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Capacity Building Programs for Land Trusts

California Council of Land Trusts launched two grant opportunities for land trusts and their partners to help the state of California meet its goals in Pathways to 30x30 and the Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy:

We are grateful for the funding we have received through the following programs: 

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Climate Smart Land Management Program: Capacity Building and Technical Assistance

Pathways to Climate Success:
Capacity Building Grant Program for Land Trusts >>
Closed as of September 20, 2024

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Project Advancement and Grant Program:

Building a pipeline of climate-smart projects, helping land trusts leverage funding and increase shovel-ready projects.
Project Advancement Grants >>
Closed as of October 18, 2024

Each program includes capacity building for land trusts in the form of direct block grants, as well as technical training and assistance, with a focus on building equity and partnerships with Native Tribes, Native organizations, and disadvantaged or underserved communities.

The second round of Project Advancement block grant funding for land trusts and their partners will be launched in Spring 2025. In this second round, CCLT will award approximately $1.7 million in three grant categories:

  1. Transaction, Project Development, and Permitting
  2. Organizational Capacity Building
  3. Building and Sustaining Partnership Projects

Eligible organizations for the Project Advancement Grant Program include:

  • Conservation land trusts located in and serving California that are tax-exempt organizations under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. 
  • Native Tribes, Native-led organizations, or organizations representing underserved or disadvantaged communities that apply in partnership with a 501(c)(3) land trust. 

Technical training and assistance programs for land trusts will be launching in April/May 2025 and ongoing through 2026.

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