Explore the Coast Overnight
🏛 Coastal Conservancy (California)
✓ Free, no account · Source: California Grants Portal · Last verified Jul 10, 2026
Can you apply?
This grant is for California IRWM regions and local project sponsors implementing integrated regional water management projects. An eligible IRWM Region representative submits the application. Local Project Sponsors (LPS) proposing individual projects must meet eligibility requirements in the 2019 Guidelines and must adopt the adopted IRWM Plan.
Projects must be included in an adopted IRWM Plan consistent with 2016 standards. The State's 48 IRWM regions cover nearly 90% of California's area and 99% of its population. Individual agencies proposing projects must adopt the IRWM Plan themselves.
Eligible projects include water reuse, conservation, storage, conveyance, watershed protection, stormwater management, desalination, water quality improvement, and decision support tools. At least 10% of funds ($51 million) are reserved for projects directly benefiting Disadvantaged Communities.
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Program description
The Conservancy’s Explore the Coast Overnight Program was created to expand more opportunities for all Californians to stay overnight at the coast, particularly individuals and youth from low and middle-income households, communities of color, at-risk or underserved populations, and others that face barriers to accessing the coast. The goals of the Explore the Coast Overnight Program include: Helping improve existing, and develop new lower-cost coastal accommodations; Ensuring that new or renovated coastal accommodation projects are available to all Californians, in particular low and middle-income Californians and organizations that serve under-resourced communities; Supporting innovative pilot projects; Creating and preserving a variety of lower-cost coastal accommodations; and Maintaining and increasing the stock of lower-cost coastal accommodations along the California coast. The Conservancy provides grant funds for the planning, design, permitting, and/or construction of lower-cost coastal accommodation projects that advance the goals and priorities of the Explore the Coast Overnight Program.
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 | 6 | 4 | 67% |
| 2021-2022 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2022-2023 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 2023-2024 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2024-2025 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 2025-2026 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
Source: California Grants Portal
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