Browse Ambrook’s collection of funding programs by Delta Conservancy

Proposition 68 funding is closed - the Conservancy is no longer accepting proposals but will update the program page if additional funding becomes available. To inquire about the status of a project, submit a written request specifying the project(s) of interest to prop68grants@deltaconservancy.ca.gov.

Delta Conservancy — Proposition 68 Grants

Delta Conservancy — General Office

The Community Enhancement&#x2004;Grant Program is a competitive Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy grant funded through Proposition 68 (the 2018 California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection and Outdoor Access for All Act). It funds projects that enhance Delta communities and their economic vitality, with priorities in recreation and tourism, historic and cultural preservation, and environmental education, and a focus on expanding public access to recreational opportunities. The Conservancy is currently no longer accepting proposals for Proposition 68 funding and will update the program page if additional funding becomes available.



The Community Enhancement Grant Program is a competitive Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy grant funded through Proposition 68 (the 2018 California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection and Outdoor Access for All Act). It funds projects that enhance Delta communities and their economic vitality, with priorities in recreation and tourism, historic and cultural preservation, and environmental education, and a focus on expanding public access to recreational opportunities. The Conservancy is currently no longer accepting proposals for Proposition 68 funding and will update the program page if additional funding becomes available.

Institutional applicants sponsoring qualifying community-enhancement projects in the Delta - public agencies, nonprofit organizations, tribes, and similar entities. Individual farmers do not apply directly.

A lump sum of money for a specific purpose that does not need to be paid back.

Grant

Agritourism

Stewardship

Competitive grants funded by Proposition 68 (2018) for projects that enhance Delta communities and their economic vitality; priorities include recreation and tourism, historic and cultural preservation, environmental education, and expanded public recreational access. Currently closed to new proposals.

Competitive cycles beginning in 2026. For the Rice Incentive Program first solicitation, concept proposals were due June 15, 2026. Monitor the program page for upcoming solicitations.

Delta Conservancy — Proposition 4 Grants

The Community, Environment, and Climate Grant Program is the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Conservancy's competitive grant program funded by the **$29 million** SB 867 / Proposition 4 Climate Bond, with competitive cycles beginning in 2026 across three categories: Nature-Based Solutions, Community Enhancement, and Ecosystem Restoration. Its first solicitation, the **Rice Incentive Program**, awards 2–3 grants to organizations that serve farmers, funding farmer rice-conversion and land-leveling plus technical assistance.



The Community, Environment, and Climate Grant Program is the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Conservancy's competitive grant program funded by the $29 million SB 867 / Proposition 4 Climate Bond, with competitive cycles beginning in 2026 across three categories: Nature-Based Solutions, Community Enhancement, and Ecosystem Restoration. Its first solicitation, the Rice Incentive Program, awards 2–3 grants to organizations that serve farmers, funding farmer rice-conversion and land-leveling plus technical assistance.

California public agencies, nonprofit organizations, tribal organizations, public utilities, and mutual water companies. Individual farmers cannot apply directly, but benefit indirectly through funded organizations.

Air Quality

Carbon Capture

Certification

High Tunnel

Landscape

Regenerative

Soil Health

Wildlife & Pollinator Habitat

Certified Organic

Certified Grassfed

Cover Crops

Reduced Tillage

Grants funded by the $29M Proposition 4 (SB 867) Climate Bond across Nature-Based Solutions, Community Enhancement, and Ecosystem Restoration categories.

The Delta Carbon Program page does not publish an open application portal for the Rice Conversion incentive. Contact Delta Conservancy staff (Delta Carbon Team; Lauren Damon) to confirm current intake and eligibility.

Lauren Damon

The Delta Rice Conversion Program, part of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Conservancy's Delta Carbon Program, pays farmers **up to $800 per acre** toward the cost of converting deeply-subsided Delta fields to rice cultivation. Rice conversion helps arrest land subsidence and can provide a higher-value commodity for growers who cannot finance upfront conversion costs.



The Delta Rice Conversion Program, part of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Conservancy's Delta Carbon Program, pays farmers up to $800 per acre toward the cost of converting deeply-subsided Delta fields to rice cultivation. Rice conversion helps arrest land subsidence and can provide a higher-value commodity for growers who cannot finance upfront conversion costs.

Delta farmers and agricultural landowners converting subsided fields to rice cultivation.

A contract to sell an environmental outcome the operation produces - sequestered carbon, a water-quality credit, a habitat credit - to a buyer, rather than receiving an award. Payment is typically per unit (per acre or per ton CO2e) over a multi-year term and contingent on verification, so records using this instrument carry the payment.* and contract.* fields rather than award.min/award.max. Covers both credit-generating programs, where credits are sold to outside buyers, and supply-chain insetting programs, where a company the operation already sells to pays for the practice.

Environmental Market

Conservation

Marketing

Per-acre incentive of up to $800 per acre for eligible rice-conversion costs, paid one-time.

Competitive solicitations released in cycles; see the program page for the current cycle.

Delta Conservancy — Proposition 1 Grants

The Ecosystem Restoration and Water Quality Grant Program is the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Conservancy's Proposition 1-funded competitive grant program. Through its fifth cycle it has committed roughly **$42 million** across 34 grants. It includes a 'Water-Related Agricultural Sustainability' funding priority and emphasizes voluntary landowner participation.



The Ecosystem Restoration and Water Quality Grant Program is the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Conservancy's Proposition 1-funded competitive grant program. Through its fifth cycle it has committed roughly $42 million across 34 grants. It includes a 'Water-Related Agricultural Sustainability' funding priority and emphasizes voluntary landowner participation.

California public agencies, nonprofit organizations, tribal organizations, public utilities, and mutual water companies.

Irrigation

Water Quality

Waterway Protection

Wetland Conservation

Water Management

Proposition 1 bond-funded competitive grants; approximately $42M committed across 34 grants through five cycles.

Open/rolling — contact Delta Conservancy staff and submit a concept proposal.

Nature-Based Solutions: Wetland Restoration Funding is a **$36 million** Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Conservancy program that funds managed and tidal wetland restoration, conversion of cropland to rice, technical assistance to access the voluntary carbon market, and land acquisition and easements. Intake is open/rolling via staff contact and a concept proposal.



Nature-Based Solutions: Wetland Restoration Funding is a $36 million Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Conservancy program that funds managed and tidal wetland restoration, conversion of cropland to rice, technical assistance to access the voluntary carbon market, and land acquisition and easements. Intake is open/rolling via staff contact and a concept proposal.

Approximately $36M available; funds managed/tidal wetland restoration, cropland-to-rice conversion, voluntary carbon-market technical assistance, and land acquisition/easements.

List of Delta Conservancy Funding Opportunities