Urban and Community Forestry Grants
Forecasted
Urban and Community Forestry Grants support communities, schools, and nonprofit childcare facilities with tree planting, tree care, and green schoolyards to reduce heat and improve climate resilience.
Funder: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Due Dates (Anticipated): May 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Aliso Canyon 2025–2026: $150,000–$1.5 million per school site, from $13.5 million available
Summary: Supports sustainable urban forests, tree care, and green schoolyards, with special consideration for disadvantaged and low-income communities.
Key Information: Aliso Canyon funding is restricted to public TK–12 campuses in 11 designated Los Angeles neighborhoods.
Description
CAL FIRE’s Urban and Community Forestry Grant Program supports sustainable, accessible urban forests through tree planting, forest management, tree care, and public education. The program emphasizes disadvantaged and low-income communities and more equitable access to tree canopy. Its goals include reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving climate resilience, alleviating extreme heat, and improving environmental quality and public health.
The program includes Green Schoolyards opportunities, nonprofit childcare facilities grants, and California Inflation Reduction Act grants. The Aliso Canyon Green Schoolyards solicitation supports nature-based improvements at in-need public school campuses in neighborhoods affected by the Aliso Canyon gas leak. Projects center on shade trees and may include pavement conversion, gardens, natural learning areas, and outdoor classrooms. The eligibility and funding rules below describe the 2025–2026 Aliso Canyon solicitation.
