Proposition 4 – Nature Based
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
To protect biodiversity or nature, restore landscape health, or achieve California’s climate goals.
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Helps nonprofits and public agencies in California restore nature and protect biodiversity. Projects must reduce climate risks or improve public access to nature.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Funding is available for projects that protect biodiversity or nature, restore landscape health, or achieve California’s climate goals. These projects must also reduce climate change risks to communities, fish and wildlife, or natural resources, or increase public access to nature. A total estimated funding of $25,000,000 is available, distributed via reimbursements. The estimated amount per award is dependent on applications.
Who Is Eligible?
Industries: environment, conservation, climate change, public access to nature
Region: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Zone
Other Criteria: Nonprofit organizations, Public Agencies, Tribal Governments, Projects must protect biodiversity or nature, restore landscape health, or achieve California’s climate goals, Projects must reduce climate change risks to communities, fish and wildlife, or natural resources, Projects must increase public access to nature, Climate projects must be covered under Chapter 6 of Proposition 4 and satisfy Section 93000, while also addressing at least one priority from Section 93020
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Read the full grant guidelines
- Prepare and submit a proposal through the State opportunity
- Coordinate with CDFW Regional staff
- Submit proposals to nccp@wildlife.ca.gov
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/2026-cooperative-endangered-species-conservation-fund-hcp-land-acquisition-nontraditional-section-6/
- 📤Submission Method
- 📅Key Dates
- 8/14/26 17:00Application deadlineLate 2026/early 2027Expected award announcement
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- indirect cost rate agreement
- environmental review
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
- ✉️Supporting Letters
- No letters of support required.
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- development of new Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs)
- renewal or amendment of existing HCPs
- public outreach
- baseline species surveys
- habitat assessments
- inventories
- environmental compliance review documents
- 💳Payment Model
- reimbursement
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- No
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards in a fiscal year
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