Tribal Wildfire Resilience Grants
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
Tribal Wildfire Resilience Grants
Status: Applications currently closed, but check back in 2026
Program Overview: Tribal Wildfire Resilience grants is part of CAL FIRE's Climate and Energy Program and supports California Native American tribes in managing ancestral lands, implementing and promoting Traditional Environmental Knowledges in wildfire resilience, and establishing wildfire safety for tribal communities.
Purpose: Fund planning and implementation projects that serve California Native American Tribes and advance wildfire resilience, forest health, and cultural use of fire.
Geographic Scope: California (Native American Tribes)
Focus Areas: These projects address critical needs and may include:
Eligibility: California Native American tribes
Funder: CAL FIRE Climate and Energy Program
What Trees Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2021 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
- Grants in 2021
- 29
- Total given
- $27K
- Median grant
- $500
- Range
- $100–$3,000
- By dollars: California 92%, Oregon 3%, Arizona 2%. Top recipient cities: Berkeley, CA; Arcata, CA; Whitethorn, CA.
Example grants
Mattole Restoration Council · Petrolia, CA
$3,000
Women's Forest Sanctuary · Berkeley, CA
$3,000
Berkeley Ecology Center · Berkeley, CA
$3,000
Turtle Island Restoration Network · Forest Knolls, CA
$3,000
Sanctuary Forest · Whitethorn, CA
$2,000
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