California small business grants, May 2026

Los Angeles County's Clean Energy Access TECH Grant Round 2 provides up to $200,000 to community-based organizations for outreach and education on building decarbonization, electrification, and healthy homes through a competitive selection process.

CalRecycle's Empty Glass Beverage Transportation Grant Program provides $1,000,000 annually to California businesses for rail transportation of empty glass beverage containers to processing facilities, covering equipment, supplies, and infrastructur…

California Strategic Growth Council Factory Built Housing Pilot Program provides Catalyst Grants up to $500,000 over two years to regional partnerships advancing factory-built affordable housing through research, stakeholder engagement, and capacity…

California Strategic Growth Council Factory-Built Housing Planning Grants provide up to $3 million over three years to regional initiatives developing scalable factory-built housing strategies and removing regulatory barriers to affordable housing s…

Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program Cycle 8 2026 provides California Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grants for rail, bus, and ferry transit capital improvements with at least 25 percent of funding directed to disadvantaged communities.

Song-Brown program funds California institutions training certified nurse midwifery students to serve medically underserved areas through recruitment, counseling, and placement initiatives.

Song-Brown program funds California institutions training nurse practitioners and physician assistants for primary care in medically underserved areas; 2026 application cycle.

Song-Brown Program provides grants to California medical institutions training primary care residents for practice in medically underserved and rural communities.

Song-Brown program funds California institutions training registered nurses for primary care practice in medically underserved communities through recruitment, counseling, and preceptorship initiatives.

CAL FIRE's Wood Products and Bioenergy program funds business development and workforce training projects that support California's forest restoration and wood products infrastructure across logging, manufacturing, and related sectors.

CAL FIRE's Forest Health Program offers grants for active restoration and reforestation to build resilient forests, mitigate climate change, reduce fire risk, and strengthen rural economies in California for Fiscal Year 2025-26.

California Division of Boating and Waterways provides grants for planning and implementation projects to prevent Quagga and Zebra mussel infestation in state reservoirs, including equipment purchases and outreach programs.

CalRecycle's Waste Tire Cleanup Grant provides up to $1.5M in FY 2026-27 for California local governments to collect and dispose of waste tires from illegal dumping sites, with individual awards up to $100,000 and regional awards up to $250,000.

AHSC Round 10 offers approximately $650 million in grants and loans across California for affordable housing, transit-oriented development, and sustainable transportation projects serving disadvantaged and low-income communities.

Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy awards grants for climate resilience and nature-based conservation projects in the Coachella Valley through Proposition 4 funding, with priority given to projects benefiting disadvantaged communities.