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Prop 4 Urban Greening Program is a grant from the California Natural Resources Agency that funds nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change impacts in urban communities. Supported projects include tree planting for strategic shade, expansion of green spaces for heat refuge, and creation of green streets that capture and filter stormwater.
The program is funded through California's voter-approved Climate Bond (Proposition 4), which allocates approximately $100 million for urban greening, with $46,125,000 available in Round 1. Solicitations for Round 1 open in Spring 2026 with full proposals due in the RAPTR system. Eligibility details will be finalized after the public comment period concludes.
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Urban Greening Grant Program Urban Greening Grant Program Climate change is causing extreme and unpredictable weather events, record-breaking heat waves, and severe storms which threaten public health and safety.
Urban Greening projects use nature-based solutions—planting trees that provide strategic shade, expanding green spaces that serve as places of refuge during heat waves, and creating green streets and alleyways that capture and clean stormwater—to help communities become more climate resilient!
The Urban Greening Grant Program will fund projects using nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change impacts such as the urban heat island effect, rising temperatures, and extreme heat. The voter-approved Climate Bond (Proposition 4) allocates approximately $100 million for Urban Greening grants. Funding will be awarded in two competitive cycles, with $46,125,000.
00 available in the first round. Solicitations for Round 1 open Spring 2026. Draft Urban Greening Grant Guidelines Please review our draft Urban Greening Grant Guidelines and tell us what you think.
Your comments will help us ask the right questions and use the best criteria to evaluate project proposals. Public Comments accepted February 3, 2026, to April 4, 2026. Virtual Public Hearing 1: Virtual Public Hearing 2: urbangreening@resources.
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gov California Natural Resources Agency Prop 4 Urban Greening Grant Program — Emergency Regulations (Effective 1/30/2026) Anticipated 2026 Timeline: Draft Guidelines Available Public Comment Period Begins Public Comment Period Ends Final Guidelines Available Concept Proposal 30-Day Window Opens Concept Proposals Due in RAPTR Invitations to Submit Full Proposals Full Proposal 45-Day Window Opens Full Proposals Due in RAPTR Proposal Evaluation Completed Jennifer Thomas, Program Manager Karen Nenahlo, Program Lead Melanie Choy, Program Lead We are on a mission to help all Californians and nature thrive together.
Home to over 25,000 employees, our Agency protects, manages, and restores the state’s environment and its vast natural, cultural, and historical resources. We advance this work with science as our foundation and inclusion and collaboration as our guiding principles. Secretary for Natural Resources
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Draft guidelines under public comment; specific eligibility details not yet published on this page. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates $46,125,000 for Round 1; $100 million total Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is June 1, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
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EPA is seeking insightful, expert, and cost-effective applications from eligible applicants to provide the Chesapeake Bay Program’s non-federal partners with technical analysis and programmatic evaluation support related to water quality modeling and monitoring and spatial systems to manage, analyze, and map environmental data. The project assists the partners in meeting their restoration and protection goals and in increasing the transfer of scientific understanding to the Chesapeake Bay Program modeling, monitoring, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) activities. The recipient will support modeling, monitoring, and GIS programs needed to explain and communicate the health of and changes in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-R3-CBP-23-18. Assistance Listing: 66.466. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: ENV. Award Amount: Up to $5.3M per award.
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA SBIR Phase I Solicitation invites small businesses to submit proposals for projects addressing critical environmental challenges. Awards are for six months to demonstrate proof of concept. Key focus areas include Clean and Safe Water, Air Quality and Climate, Homeland Security, Circular Economy/Sustainable Materials, and Safer Chemicals.
Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CCGP) is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Community Change Grants Program funds projects that provide meaningful improvements to the environmental, climate, and resilience conditions affecting disadvantaged communities. While broadly focused on environmental and climate justice, projects can include aspects that relate to community health and well-being through addressing environmental health risks. The program aims to fund community-driven pollution and climate resiliency solutions and strengthen communities' decision-making power. Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.