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Department of Health Care Access and Information · Amount varies

Open to businesses, nonprofits, and public agencies that operate primary care residency programs (family medicine, internal medicine, OB/GYN, pediatrics). It funds training of primary care residents to serve in medically underserved, rural, or lower-income California communities, with required strategies for recruitment, placement, and preceptorships in areas of unmet need. The application deadline is August 3, 2026; no specific award range is stated.

Strategic Growth Council · $350K–$420K

Eligibility is restricted to California Native American Tribes listed on the Native American Heritage Commission contact list (federally and non-federally recognized) and certain Tribally Designated Housing Entities; non-federally recognized tribes must be registered with the California Secretary of State. It funds staff salaries and capacity-building for tribes' climate- and housing-related work over a 36-month term, with awards of about $350,000 to $420,000 and no match required. Applications are due August 11, 2026.

Department of Health Care Access and Information · Amount varies

Open to businesses, nonprofits, and public agencies that train family nurse practitioners and physician assistants. It funds programs preparing primary care NP and PA trainees to work in underserved California communities, with required recruitment, placement, and preceptorship strategies in areas of unmet need. The application deadline is September 23, 2026; no specific award range is stated.

Department of Health Care Access and Information · Amount varies

Open to businesses, nonprofits, and public agencies that train certified nurse midwifery students. It funds programs preparing certified nurse midwives to work in underserved California communities, with required recruitment, placement, and preceptorship strategies in areas of unmet need. The application deadline is September 23, 2026; no specific award range is stated.

Strategic Growth Council · $1–$5M

This Transformative Climate Communities Project Development Grant funds pre-development and basic infrastructure activities to help California communities prepare for future climate-resilience funding. Eligible applicants are nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments (businesses are not listed for this grant type). Awards run up to roughly $5,000,000. Disadvantaged Unincorporated Communities, tribal communities, prior Planning Grant grantees, and previous Implementation Grant applicants are prioritized, and projects must serve overburdened California communities, so eligibility is geographically and community-restricted. Multiple co-applicants are referenced.

Strategic Growth Council · Up to $300K

Businesses, nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments can apply for this Transformative Climate Communities Planning Grant, which funds planning activities (community engagement, capacity building, climate action plans, fiscal analyses) to prepare low-income, disadvantaged, and tribal California communities for future climate-resilience implementation. Awards run up to about $300,000. Projects must serve overburdened California communities, so geographic and community-eligibility limits apply.

Strategic Growth Council · Amount varies

Businesses, nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments in California can apply for this Transformative Climate Communities Implementation Grant, which funds neighborhood-scale, community-led climate resilience projects (affordable housing, transit, solar, water resilience, and similar) in disadvantaged, low-income, and tribal communities. Note the strict structural requirement: at least two co-applicants are required, and all applicants must form a Collaborative Governance Structure with local residents and leadership. Projects must be place-based and serve overburdened California communities, so geographic and community-eligibility limits apply. No dollar range is stated for this listing.

Department of Health Care Access and Information · Amount varies

Businesses, nonprofits, and public agencies can apply for this Song-Brown Registered Nurse Education program, which funds organizations that train registered nurse students to practice in underserved California communities. Funded programs must recruit trainees predisposed to serving areas of unmet need and provide preceptorship and placement support in those areas. No award amount is stated; the focus is health and education workforce training.

State Treasurer's Office · $1–$50M

This California Health Facilities Financing Authority program (CHFFA) provides tax-exempt equipment financing (a loan, not a grant) to eligible health facilities that are nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporations or public health facilities such as district hospitals. Applicants must have operated the same services for at least three years and demonstrate fiscal soundness; loans start at a $500,000 minimum with no maximum and carry market-rate fixed interest plus application and administrative fees. Three years of audited financial statements are required, and loan maturity is tied to the useful life of the financed equipment.

State Treasurer's Office · $1–$9.7M

This California program funds capital improvement projects at the 13 specific children's hospitals named in Proposition 3 (eight private nonprofit hospitals and five University of California children's hospitals); no other applicants are eligible. Awards can be large (up to roughly $98 million per private nonprofit hospital, less issuance and administrative costs), supporting facilities serving critically ill children. Applications are accepted on a rolling monthly basis. Eligibility is extremely narrow, limited to the named hospitals.

State Treasurer's Office · $25K–$1.5M

This California Health Facilities Financing Authority loan program (HELP II), not a grant, offers low-interest loans of $25,000 to $1.5 million to nonprofit 501(c)(3) health facilities that qualify as small (annual gross revenue of $30 million or less), rural, or public health facilities. Applicants must be California-licensed, have operated the same services for at least three years, show fiscal soundness, and contribute a minimum 5% match; funds can cover property purchase/construction, equipment, fees, or refinancing. Interest is 3% (4% for refinancing), and a gross revenue pledge plus a lien is required.

State Treasurer's Office · $1–$5B

This California Health Facilities Financing Authority program offers tax-exempt bond financing (loans, not grants) to nonprofit 501(c)(3) health facilities and public health facilities such as district hospitals. Applicants must qualify as a health facility under the Authority's Act, have provided the same services for at least three years, and demonstrate fiscal soundness and ability to repay; new organizations are generally not eligible. There is no loan maximum and maturities can run up to about 40 years, with funds usable for construction, acquisition, equipment, refunding prior debt, and related costs, subject to issuance and annual fees.

Department of Public Health · Amount varies

California Department of Public Health's Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Reinvestment Grant funds projects that improve the lives of skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents, such as person-centered care, infection-control training, and arts/engagement programs. Eligibility is broad, including businesses, individuals, nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments. Note that research-only projects, capital improvements, staff salaries, and high-cost technology are not fundable; projects run up to 36 months and applicants must use the CDPH template.

State Treasurer's Office · $1–$135M

Eligibility is restricted to 13 specific children's hospitals named in California's Proposition 4 (eight private nonprofit hospitals and five University of California hospitals); no other organizations qualify. The program funds capital improvement projects, with grant awards capped at $135 million per private nonprofit hospital and $54 million per UC hospital, less issuance and administrative costs. Applications are accepted on a rolling monthly basis through June 30, 2033.

Department of Health Care Access and Information · Amount varies

Nonprofit and public-agency hospitals that qualify as small, rural, or Critical Access facilities in California can apply to this state program for grant funding and technical assistance to meet seismic safety retrofit requirements. Applicants must demonstrate they meet the small/rural/Critical Access definition and are at risk of closure for financial reasons, and must have current seismic compliance and project delivery plans on file with HCAI before funding is awarded. Eligibility is narrow and California-specific; available funds are allocated across participants based on need.

State Treasurer's Office · $1–$5B

This is a California financing (commercial paper) program, not a typical grant: only nonprofit 501(c)(3) or public health facilities defined under the Authority's Act may participate, and they must have operated the same services for at least three years and demonstrate fiscal soundness to repay. Proceeds fund construction, renovation, land/facility acquisition, equipment, debt refunding, and start-up working capital, issued in $100,000 denominations up to very large amounts. Note this creates repayable debt with fees and rating requirements rather than free money, and brand-new organizations are not eligible.