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$71.8M

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60 grants

$71.8M total

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Renewable Energy Grants in California Highlights

Last updated: July 6, 2026. Next update: August 2, 2026.

Grant Insights : Grant Funding Trends in California

Average Grant Size

What's the typical amount funded for California?

Grants are most commonly $145,539.

$145,539

Total Number of Grants

What's the total number of grants in Renewable Energy Grants in California year over year?

In 2024, funders in California awarded a total of 256,564 grants.

2022 237,186

2023 236,635

2024 256,564

Top Grant Focus Areas

Among all the Renewable Energy Grants in California given out in California, the most popular focus areas that receive funding are Education, Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations, and Human Services.

1. Education

2. Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

3. Human Services

Funding Over Time

How is funding for Renewable Energy Grants in California changing over time?

Funding has increased by -1.38%.

2022 $34,364,756,699

2023 $37,770,770,141
9.91%

2024 $37,247,795,891
-1.38%

California Counties That Receive the Most Funding

How does grant funding vary by county?

Los Angeles County, San Francisco County, and San Mateo County receive the most funding.

County	Total Grant Funding in 2024
Los Angeles County	$10,841,756,858
San Francisco County	$5,409,542,294
San Mateo County	$5,358,878,304
Santa Clara County	$3,811,026,208
Alameda County	$3,749,322,182

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GFO-22-903 - Cost Share for Federal Funding Opportunities Clean Hydrogen Program (CA)

The Restore Grant

GFO-25-301 - Distributed Resources for Innovative Vehicle Energization Strategies (DRIVES)

Sales Tax Exclusion (STE) Program

GFO-23-318 – BRIDGE 2024: Bringing Rapid Innovation Development to Green Energy (CA)

Tribal Solar Gap Grant Program

EnergIIZE Commercial Vehicles (MDHD ZEV Infrastructure Incentive Block Grant project) – Transit Set-Aside Funding Lane - Rollover

California Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project 2.0 (CALeVIP 2.0) – Fast Charge California Project

TSAF: Tribal Energy Capacity Building Request for Proposal

Cost Share for Federal Funding Opportunities Industrial Decarbonization and Improvement of Grid Operations (INDIGO) Program and Food Production Investment Program (FPIP)

GFO-25-302 - Coordinated Holistic Orchestration of Inverter-based Resources (CHOIR)

Programmatic Support - Environment Pillar Award

Regional Investment Initiative - Implementation Phase

GFO-25-602 - California’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program – Solicitation 3

GFO-23-307 – Large-Scale Centralized Clean Hydrogen Production (H2CENTRAL)

RBC Foundation Grants - National Program (Outside the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Area)

AWWA Scholarship Program - Dr. Philip C. Singer Scholarship

Graduate Education Fund: Specialty Field Scholarships - AUKUS Scholarship

Fisheries and Offshore Wind Interactions Request for Proposals

Seeding Critical Advances For Leading Energy Technologies With Untapped Potential (Scaleup) Ready