Stormwater: Bay Area Region

Community-based organizations in economically disadvantaged communities (EDCs) in the San Francisco Bay Area, excluding the Delta primary zone.

Small scale projects to protect and restore San Francisco Bay through pollution reduction, habitat restoration, habitat restoration, flood management, and increased shoreline access.

The most recent application period closed in December 2020.

$200,000 total, with a maximum award of $100,000 per project.

The program aims to fund 2 – 3 projects.

Public agencies, tribal governments, nonprofits, and owners or operators of shoreline parcels in the San Francisco Bay Area, excluding the Delta primary zone.

Small scale projects to protect and restore San Francisco Bay through pollution reduction, habitat restoration, habitat restoration, flood management, and increased shoreline access.

The most recent application cycle closed in October 2020.

$25 Million each year for twenty years, totaling to $500 Million.

5 out of 15 proposals funded (2019)

State, local governments, districts and councils; regional water pollution control agencies and entities; State coastal zone management agencies; public and private universities and colleges; and public or private non-government agencies, and nonprofits.

Projects that will improve San Francisco Bay’s wetlands and waters. Projects types include but are not limited to: redesign and replacement of urban infrastructure from “gray to green”, projects which reduce water quality impacts associated with homelessness, reduce trash in bay waters, restoration of watersheds impacted by wildfires, dredged material reuse, shoreline projects that restore habitat, green stormwater infrastructure installation, and projects which reduce nutrient inputs into the San Francisco Bay.

Applications are typically accepted on an annual basis. The most recent application deadline closed in May 2020.

$5.9 million available (2020). Awards range from approximately $500,000 to $2,000,000.