Urban and Community Forestry- Green Schoolyards Supplemental - NonProfit Child Care Facilities Grant

Urban and Community Forestry- Green Schoolyards Supplemental - NonProfit Child Care Facilities Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
Amount: US $200,000 - US $6,000,000
Last Updated: July 17, 2025

Summary

The Urban and Community Forestry- Green Schoolyards grant aims to enhance outdoor environments for nonprofit child care facilities in California, focusing on climate resilience and educational opportunities. This initiative promotes tree planting and the transformation of pavements into green spaces, fostering natural learning environments. With funding ranging from $200,000 to $6,000,000, this program supports projects that mitigate extreme heat and improve urban ecology, benefiting both children and surrounding communities.

Overview

NOTE: At this time, there are no current solicitations open for the Green Schoolyards Program. The purpose of this grant type is to create green schoolyards to protect the health, well-being, and educational opportunity of children most vulnerable to increasing temperatures and extreme heat across California. Projects shall be centered around improving the outdoor environmental conditions and experiences for children attending public or nonprofit child care facilities with the highest levels of co-benefits. Projects will invest in nature-based climate solutions that deliver multiple benefits such as helping to alleviate extreme heat, improving the immediate environment for students as well as supporting outdoor learning and environmental literacy, while also reducing GHG emissions, improving functionality of urban forests, arresting the decline of urban forest resources, increasing climate change resilience, improving the quality of the environment in urban areas, and optimizing co-benefits to school children and surrounding urban residents. Such projects shall include the planting of trees and may include converting pavement to green spaces on child care facility campuses with a focus on child-accessible areas of campus. Projects may also include strategies such as the installment of natural features for learning and recess such as pocket forests, rain gardens, botanical gardens, natural playgrounds, food producing gardens and landscaping, outdoor classrooms as well as maintenance of planted vegetation. This supplemental solicitation targets nonprofit child care facilities receiving government funding to support planning and implementation of Green Schoolyards Project. The Grant can include all aspects of planning and implementation of the project. Funding Budget limitations are Between $200,000 and $6,000,000 awarded per application including no more than $1,000,000 per child care facility (CAL FIRE funded). Funds are paid on reimbursement basis. Advance payment options are available to nonprofit organizations serving disadvantaged communities.

Eligibility

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