Deadline: 16-May-22
The Southern California Wetland Recovery Project (WRP) has announced a funding call for the Community Wetland Restoration Grant Program (CWRGP) to provide funding for community-based restoration projects in coastal wetlands and along coastal stream corridors in the Southern California region.
Goals
- The goals of the program are to build local capacity to plan and implement wetland restoration projects; promote community involvement in wetland restoration activities; and foster education about wetland ecosystems.
- The CWRGP seeks to engage and benefit people and communities that include but is not limited to lower-income individuals and households, people with disabilities, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), immigrant communities, and other historically marginalized communities (“CWRGP Priority Communities”).
Priorities
- To achieve the objective to support community-based restoration projects, the CWRGP will prioritize funding for projects that:
- Engage CWRGP Priority Communities to restore or enhance coastal wetlands and coastal stream corridors.
- Implement restoration projects that have strong community benefits such as community engagement, education, workforce development, career and leadership development.
- Demonstrate community-led planning and implementation of desired projects that are anchored in community expertise, for example, projects that utilize community leaders, community-based organizations, tribal members, local planners, or local and state government officials.
- Increase organizational capacity to plan and implement habitat restoration projects.
Funding Information
- They anticipate that approximately $350,000 will be awarded in this grant round and 4-6 projects will be selected (more projects may be selected dependent on application requests).
- Applicants may request a grant amount up to $100,000.
- The average grant amount awarded will range between $30,000 – $100,000.
- The project duration will be a maximum of three years, and projects should be completed by December of 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, local government agencies (City or County), other public agencies, federally recognized tribes, and nonprofit or public universities. Proposals demonstrating partnerships between more than one community-based organization and/ or local public agencies are prioritized.
For more information, visit https://scwrp.org/community-wetland-restoration-grant-program/
