Funding Opportunities for Environmental Justice Communities
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SF Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund: A Focus on EJ Communities
![Fisherman along the Carquinez Strait in Vallejo California. Photo credit: SFEI](/system/files/styles/medium/private/images/2024-07/sfbwqif-carquinez-strait-fisherman-sfei.jpg?itok=4juKtr1o)
- Program Overview and New Funding
- What Funding is Available?
- Who Can Apply?
- How to Apply
- What are Some Project Examples?
Program Overview and New Funding
The San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (SFBWQIF) is a competitive grant program to restore wetlands and water quality in SF Bay and its watersheds. 2022 marked the beginning of 5 years of funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to improve access to Federal funding and support projects that build climate resilience in underserved communities.
What Funding is Available?
- Approximately $14 million
- No match requirement
- Project budget range (approximately $500,000 - $2 million)
- Project time frames (suggested 1-4 years)
Who can Apply?
- Public or private nongovernmental, non-profit institutions; federally and non-federally recognized tribes; state, local government agencies, districts, and councils; regional water pollution control agencies and entities; state coastal zone management agencies; and public and private universities and colleges
- Where? The nine Bay Area counties (Marin, Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San Francisco) that drain to San Francisco Bay
How to Apply
Coming Soon! Applications for grant funding will open in October 2024. Please check back here for details.
What are Some Project Examples?
![Green Stormwater Infrastructure By and For Communities creates urban green spaces in cooperation with local communities in East Oakland and Richmond. Photo Credit: SFEI](/system/files/styles/medium/private/images/2024-07/sfbwqif-green-stormwater-infra-by-for-communities-sfei.jpg?itok=nmTxCIZ_)
- Community visioning and planning to help protect shoreline communities from sea level rise and contaminated sites
- Installation of green stormwater infrastructure (e.g. rain gardens, bioswales) to treat stormwater
- Contaminant investigations in local communities
- Trainings and outreach programs to improve use of indigenous knowledge in the environmental field
- Solutions that reduce water quality impacts associated with people and communities experiencing homelessness
- Fish consumption outreach programs
- What are you working on? We are excited to hear your project ideas!
- Check out Previously Funded Projects on our StoryMap