Sea Otter Recovery Grants
🏛 Coastal Conservancy (California)
✓ Free, no account · Source: California Grants Portal · Last verified Sep 5, 2026
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This grant is for California agricultural organizations and governments seeking to protect farmland at risk of conversion. Eligible applicants include resource conservation districts, nonprofits, county governments, and agricultural groups. Projects must focus on developing plans for agricultural land protection, regional food systems infrastructure, and economic viability in California. Geographic scope is limited to California's agricultural regions.
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Program description
The California Sea Otter Fund is one of the state’s voluntary tax check-off funds that allows taxpayers to voluntarily contribute additional money for use towards the recovery of California’s sea otter population. A portion of the revenues are allocated to the State Coastal Conservancy for “competitive grants and contracts to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for research, science, protection, projects, or programs related to the Federal Sea Otter Recovery Plan or improving the nearshore ocean ecosystem, including, but not limited to, program activities to reduce sea otter mortality, and for public outreach activities that encourage taxpayers to make contributions by voluntary checkoff on a tax return to the California Sea Otter Fund. The projects or programs may also address pathogens and water and wastewater treatment technologies.” State Coastal Conservancy grants funded by the California Sea Otter Fund can be used for a variety of activities related to southern sea otter recovery and improving the nearshore ecosystem. Conservancy priorities for the funding are as follows: Plan and implement projects to improve or expand southern sea otter habitat; Reduce environmental stressors impacting southern sea otters; Implement critical recovery actions of the Federal Southern Sea Otter Recovery Plan; Research focusing on ways to improve or expand southern sea otter habitat or reduce stressors.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
How to apply
Application links
Program contact
- 📧 grants@scc.ca.gov
- 📞 1-510-286-1015
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4 | — | 0% |
Source: California Grants Portal
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