Infill Infrastructure Grant Program – California Department of Housing and Community Development
Deadline: June 28, 2022 by 4:00 p.m.
A nonprofit or for-profit Developer of a Qualifying Infill Project; a city, county, city and county, public housing authority, or redevelopment agency and/or successor agencies that have jurisdiction over a Qualifying Infill Area applying jointly with an “owners’ association,”; the governing body of an Indian reservation or rancheria that has jurisdiction over a Qualifying Infill Area or a Tribally Designated Housing Entity that is the Developer of a Qualifying Infill Project.
Construction of new infill development and rehabilitation of infrastructure that supports higher-density affordable and mixed-income housing including but not limited to active transportation, parks and open space, stormwater, street repair, transit, and water-related improvements.
The most recent application window closed in July 2021. Applications are currently being accepted, with a deadline of June 28, 2022, by 4:00 p.m.
$200 million are available for Round 8 (2022).
For Qualifying Infill Projects, the minimum grant award is $1 million ($500,000 for rural areas) with a maximum of $7.5 million. For Qualifying Infill Areas with over 200 units, the minimum grant award is $2 million ($1 million for rural areas) with a maximum of $30 million.
Small, Medium, and Large
High
35 out of 99 proposals funded in Round 7 (FY 2020/2021).
Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program – U.S. Department of Agriculture
Deadline: Ongoing
Public bodies, community-based nonprofits, and federally recognized tribes.
The purchase, construction, and/or improvements to public waste disposal facilities, public water facilities, sanitary sewerage, solid waste disposal, and storm wastewater facilities.
Applications are accepted on a continuous basis.
Approximately $2.8 Billion nationwide in direct loans (2018). Approximately $30 million in grants nationwide and $890,000 in grants in California (2019)
Small, Medium, and Large
Medium to High
26 awards were granted in California (2019).
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: Drinking Water Grants and Loans Program – California State Water Resources Control Board
Deadline: Ongoing
Cities, counties, districts, private community water systems, nonprofit or publicly-owned non-community water systems, and community water systems created by the project.
Projects that return public water systems to compliance with drinking water standards, consolidation, water meters, treatment projects, replacement of aging infrastructure.
Applications are accepted on a continuous basis, ranked, and added quarterly to the Competitive List. The highest-ranked applicants on the Competitive List are added to a Funding List and are awarded funding as it becomes available.
$30-40 million in grants and $40 million in low-interest loans, annually.
Medium to Large
Medium
Although competitive information is unavailable for this program, the majority of projects that fulfill program requirements receive funding.
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant Program – U.S. Department of Agriculture
Deadline: Ongoing
State and local government entities, nonprofits, and Native American tribes.
Construction of water transmission lines, extensions, break or leak repair, maintenance to replenish water supply, and water source, intake, or treatment facilities.
Applications are accepted on a continuous basis.
$14.7 million was awarded nationwide and $1.5 million was awarded in California (2019).
Small
Medium
Although competitive information is unavailable for this program, the majority of projects that fulfill program requirements receive funding.
Infrastructure State Revolving Fund (ISRF) Program – California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank
Deadline: Ongoing
Cities, counties, special districts, assessment districts, JPAs, and nonprofits.
Local streets, highways, drainage, water, sewer, waste, transit, parks, and other public utilities and facilities.
Applications are accepted on a continuous basis. The ISRF Board considers applications at monthly meetings.
$50,000 – $25 million loans, with terms for the useful life of the project up to a maximum of 30 years.
Small, Medium, and Large
Medium to High
This funding program provides loans to qualified applicants on a non-competitive basis.
Nonpoint Source Pollution (NPS) Control Program – California Department of Water Resources
Deadline: June 24, 2022
Public agencies, nonprofits, federally recognized Native American Tribes, state agencies, public colleges, federal agencies.
Implementation proposals for impaired waters, or projects that implement practices to improve impaired waters. As funding is available, the program may fund planning proposals, proposals for post-fire recovery, and proposals for protection of high-quality waters.
The Request for Proposals for the 2022 Nonpoint Source (NPS) Grant Program, originally open from September 24, 2021, through December 17, 2021, is reopened from April 28, 2022, through June 24, 2022.
$4.5 million was available in 2021. Individual grants range from $250,000 – $800,000.
Small
Medium
7 proposals were funded (2020).
Site Cleanup Subaccount Program (SCAP) – State Water Resources Control Board
Deadline: Ongoing
Applicants with eligible projects.
Projects that remediate the harm or threat of harm to human health, safety, or the environment caused by existing threatened surface water or groundwater contamination.
Applications are accepted on a continuous basis.
$19.5 million annually.
To be determined
To be determined
Water and Waste Disposal Loan & Grant Program – U.S. Department of Agriculture
Deadline: Ongoing
Most state and local governmental entities, nonprofits, and federally recognized Native American tribes all in rural areas and towns with populations of 10,000 or less.
Acquisition, construction, or improvement of drinking water sourcing, treatment, storage, and distribution, sewer, solid waste, and storm water collection, transmission, treatment, disposal, and other activities.
Applications are accepted on a continuous basis.
Approximately $33 million in loan funding and $10 million in grant funding was available to California applicants in 2019. Award amounts are determined on tier eligibility based on the median household income of the area to be served.
Small to Medium
Medium to High
Although competitive information is unavailable for this program, the majority of projects that fulfill program requirements receive funding.
WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Projects – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Deadline: July 28, 2022, by 4:00 p.m. MDT
Irrigation and water districts, Native American tribes, states, and other entities with water or power delivery authority for small water efficiency improvements.
Projects which conserve and use water more efficiently and contribute to water supply reliability.
Applications are accepted on an annual basis. Applications for FY 2023 are currently being accepted with a deadline of July 28, 2022, by 4:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time.
Maximum award of $5 million.
Small to Medium
Medium
11 out of 51 awarded projects were from the State of California (2020).