2025 California Climate Action Corps Fellowship Funding Opportunity
Published: April 24, 2025
Application Due Date: May 21, 2025
Contact Information: Funding@CaliforniaVolunteers.CA.GOV
Grant Description
In September 2020, California Volunteers launched the California Climate Action Corps, the country’s first statewide corps of its kind with the mission of empowering Californians to take meaningful action to protect their homes, health and communities against the harshest impacts of natural disasters. As a foundational element of this new initiative, through 2025, California Volunteers deployed more than 1,300 AmeriCorps fellows to support local projects in front-line and low-income communities across the state. All Fellows received a living allowance and were eligible for an education award upon completion of their term.
The 2025 California Climate Action Corps Fellowship Funding Opportunity provides state and federal funds for an intermediary organization to collaborate with California Volunteers to develop and deliver the California Climate Action Corps Fellowship: annual deployment of up to 400 full-time (or equivalent) AmeriCorps members.
Eligible Applicants
Nonprofit organizations and state and local government agencies are eligible to apply. All applicants must have active registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/. Additionally, applicants must meet specific requirements to qualify for each of the priority initiatives:
- Experience with AmeriCorps program implementation as a statewide intermediary
- Experience working in the environmental field, preferably with a mix of community engagement, environmental education, and direct environmental project implementation experience
- Experience working with and for frontline communities and/or on environmental justice issues
- Strong history of recruitment and retention as an AmeriCorps program implementer
- Capacity to expand staff support (directly or through subcontracting) as needed
Application Deadline
The complete application is due to CV by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
Application Documents
The following documents are required to complete the 2025 California Climate Action Corps Fellowship Funding Opportunity
Technical Assistance
For technical assistance with this application, please contact funding@cv.ca.gov.
