Stormwater: Bay Area Region

Property owners, a for-profit or nonprofit entity, an individual, or a governmental entity.

Funding for the design and construction of green stormwater infrastructure on large public and private properties, with the goal of reducing stormwater runoff. Project types can include permeable pavement, bioretention, rainwater harvesting, rain gardens, and vegetated roofs.

Applications for the Fall 2022 Grant Cycle are currently being accepted, with a deadline of Monday, October 31st, 2022, by 5:00 pm.

$10 million is available in the current funding cycle (2022). The maximum award amount is $2 million.

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.

Instead of issuing an RFP in 2022 for Grant Round 6, the Authority will rely on the 2021 Round 5 list of projects when developing a list of projects to recommend in FY 22-23. The Authority will issue its next RFP in 2023.

Applicants with unfunded or partially funded applications from Grant Round 5 should submit any relevant project updates to grants@sfbayrestore.org by July 31, 2022.

Approximately $22 million is expected in 2023.

13 projects were awarded during the 2020-2021 funding cycle. Awards for the 2021-22 funding cycle will be announced in Spring 2022.

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 application window for the most recent funding round closed on September 20, 2022.

$24 million in grant funding to protect and restore San Francisco Bay watersheds and wetlands, with awards ranging between $1 million to $3 million. Approximately $5 million in grant funding specifically to expand the SFBWQIF’s focus on building climate resilience in underserved communities, with awards ranging between $200,000 to $1 million.

4 projects were awarded in FY 2020.