The Fund accepts a single Letter of Inquiry (LOI) submitted via the application portal; grant requests are accepted on an ongoing (rolling) basis and applicants invited by email are asked to submit a full proposal.

Must be a public charity with 501(c)(3) status or have a fiscal sponsor with 501(c)(3) status | Will not consider requests for deficit budgets | No grants to individuals | An organization may submit only one request per year

Lisa And Douglas Goldman Fund Grants

The application consists of a concept proposal followed by review and selection. Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal followed by a second review and selection period.  Concept proposals are due by 3 p.m. (PDT), July 30, 2026.  Full invited proposals are due by 3 p.m. (PST), November 14, 2026.  This solicitation funds collaborative research to support forest health and greenhouse‑gas reduction at landscape scales through improved forest and vegetation management across California. This solicitation is purposefully intended to consider research proposals that focus on a broad range of challenging questions relevant to forest and fire management at large spatial scales, and we encourage applications from any discipline that meaningfully intersect with landscape-scale management.  Research funded through this solicitation should be collaborative in nature, and include multiple partners working across organizations, institutions, jurisdictions, and/or disciplines. Projects should substantially advance their field of research and produce meaningful applied benefits for any of the following broad themes:  a)       improved forest or vegetation management strategies and activities to reduce unwanted disturbance impacts, promote recovery after disturbance, enhance carbon storage, sustain and promote biodiversity, improve water and air quality, provide regional economic benefits, or facilitate an adaptive management feedback loop  (including beneficial fire, tribal stewardship, forest fuels reduction, pest management, reforestation, biomass utilization, forest watershed restoration, upper watershed, riparian, and mountain meadow restoration) at landscape-scales;  b)    Improved decision support for planning and prioritizing risk reduction activities, including large-scale prescribed fire, across scales from Potential Operational Delineations (PODs) to individual projects. Improvements may include but are not limited to fire behavior modeling, fuels quantification, andprioritization schema.  c)       Improved understanding of current impacts of large-scale wildfires and other large disturbances, or management strategies within large disturbance footprints, such as second-entry treatments in fire footprints;  d)      Improved predictions of future conditions, disturbance regimes, or treatment effectiveness;  e)      Emissions reductions and/or avoided live vegetation losses, improved long-term carbon storage and sequestration, or improved quantitative assessment of greenhouse gas impacts across large scales; Or  f)        Improved policy related to the California Forest Carbon Plan or other State climate mitigation and adaptation strategies.  The research may – but is not required to – include forest treatment implementation such as forest fuels reduction, pest management, reforestation, biomass utilization, forest watershed restoration, upper watershed, riparian, and mountain meadow restoration. The research may – but is not required to – build off other previous or current implementation or research projects funded through other sources (e.g. Forest Health, Fire Prevention, Tribal Wildfire Resiliency, or other CAL FIRE or non-CAL FIRE grants).

Nonprofit; Public Agency; Tribal Government

CAL FIRE Forest Health Research Program (FY 2026-27) Proposition 4 California Climate Bond Grants (RP-RFP-2026-03)

The application will consist of a concept proposal followed by review and selection. Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal followed by a second review and selection period.  Concept proposals are due by 3 p.m. (PDT), July 30, 2026.  Full invited proposals are due by 3 p.m. (PST), November 18, 2026.  The Forest Health Research Program (hereafter “Research Program”) was established as part of CAL FIRE’s plan for implementing the California Forest Carbon Plan. It is one of several CAL FIRE programs funded through the California Climate Investments (CCI) program, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The mission of the Research Program is:  To identify and prioritize research topics in forest health and fire science critical to the State of California To fund sound scientific studies that support forest landowners, resource agencies, and fire management organizations within the state To ensure scientific information generated from the program is made available to support decision making and policy To further the goals of the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan, California Forest Carbon Plan, the California Natural and Working Lands Implementation Plan, CCI, and AB 32 Global Warming Solutions Act  The program, procedures and requirements apply only to “stand-alone research” projects, where research-related activities are the only activities proposed. Research activities are no longer eligible as a component of larger management-oriented Forest Health projects.  The following topics have been identified as priorities for study for the Research Program for FY 2024-25. Topics are numbered for reference, but not ranked in terms of priority.  Research proposed under this solicitation must address one or more of these priority topics. Research projects should be focused on and relevant to California ecosystems and their management.  Recovery, restoration, regeneration and reforestation strategies following wildfires and other disturbances in an altered future climate. Implementation, effectiveness, impacts, and tradeoffs of current and alternative management strategies to reduce unwanted wildfire impacts to communities, improve hydrologic functions including water quality and supply, improve air quality, sustain and promote biodiversity, mitigate impacts of pests, pathogens, and invasive species. Methods of ecological monitoring to continually evaluate effectiveness, impacts and benefits of vegetation treatments at various scales. Community resilience to wildfires and other ecological disturbances under current and future climate conditions. Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and tribal forest and fire management, especially research by tribal organizations or indigenous researchers. Forest products and utilization of forest residues related to fuel reduction and forest health treatments. Improved prediction of wildland fire spread, behavior, severity, and potential impacts, particularly under extreme weather conditions and/or within the wildland-urban interface.  Improved methods and applications for conducting cost-benefit analysis related to forest restoration, fuel treatments and other forest health interventions.

Individual; Nonprofit; Public Agency; Tribal Government

CAL FIRE Forest Health Research Program (FY 2026-27) California Climate Investments Grants (RP-RFP-2026-01)

The Oak Hill Fund is a private family foundation (formed in 2002) that operates a Healthy People – Healthy Planet portfolio of six program areas and accepts letters of inquiry via an online grantee portal for open programs. It only awards grants to organizations tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3).

Must be tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code | No funding for individuals, capital campaigns, endowments, or book and film writing/publication

Reproductive Health, Rights, & Justice

General grants program: the Foundation considers requests from 501(c)(3) public charities (not private foundations) and governmental units, with a geographic focus on Texas and a special emphasis on Houston; priorities include conservation, education, healthcare and programs for underprivileged youth.

Must be a 501(c)(3) public charity that is not a private foundation (509(a) public charity) | Governmental units described in Section 170 of the Code are eligible | Not a non-functionally integrated type III supporting organization (per Section 4942(g)(4)(A)(i)) | No grants to individuals | No grants to foreign charities | Will not directly or indirectly support candidates for political office or influence legislation

John M. O'Quinn Foundation Grants

The application will consist of a concept proposal followed by review and selection. Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal followed by a second review and selection period.  Concept proposals are due by 3 p.m. (PDT), July 30, 2026.  Full invited proposals are due by 3 p.m. (PST), November 18, 2026.  The Forest Health Research Program (hereafter “Research Program”) was established as part of CAL FIRE’s plan for implementing the California Forest Carbon Plan. It is one of several CAL FIRE programs funded through the California Climate Investments (CCI) program, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The mission of the Research Program is:  To identify and prioritize research topics in forest health and fire science critical to the State of California   To fund sound scientific studies that support forest landowners, resource agencies, and fire management organizations within the state   To ensure scientific information generated from the program is made available to support decision making and policy   To further the goals of the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan, California Forest Carbon Plan, the California Natural and Working Lands Implementation Plan, CCI, and AB 32 Global Warming Solutions Act  The program, procedures and requirements apply only to “stand-alone research” projects, where research-related activities are the only activities proposed. The following topics have been identified as priorities for study for the Research Program for FY 2026-27:  Recovery, restoration, regeneration and reforestation strategies following wildfires and other disturbances in an altered future climate.  Implementation, effectiveness, impacts, and tradeoffs of current and alternative management strategies to reduce unwanted wildfire impacts to communities, improve hydrologic functions including water quality and supply, improve air quality, sustain and promote biodiversity, mitigate impacts of pests, pathogens, and invasive species, and/or increase beneficial fire effects.   Methods of ecological monitoring to continually evaluate effectiveness, impacts and benefits of vegetation treatments at various scales.   Community resilience to wildfires and other ecological disturbances under current and future climate conditions. Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and tribal forest and fire management, especially research by tribal organizations or indigenous researchers.  Forest products and utilization of forest residues related to fuel reduction and forest health treatments.Improved prediction of wildland fire spread, behavior, severity, and potential impacts, particularly under extreme weather conditions and/or within the wildland-urban interface.   In addition, the following special topic has been identified as priorities for the Research Program for FY 2026-27:  Utilizing novel applications of FireSat Quick Beam Instrument data to answer ecological questions.

CAL FIRE Forest Health Research Program (FY 2026-27) California Climate Investments Graduate Student Grants (RP-RFP-2026-02)

Annual fund awarding grants to nonprofit organizations whose primary office or services are located in Thomas County, supporting local projects and capacity building.

Only nonprofit organizations whose primary office and/or services are located in Thomas County, Georgia are eligible to apply

Hosea Hall & Lilly Eason Vann Fund for Thomas County

Funds organizations working to change policies, power structures and other root causes so that all North Carolinians can lead fulfilling lives.

Be a charitable, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization, college/university, religious entity, or government unit | Use the grant for work that serves the people of North Carolina | ZSR is legally prohibited from funding voter registration | No funding for work that supports or opposes individual candidates or influences election outcomes | Does not fund academic and medical research | Does not fund capital campaigns, building projects, or renovations | Does not fund conferences, seminars, symposiums, fundraising events, civic clubs, or endowment funds | Does not fund equipment, furniture, computer purchases, land purchases, plant species preservation, or historic preservation | Does not fund projects that focus exclusively on direct services (e.g., shelters, health care) or payment of debts | Overhead and indirect costs for colleges and universities, scholarships, and private business ventures are not funded

Lisa And Douglas Goldman Fund Grants

About this program

Eligibility

Contact & website

Douglas E. Goldman

[email protected]

415-771-1717

ldgfund.org

Past recipients

2024

Congregation Emanu-El

$2,000,000

San Francisco Parks Alliance - Tennis Coalition Of San Francisco

$1,000,000

University Of California Berkeley Fdn

$500,000

Jewish Community Relations Council

$250,000

Corporation Of The Fine Arts Museums

$250,000

Corporation Of The Fine Arts Museums

$250,000

The Barack Obama Foundation

$250,000

Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc

$205,000

Brigid Alliance Inc

$175,000

Rolling

~$10K (1,845 grants)

National · All 50 states

Similar Grants

CAL FIRE Forest Health Research Program (FY 2026-27) Proposition 4 California Climate Bond Grants (RP-RFP-2026-03)

$1.0M–$1.5M

CAL FIRE Forest Health Research Program (FY 2026-27) California Climate Investments Grants (RP-RFP-2026-01)

Reproductive Health, Rights, & Justice

~$20K

John M. O'Quinn Foundation Grants

~$35K

CAL FIRE Forest Health Research Program (FY 2026-27) California Climate Investments Graduate Student Grants (RP-RFP-2026-02)

Hosea Hall & Lilly Eason Vann Fund for Thomas County

$1.0K–$2.0K