sacramento boundaries and/or directly affect the residents of the city of Sacramento.

The following types of groups can apply: Schools and student groups Community and neighborhood groups Property Business Improvement Districts Informal groups with innovative ideas Individuals and for-profit groups are not eligible.

Eligible uses of grant funding includes: Purchase of materials and supplies Promotion of a volunteer event Purchase of native vegetation Grant funding does not cover planning, research, payment for labor, travel except for bus rental, curriculum development, administrative processing fees, or activities required for compliance with regulatory requirements.

Applicants are encouraged to use their imagination to generate new ideas, be innovative and have fun.

Create materials or activities that educate people on how to help prevent pollution Write a stream or watershed guidebook and conduct tours or field trips Create displays or signs related to water quality Go on a field trip to learn about Sacramento’s watershed, creeks, or the rivers Create a classroom activity that involves watersheds, creeks, or the rivers Purchase a watershed model for the classroom Adopt a creek, river, or watershed near your school Coordinate clean-up days on local creeks or rivers Hold a creek, river, or watershed workshop for community members Organize events to remove non-native plants and plant new ones near creeks or rivers Construct and re-vegetate stream-side interpretive trails Conduct a monitoring program on a local creek, river, or watershed Evaluate the condition of the native plants and habitat of a creek, river, or watershed Start neighborhood cleanup events Develop a community garden that uses integrated pest management Install and maintain trash and cigarette receptacles