Urban and Community Forestry Grants
Helping to create a sustainable urban forest.
The Urban and Community Forestry Grant Program strives to increase the long-term benefits trees provide, improve the public’s understanding and appreciation of urban trees, and advance urban forest management and tree care. Special consideration is given to projects serving disadvantaged and/or low-income communities.
The Aliso Canyon Green Schoolyards 2025/2026 Grant solicitation application period opens April 1, 2026 and closes at 5:00pm PST May 29, 2026.
The Aliso Canyon Green Schoolyards 2025/2026 Grant Guidelines are being updated and will be released when the solicitation period opens on April 1.
Application Related Documents and Standard Forms:
- Green Schoolyards Grants Budget
- Green Schoolyards DSA Pre-Application Meeting
- Mature Tree Pledge
- CAL FIRE Environmental Checklist
- Green Schoolyards MOU Template
- Partnership Letter of Commitment Template
- Urban Forestry Grants Resolution
- Long Term Tree Maintenance Plan Template
- Payee Data Record (STD.204)
- Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion, Lower Tier Covered Transactions (AD-1048)
Templates and Tools:
- Applicant Portal Instructions: Applicant Portal Instructions
- Navigating the Budget in a Grant Application: Navigating the Budget in a Grant Application - Zoom
- Signage Example
- Job Co-Benefit Modeling Tool
- Job Co-Benefit Modeling Tool User Guide
- Green Schoolyards Grants Progress Report Template
- Equipment Disposition Plan
- CA Air Resources Board Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Calculator Tool
- Priority Populations, Disadvantaged, and Low-Income Communities Tools
The application period for this grant solicitation is now closed.
2024 Inflation Reduction Act Awards Summary
2024 Inflation Reduction Act Applications Summary
In 2023, the UDSA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program awarded $1.5 billion to states, projects, and national initiatives that support urban communities in ensuring equitable access to trees and their benefits via the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) under President Biden's Justice40 Initiative and Executive Order 13985. California received a state allocation of Inflation Reduction Act funds, of which $30.8 million is available for grant projects working at a community, regional, or statewide scale in this funding opportunity.
- California IRA Grant Guidelines 2024 - Updated April 18, 2024
- eCivis User Guide
- California Climate Investments Funding Workbook for All Tribes
- IRA Project Application Budget Guidance Template
- IRA Green Schoolyard Additional Campus Budget Template
- IRA Sub-Grantee Reporting Package
- Green Schoolyards Additional Campuses
Applicant Required Standard Forms and Documentation Templates & Tools
- Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion, Lower Tier Covered Transactions (AD-1048)
- Nondiscrimination Compliance Statement form (STD 19)
- Drug-Free Workplace Certification form (STD 21)
- Payee Data Record form (STD 204)
- CAL FIRE Environmental Checklist
- Urban Forestry Grants Resolution
- SAM.gov Registration
- IRA Long Term Tree Maintenance Plan Template
- Partnership Letter of Commitment Template
- IRA Green Schoolyards MOU Template
- CA Air Resources Board Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Calculator Tool
- Priority Populations, Disadvantaged, and Low-income Communities Tools
IRA Grant Reporting Forms
Inflation Reduction Act Grants
- Webinar: "How to Submit an IRA Application via eCivis"
- Webinar: "IRA Grant Opportunity Overview"
Green Schoolyards Nonprofit Childcare Facilities Grants
- 2023-2024 Green Schoolyards Grants Non-profit Child Care Facilities: Link to Webinar External Link
- Non-profit Child Care Facilities: Link to Q&A
Green Schoolyards Grants
- Green Schoolyards Grants Budget
- Signage Example
- Urban Forestry Reporting Package
- Green Schoolyards Additional Campuses Budget
- Green Schoolyards Additional Campuses - Implementation
- Green Schoolyards DSA pre-application meeting
- Find Jobs Tool
- Find Jobs User Guide
- Green Schoolyard Grants Progress Report Template
- Equipment Disposition Plan
- 2024 Inflation Reduction Act Awards Summary
- 2023-2024 CAL FIRE Urban and Community Forestry Childcare Facilities Awards
- 2022-2023 CAL FIRE Green Schoolyards Grant Awards
- 2021-2022 CAL FIRE Urban and Community Forestry Grant Program Project Awards
- 2019-2020 CAL FIRE Urban and Community Forestry Grant Program Awards
- 2018-19 CAL FIRE Urban and Community Forestry Grant Program Project Awards
- 2024 California Inflation Reduction Act Grant Guidelines
- 2023/2024 Green Schoolyards Nonprofit Child Care Facilities Grant Guidelines
- 2022/2023 Green Schoolyards Grant Guidelines
- 2021/2022 Urban and Community Forestry Program Grant Guidelines
- 2020/2021 Urban and Community Forestry Program Grant Guidelines
- 2019/2020 Urban and Community Forestry Program Grant Guidelines
- 2018/2019 Urban and Community Forestry Program Grant Guidelines
- 2017/2018 Urban and Community Forestry Program Grant Guidelines
