The Living Infrastructure Field Kit is designed to assist you in taking your project from concept to funding application. The Field Kit can be a helpful resource for your funding application by:

While not all projects require external funding, we designed the Field Kit's features to align with the requirements of grant applications for the listed programs:

Administrator The Los Angeles County Regional Parks and Open Space District

Common Grantees Public Agencies, Nonprofits

Projects Funded Projects that support the protection, enhancement, and maintenance of L.A. neighborhood parks, open spaces, trails, beaches, natural habitats, rivers, streams, and the urban tree canopy. The measure prioritizes parks that reduce the urban heat island effect, especially in "heavily urbanized, tree-poor areas.”

Website https://rposd.lacounty.gov/

Administrator California Parks and Rec

Common Grantees Public Agencies, Nonprofits

Projects Funded Funds state and local parks, environmental protection and restoration projects, water infrastructure projects, and flood protection projects. These funds are administered through local bodies like the Rural Recreation and Tourism Program, Regional Park Program, and Statewide Park Program. Check out the Redesign LA spreadsheet to see which grants are currently open.

Website https://www.redesign.la/project-funding

Administrator California Natural Resources Agency

Common Grantees Public Agencies, Nonprofits

Projects Funded Funds projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, provide multiple benefits, and create more sustainable communities using natural and green infrastructure approaches.

Website https://resources.ca.gov/grants/urban-greening/

Administrator The Los Angeles County Regional Parks and Open Space District

Common Grantees Public Agencies, Nonprofits

Projects Funded Projects that support the protection, enhancement, and maintenance of L.A. neighborhood parks, open spaces, trails, beaches, natural habitats, rivers, streams, and the urban tree canopy. The measure prioritizes parks that reduce the urban heat island effect, especially in "heavily urbanized, tree-poor areas.”

Website https://rposd.lacounty.gov/

Administrator CAL FIRE Urban and Community Forestry Program

Common Grantees Schools

Projects Funded Funds multi benefit projects with a focus on extreme heat, environmental, economic, and social benefits for urban public school campuses and eligible child care facilities, with an emphasis on facilities in need of educational resources.

Website https://www.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/grants/urban-and-community-forestry-grants

Administrator L.A. Unified School District (LAUSD)

Common Grantees Schools

Projects Funded Funds projects that enhance and/or create outdoor, healthy, and sustainable learning environments that support LAUSD's curriculum. Schools that apply to the SEEDS program are eligible to receive up to a maximum of $100,000 for design, infrastructure improvements, and installation of landscaping materials for their project.

Website https://learninggreen.laschools.org/seeds.html

Administrator L.A. County Flood Control District

Common Grantees Public Agencies, Nonprofits, Schools

Projects Funded Funds projects that increase water supply, improve water quality, and provide community enhancements throughout L.A. County.

Website https://safecleanwaterla.org

Administrator California State Water Resources Control Board

Common Grantees Public Agencies, Nonprofits

Projects Funded Funds water projects, including surface and groundwater storage, ecosystem and watershed protection and restoration, and drinking water protection. These funds are administered through local bodies. Please check out the Redesign LA spreadsheet to see which specific grants are currently open.

Website https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/grants_loans/swgp/prop1/#:~:text=Prop 1 SWGP Background&text=Water Code section 79747 identifies,and storm water treatment facilities

Administrator Metropolitan Water District/EGIA

Common Grantees Nonprofits, Schools, Commercial Organizations, Homeowners

Projects Funded Funds cash rebates on a wide variety of water-saving technologies. The Turf Replacement program provides rebates to homeowners who remove their existing grass and replace it with organic, drought-tolerant landscaping. The Commercial Device program offers rebates on upgrades to plumbing fixtures, landscaping equipment, food equipment, HVAC equipment, and medical equipment.

Website https://socalwatersmart.com/en/residential/

Administrator California Natural Resources Agency

Common Grantees Public Agencies, Nonprofits, Tribal Governments

Projects Funded Funds projects that address flooding in urbanized areas and provide multiple benefits. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, stormwater capture and reuse, planning and implementation of low-impact development, restoration of urban streams and watersheds, and increasing permeable surfaces to help reduce flooding.

Website https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/urban-flood-protection/

Administrator Caltrans

Common Grantees Public Agencies, Nonprofits, Schools, Tribal Governments, other entities overseeing transportation or trails

Projects Funded Funds projects that increase the use of active modes of transportation, such as biking and walking. This includes promoting biking and walking, improving safety for non-motorized users, supporting regional efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and ensuring equitable distribution of program benefits to disadvantaged communities, among other goals.

Website https://dot.ca.gov/programs/local-assistance/fed-and-state-programs/active-transportation-program

Administrator Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (L.A. Metro)

Common Grantees Public Agencies

Projects Funded Funds projects that ease traffic, repair local streets and sidewalks, expand public transportation, retrofit bridges for earthquakes, and subsidize transit fares for students, seniors, and persons with disabilities.

Website https://www.metro.net/about/measure-m/

Administrator City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services

Common Grantees N/A

Projects Funded Funds transit shelters with shade, seating, and information and advertising displays. Additional amenities include hydration stations, hand sanitizing dispensers, Wi-Fi, phone charging stations, cooling devices, and scooter or bicycle docks.

Website https://streetsla.lacity.org/stap-program-fact-sheet

Administrator L.A. County Chief Executive Office

Common Grantees Public Agencies, Nonprofits

Projects Funded Funds projects related to homeless prevention, street outreach, interim housing, permanent housing, affordable housing, and supportive services.

Website https://homeless.lacounty.gov

Administrator

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Common Grantees

Disadvantaged communities and Tribes

Projects Funded

Funds to support grantees facing the brunt of environmental injustices, including health harms due to climate change. This Challenge aims to uplift community-level solutions to address health inequities.

Website

https://www.hhs.gov

Administrator L.A. Department of Water and Power

Common Grantees Nonprofits, Schools, Commercial Organizations. Must be a LADWP water service non-residential customer.

Projects Funded Funds the installation or refurbishment of publicly accessible drinking water stations on a property. To qualify, hydration stations must dispense drinking water and include a bottle-filling mechanism.

Website https://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/faces/ladwp/aboutus/a-water/a-w-waterquality/a-w-wq-hydrationstationinitiativeprogram?_afrLoop=1069549645091059&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=null#%40%3F_afrWindowId%3Dnull%26_afrLoop%3D1069549645091059%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3D8n0o0zlte_72

Administrator California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research

Common Grantees Public Agencies, Nonprofits

Projects Funded Funds local, regional, and tribal adaptation planning and resilience needs, provides resources, and supports the development of a pipeline of climate-resilient projects.

Website https://opr.ca.gov/climate/icarp/grants/

Administrator

Dr. Scholl Foundation Grants

Common Grantees

Education, Social Services, Healthcare, Civic, Cultural and Environmental

Projects Funded

The funding agency keeps potential topics broad to give them flexibility in granting awards.

Website

https://www.drschollfoundation.com/application-procedures/preferences-limitations/

Administrator

Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR)

Common Grantees

Tribes, territories, disadvantaged unincorporated communities, and U.S.-Southern border communities.

Projects Funded

Climate resiliency and adaptation, mitigating climate and health risks from urban heat islands, extreme heat, wood heater emissions, and wildfire events, community-led air and other (including water and waste) pollution monitoring, prevention, and remediation. Investments in low- and zero-emission and resilient technologies and related infrastructure. Workforce development that supports the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants. Reducing indoor toxics and indoor air pollution. Facilitating the engagement of disadvantaged communities in state and federal advisory groups, workshops, rulemakings, and other public processes.

Website

https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/inflation-reduction-act-community-change-grants-program

Administrator California Strategic Growth Council

Common Grantees Public Agencies, Nonprofits

Projects Funded Funds development and infrastructure projects that achieve major environmental, health, and economic benefits in California’s most disadvantaged communities.

Website https://sgc.ca.gov/programs/tcc/

Administrator Sea Grant and the NOAA Climate Program Office, with support from the NOAA Office for Coastal Management

Common Grantees State, Tribal, Territorial and Local Governments, Institutions of Higher Education, and Nonprofits

Projects Funded Funds projects aimed at placing people across the country into good jobs that advance climate resilience and assisting employers in developing a 21st-century workforce that is climate-literate, informed by climate resilience, and skilled at addressing consequent challenges.

Website https://seagrant.noaa.gov/CRW

Administrator

California Strategic Growth Council

Projects Funded

Funds projects aimed at new construction and upgrades of facilities to serve as community resilience centers, campus amenities that support the use of the facility, and services and programs that build overall community resilience.

Website

https://sgc.ca.gov/grant-programs/crc/

Administrator

CA Natural Resources Agency

Common Grantees

Nonprofits

Public agencies

Projects Funded

Urban Forestry

Resource Lands

Mitigation Projects

Website

https://resources.ca.gov/grants/environmental-enhancement-and-mitigation-eem

For more information on currently available funding and deadlines, please visit Redesign LA. Their website contains a spreadsheet of active funding opportunities from public sources (federal, state, and local) and private philanthropy that can be used to leverage resources for multi benefit projects and programs. The spreadsheet is updated on a bi-weekly basis.