California Fire Safe Council administers U.S. Forest Service State Fire Assistance (SFA) grant programs and offers a variety of other federal, state, and private funding opportunities.
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GRANT APPLICATIONS OPEN:
2025 State Fire Capacity Grant Program – Applications opened July 11, 2025. You should utilize the Application Guide and the Application Planning Tool which are available below to assist in developing your application and planning your project.
CLOSED GRANT APPLICATIONS:
- 2025 Wildfire County Coordinators Grant Program applications closed April 2025.
- 2023/2024 State Fire Capacity (SFC) Grant announced Awards September 2024.
- 2022 Wildfire County Coordinators Grant – Northern announced Awards March 2024.
- 2022 Defensible Space Assistance Grant closed June 15th, 2023.
- 2022 CFSC Community Capacity Building Grant Program closed November 15th, 2022.
- 2022 Statewide County Coordinator Grant Program closed November 15th, 2022.
- 2022 USFS SFA Grant Program Application closed April 2022.
- 2021 County Evacuation Route Grant Opportunity Application closed December 2021.
- 2021 County Coordinators Grant Opportunity announced Awards November 2021.
- 2021 PGE Wildfire Ready & Resilient Grant announced Awards September 2021.
- 2021 SCE Fire-Safe Community Grant announced Awards September 2021.
- 2021 USFS SFA Grant Program announced Awards August 2021.
