Grant Watch: Week of August 26, 2024
CPRA Strategies regularly reviews government notices and grant funding websites for new opportunities. Below are grant opportunities we’ve identified this week. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have.
California Grants
Farmworkers Advancement Program (FAP) Grant for Program Year 2024-25 (PY 24-25)
Deadline: 11/12/2024
State Agency/Department: Employment Development Department
Estimated Total Funding: $10,000,000
The goal of this grant is to research, design, and implement projects that focus exclusively on farmworker needs at a regional level by offering essential skills and upskilling training for farmworkers to either advance in the agricultural industry and/or prepare for advancement outside of the agricultural sector. This grant program is intended to address multiple existing and emerging gaps in the current workforce system for farmworkers.
Farmworker Advancement Program (FAP) Technical Assistance (TA) and Developmental Evaluation (DE) Solicitation for Proposals (SFP) for Program Year 2024-25 (PY 24-25)
Deadline: 11/26/2024
State Agency/Department: Employment Development Department
Estimated Total Funding: $1,000,000
This grant aims to increase equity and improve outcomes for adult farmworkers facing significant barriers to employment and education by providing technical assistance, training, guidance, and support to program awardees in their development of successful FAPs.
Opportunity Young Adult Career Pathway Program Grant for Program Year 2024-25
Deadline: 09/16/2024
State Agency/Department: Employment Development Department
Estimated Total Funding: $25,000,000
Estimated Low/High: $1,500,000 - $2,000,000
The OYA Career Pathway Program for PY 24-25 grant's aim is to design and implement projects that focus on creating pathways to success that test and demonstrate program strategies to improve employment outcomes and reduce persistent economic inequities for OYAs 18-28 years of age.
Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund Program
Deadline: 09/06/2024
State Agency/Department: Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
Estimated Total Funding: $675,000
The purpose of this announcement is to solicit applications from eligible organizations (“Program Lead”) to apply to administer a grant program for the State to direct outreach and support the distribution of grant awards ($11,625,000.00) to eligible small nonprofit performing arts organizations (SNPAOs) for the purpose of hiring and retaining employees.
Environmental Enhancement Fund – 2024
Deadline: 09/11/2024
State Agency/Department: Department of Fish and Wildlife
Estimated Total Funding: $5,000,000
The objective of this grant program is to award grants to nonprofit organizations, cities, counties, cities and counties, districts, state agencies, and departments; and, to the extent permitted by federal law, to federal agencies to support environmental enhancement projects located within or immediately adjacent to waters of the state
2024-25 California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program (CSNSGP)
Deadline: 09/23/2024
State Agency/Department: Department of Fish and Wildlife
Estimated Total Funding: $76,000,000
Estimated Low/High: $1 - $250,000
The purpose of the CSNSGP is to provide funding support for target hardening and other physical security enhancements to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk for violent attacks and hate crimes due to ideology, beliefs, or mission.
WHALE TAIL® Grant 2024
Deadline: 11/04/2024
State Agency/Department: Coastal Commission
Estimated Total Funding: $1,500,000
Estimated Low/High: $1 - $50,000
WHALE TAIL® Grants help people connect to the California coast and its watersheds through experiential education, stewardship, and outdoor experiences. WHALE TAIL® Grants focus on reaching communities that have historically received fewer marine education and stewardship opportunities, and can engage youth or adults anywhere in California.
Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2024: Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program Round 1: Launch Ready
Deadline: 12/13/2024
State Agency/Department: Department of Health Care Services
Estimated Total Funding: $3,300,000,000
Matching Fund: 10%
Passed in March 2024, Proposition 1 includes Behavioral Health Services Act (SB 326) and the Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2024 (BHIBA) (AB 531). BHIBA is a $6.38B general obligation bond to develop behavioral health treatment facilities and supportive housing for individuals experiencing mental health and substance use disorders. Of the total amount, DHCS will award up to $4.4 billion in bond funding for BHCIP competitive grants.
Federal Grants
Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture (2025)
Deadline: 11/15/2024
State Agency/Department: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Estimated Total Funding: $6,000,000
Estimated Low/High: $5,000 - $500,000
The Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture (ALHC) program supports projects that build the capacity of American Latino history and culture museums to serve their communities, and broadly advance the growth and development of a professional workforce in American Latino cultural institutions.
Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (2025)
Deadline: 11/15/2024
State Agency/Department: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Estimated Total Funding: $6,000,000
Estimated Low/High: $5,000 - $500,000
The Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program is designed to build the capacity of African American museums and support the growth and development of museum professionals at African American museums. The AAHC program supports projects that nurture museum professionals, build institutional capacity, and increase access to museum and archival collections at African American museums and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Inspire! Grants for Small Museums (2025)
Deadline: 11/15/2024
State Agency/Department: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Estimated Total Funding: $6,000,000
Estimated Low/High: $5,000 - $500,000
Inspire! Grants for Small Museums is a special initiative of the Museums for America program. It is designed to support small museums of all disciplines in project-based efforts to serve the public through exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, policy development and institutional planning, technology enhancements, professional development, community outreach, audience development, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation. Inspire! has three project categories: - Lifelong Learning - Institutional Capacity - Collections Stewardship and Access
Museums for America (2025)
Deadline: 11/15/2024
State Agency/Department: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Estimated Total Funding: $21,699,000
Estimated Low/High: $5,000 - $250,000
The Museums for America program supports museums of all sizes and disciplines in strategic, project-based efforts to serve the public through exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, professional development, community debate and dialogue, audience-focused studies, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation.
