Funding search · climate adaptation · California
Who funds climate adaptation work in California
15 funders have a record of paying for climate adaptation work by California recipients: 133 grants totaling $33.2M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Community Partners ($10.4M), The California Endowment ($5.6M) and Humboldt Area Foundation ($1.2M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to California recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Community PartnersLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $10.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.6M to GRID ALTERNATIVES GREATER LOS ANGELES INC — environment climate resilience
Largest: $25,000 to MYCELIUM YOUTH NETWORK — building youth power for climate justice and health: to support youth in an action research project focused on increasing climate adaptation and mitigation which will engage the yo…
Humboldt Area FoundationBayside, CACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $128,300 to KARUK TRIBE — tribal climate resilience network, emergency support, program support
California State Parks FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $802,727 to CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION — annual endowment disbursement request, mt diablo bike turnout phase ii, memorial bench and trail project, earth day, california state parks week, building climate resilient state p…
Largest: $400,000 to SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS INC — project support grant to deepen capacity, collaboration, and alignment in the field of equitable climate resilience
S H Cowell FoundationSan Francisco, CA
6 matching grants · $475,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION — to launch the tribal climate resilience network.
Environmental Defense Fund IncorporatedNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $291,623 · through 2022Largest: $78,879 to Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr Univ — natural climate solutions,blue carbon,climate resilient food systems
Largest: $300,000 to CARBON CYCLE INSTITUTE — accelerating climate action in california: scaling carbon sequestration and climate resilience on working lands
Marin Community FoundationNovato, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $473,936 · through 2024Largest: $202,500 to GREENBELT ALLIANCE — bay area climate resilience hotspots support
Largest: $1.2M to THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — to renew support for the conservation finance initiative, a joint effort of the trust for public land and the nature conservancy, which aims to create new public funding for land c…
Peninsula Open Space TrustPalo Alto, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $227,500 · through 2024Largest: $7,500 to CLIMATE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES — support climate resilient communities
The San Diego FoundationSan Diego, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $210,917 · through 2024Largest: $93,029 to SAN DIEGO COASTKEEPER — for advancing climate-smart, multi-benefit integrated water management in san diego to achieve clean water and climate resilience
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