Climate, Access, and Resource (CAR) Funding Grant

The Climate, Access, and Resource (CAR) Funding program, administered by the California Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, provides financial support for projects that enhance climate resilience, community access, and natural resource protection in the Delta region. With a total allocation of over $11 million from the 2021 and 2022 Budget Acts, the program aims to fund initiatives that promote biodiversity, protect food and water security, and improve public health and equity for local communities.

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Interested applicants should first contact Conservancy staff  to check that funding is available.Concept proposals may be submitted at any time to initiate consideration of a project by the Conservancy. Applicants must submit a concept proposal using the Concept Proposal Form. The Conservancy will review each concept proposal as it is submitted. Once reviewed, the Conservancy will confer with the applicant to discuss the project concept, request additional information as needed, and discuss next steps.
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy (Conservancy) is a primary state agency in the implementation of ecosystem restoration in the Delta and Suisun Marsh and supports efforts that advance environmental protection and the economic well-being of Delta residents. The Conservancy works collaboratively and in coordination with local communities, leading efforts to protect, enhance, and restore the Delta’s economy, agriculture and working landscapes, and environment, for the benefit of the Delta region, its local communities, and the citizens of California.
The Budget Acts of 2021 and 2022 provided the Delta Conservancy with a one-time general fund allocation of $5,250,000 and $6,125,000 for projects that support climate resilience, community access, and natural resource protection activities that benefit the Delta (collectively known as Climate, Access, and Resource (CAR) funding).
The goals of the Climate, Access, and Restoration Program (Program) are to fund multi-benefit projects in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh that promote community access to parks, open space, nature or cultural amenities; support climate resiliency to drought, floods, or extreme climatic events; protect food and water security; protect and conserve natural resources; and support biodiversity. Projects funded through the CAR program should also aim to increase equity, improve public heath, and create economic opportunity.
Example projects include, but are not limited to:
Community access (e.g., parks, open space, nature, cultural amenities, museums, historical or cultural sites, recreation and tourism, and environmental education)Climate resilienceNatural resource protection