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San Francisco Bay Restoration Grants is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9. This program provides competitive grants for projects that advance measurable restoration outcomes for San Francisco Bay and its connected watersheds, focusing on improving water quality and strengthening ecosystem function.
It supports on-the-ground projects, especially in areas degraded by pollution and land-use pressures, and emphasizes themes like cleaning contaminated shorelines, restoring wetlands, and implementing urban stormwater treatment systems.
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Or search similar grants →Key questions and narrative sections extracted from the solicitation.
Scope/Approach (20 pts): Describe a technically/scientifically sound approach for addressing water quality improvement and/or wetlands restoration; activities based on existing watershed plans, TMDLs, stormwater/green infrastructure plans; environmental and regional significance, contribution to knowledge, and relative risk and reward.
Environmental Results – Outputs and Outcomes (25 pts): Define well-defined outputs throughout the project timeframe; describe specific, quantified environmental and/or public health results linking to EPA's 5 Pillars; provide an effective plan for tracking and measuring progress.
Budget Detail (13 pts): Provide a detailed budget table with cost per major activity over the timeline; demonstrate cost-effectiveness and reasonableness of overall project costs.
Programmatic Capability and Past Performance (12 pts): Describe past performance completing assistance agreements; history of meeting reporting requirements; organizational experience and plan for achieving project objectives; staff expertise and resources.
Timely Expenditure of Grant Funds (5 pts): Describe approach, procedures, and controls for ensuring grant funds will be expended in a timely and efficient manner.
Partnerships and Cooperative Federalism (25 pts): Demonstrate quality and extent of partnerships contributing to environmental results; specify roles of proposed partners; provide letters of support substantiating partner roles.
Scoring criteria used to review proposals for this grant.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Eligible applicants fall under the category of "Others," and detailed eligibility rules are provided in Section 2 of the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $5,000,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was March 3, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
San Francisco Bay Restoration Grants is funded by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in California. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
Applications go through the funder's official portal — the Apply Now link on this page goes there directly.
The solicitation lists 8 required documents: Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424), Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A), EPA Key Contacts Form 5700-54, EPA Form 4700-4 Pre-award Compliance Review Report, Project Narrative Attachment Form (15-page limit), and Budget Detail Table, among others (the full list is in the Required Documents section on this page). Check the official notice for formatting and page-limit rules.
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