Transformative Climate Communities Round 6 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT Grant (FY 25-26)
Strategic Growth Council
Who can apply
A Lead Applicant must be based in California and be one of the following:• California Native American Tribes• Tribally-owned nonprofit• IRC 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization• Public agency• Local agency• Special district• Joint powers authority• Public utility• Local publicly owned utility• Mutual water company Private shareholder corporations (as defined in Appendix A) are not eligible as Lead Applicants or Co-Applicants.
About this opportunity
The Transformative Climate Communities Program (TCC), established by AB 2722 (Burke, 2016), invests in community-led climate resilience projects in the state’s most overburdened communities. The program objectives are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve public health and the environment, and support economic opportunity and shared prosperity. TCC’s unique, place-based strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is designed to catalyze collective impact through a combination of community-driven climate projects in a single neighborhood. The Project Development Grants support disadvantaged communities by funding pre-development and basic infrastructure activities that advance the communities’ climate and community resilience goals and prepare them for future funding opportunities ...