Coastal Stories

Coastal Conservancy · State of California

At a glance

Coastal Stories is a closed California state grant opportunity from the Coastal Conservancy (State of California). The application deadline was March 31, 2024. Total estimated funding is $1.2M. Applicant types listed as eligible include nonprofit, public agency and tribal government. It is listed on the California Grants Portal. Cost sharing is not required.

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Feb 5, 2024Posted
Mar 31, 2024Application deadline

Opened: Feb 5, 2024
Close date: Mar 31, 2024
Award floor: Not specified
Award ceiling: Not specified
Est. total funding: $1,200,000
Expected awards: Not specified
Matching funds: Not required
Funding instrument: Grant

Program details (as published on the California Grants Portal)

Type: Grant
Funding source: State
Matching funds: Not Required
Funding method: Advances & Reimbursement(s)
Estimated number of awards: Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
Estimated award amounts: Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
Award period: February 2027
Expected award announcement: TBD
Letter of intent: Not required
Geography: Projects should research, develop, and present diverse stories of historically excluded communities in publicly accessible outdoor spaces on the coast, Santa Ana River watershed, and San Francisco Bay.
How to submit: By email: grants@scc.ca.gov

Who can apply

Applicant categories as listed on the California Grants Portal. GrantsJunction maps them to detailed applicant types for search and matching.

Nonprofit
Public Agency
Tribal Government

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Purpose and description as published on the California Grants Portal.

Purpose

These grants fund storytelling installations or materials that authentically convey historically excluded communities’ perspectives and relationships to the outdoors and coast.

Description

The Conservancy’s Coastal Stories Grant Program will be providing grants to tribes, nonprofit organizations, and public agencies to create storytelling installations or materials (such as murals, signage, or monuments) that represent communities and voices that have been historically excluded from the storytelling on California’s coast and publicly accessible lands.

Workshops and events ↗

Past applications & awards

Historical data · not a prediction

Reported by the agency for this listing

Fiscal year 2023–248 applications · 8 awards

Counts as published on the California Grants Portal. Award counts can read zero until decisions are announced.

Awards published: 8
Total awarded: $1,244,795
Median award: $173,715 calculated
Smallest – largest: $50,000 – $180,000

Recipients by type: Nonprofit (8)

Areas served: Mendocino County (1), San Luis Obispo County (1), Humboldt County (1), Orange County (1), Napa County (1), San Francisco County (1), Alameda County (1), San Diego County (1)

Largest awards to organizations

Trust for Public LandBuchanan Street Mall Memory Walk Interpretative Signage Project$180,000 · FY 2023–24
Friends of Friendship ParkFriendship Park People's Histories Project$175,000 · FY 2023–24
Ink People, Inc.Eureka Chinatown Monument and Programming$174,965 · FY 2023–24
Xa Kako Dile:, Inc.Xa Kako Dile: Northern Pomo People's Traditional Relationship to the Land, Language and Plants$174,630 · FY 2023–24
Social Good FundWe Are All Here$172,800 · FY 2023–24
Sonoma Ecology CenterCradle Basket$167,400 · FY 2023–24
Crystal Cove ConservancyCrystal Cove Japanese American Community Interpretation Project$150,000 · FY 2023–24
R.A.C.E. MattersUntold Coastal Stories$50,000 · FY 2023–24

Source: California Grants Portal grant award data. Awards to individuals are counted but not named. Past awards show who was funded; they do not predict future decisions.

Program contact (as published)

taylor samuelson
taylor.samuelson@scc.ca.gov
1-510-286-4182

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “Coastal Stories”?

The official listing names these applicant types as eligible: Nonprofit, Public Agency and Tribal Government. Additional restrictions may apply; review the full guidelines.

How much funding is available through “Coastal Stories”?

Per the notice, total estimated program funding is $1,200,000.

How do I apply for “Coastal Stories”?

Applications go directly to Coastal Conservancy, not through GrantsJunction. Submission: by email to grants@scc.ca.gov. Read the program guidelines on the agency's site first; state programs set their own forms and registration requirements.

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