Regional Conservation Investment Strategies
🏛 Wildlife Conservation Board (California)
✓ Free, no account · Source: California Grants Portal · Last verified Oct 7, 2026
Can you apply?
This grant is for California-based nonprofit organizations, schools, and community groups that connect people to coastal resources and watersheds. Eligible activities include youth education programs, adult education, climate change education, and shoreline cleanup. Projects can be located anywhere in California, coastal or inland, but applicants are encouraged to serve historically underrepresented communities and be based in those communities.
Projects must fall into at least one of four categories: youth education, public/adult education, climate change education, or shoreline enhancement. The grant prioritizes organizations serving communities with fewer coastal education opportunities. Awards range up to $50,000.
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Program description
An Regional Conservation Investment Strategy (RCIS) is a voluntary, non-regulatory document that provides guidance on actions that, if implemented, would result in effective regional conservation. And public agency may propose an RCIS that is developed in consultation with local agencies that have land use authority within the RCIS area. The RCIS Grant Program (Program) supports the following priorities: • Geographic areas lacking an NCCP or regional HCP (i.e., HCP’s that focus on regional conservation with large and interconnected reserve systems) • Geographic areas with a local (non-regulatory) conservation plan or strategy approved or adopted by a public agency • Proposals with matching funds (including in-kind match) • Proposals that demonstrate readiness and qualifications
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
- Individuals
- Nonprofits
- Public Authority
- Public K-12 School
- Small Business (SBA-defined)
- Tribal Nation
Demographic focus
How to apply
Application links
Program contact
- 📧 shannon.lucas@wildlife.ca.gov
- 📞 1-916-247-7065
Funding track record
Past applications & awards under this program (California Grants Portal) — how competitive it is.
By fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Applications | Awarded | Award rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | 1 | — | 0% |
| 2025-2026 | 1 | — | 0% |
Source: California Grants Portal
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