Youth & Children Grants in California

Top youth & children grants in California right now

• Youth Reinvestment Grant Program

  California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC)Up to $37Mopen

  Youth Reinvestment Grant Program is sponsored by California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC). The YRG Program aims to divert youth at r...

  social_sciencecommunity_developmentjuvenile justiceyouth diversiontrauma-informed

• Del E. Webb Foundation Grant

  Del E. Webb FoundationUp to $3.0Mopen

  Del E. Webb Foundation Grant is sponsored by Del E. Webb Foundation. The Del E. Webb Foundation Grant offers financial support for nonprofit organizat...

  child_welfarehealth_disparitiescommunity_developmentyouth_developmentself-sufficiency

• After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program

  California Department of EducationUp to $2.0Mopen

  After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program is sponsored by California Department of Education. Supports the establishment of locally-driven expa...

  k12_educationyouth_developmentcommunity_developmentworkforce_developmentafter-school programs

• AI Innovators: Engaging Youth in Co-Design of AI Museum Exhibits to Foster AI Literacy & Engineering Design Skills for STEM Futures

  Up to $1.3MDeadline: Aug 31, 2029open

  This Developing and Testing Innovations project will advance efforts of the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) progra...

• Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Grants

  California Department of Social ServicesUp to $1.0Mopen

  Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Grants is a grant from the California Department of Social Services funding providers of general child care and...

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• CASA and FostrSpace: Systems delivery of digital substance use prevention tools to foster youth

  National Institute on Drug AbuseUp to $973KDeadline: Feb 28, 2029open

  Youth in foster care have documented higher rates of substance use and unmet behavioral health needs than youth who are not involved in the child welf...

• Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Autistic Youth in clinical settings

  Up to $770KDeadline: Mar 14, 2029open

  /ABSTRACT Autistic youth are far more likely to experience depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviors than their non- autistic peers, yet few auti...

• Multimodal Signatures Predictive of Future Psychosis Transition in Youths at Clinical High Risk

  Up to $722KDeadline: Jan 31, 2031open

  Psychotic disorders are a leading contributor to the global disease burden, causing high levels of disability and increased mortality. To improve outc...

• Evaluation of State-Level Sexual and Gender Minority Laws for the Primary Prevention of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in the U.S.

  National Center for Injury Prevention and ControlUp to $500KDeadline: Sep 29, 2029open

  /ABSTRACT Sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth (including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people ages 13- 18 years), a population growing in pu...

• Research Project 2: PFAS and Liver Health in Latino Youth: A Longitudinal Multi-Omics Study

  Up to $409KDeadline: Jan 31, 2030open

  Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous, persistent chemicals that can accumulate in the human body for long periods of time and ar...

• Meeting the cost and privacy demands for detecting Anabolic Androgenic Steroid doping in youth athletics with rationally designed nuclear receptor BioAssays

  Up to $307KDeadline: Dec 31, 2026open

  This SBIR project concerns the validation of a novel measurement platform to identify persons, particularly youths, using testosterone and testosteron...

• Education and Youth Development Grants

  The Rose Hills FoundationUp to $250Kopen

  Education and Youth Development Grants is a grant from The Rose Hills Foundation that funds educational programs and youth development initiatives ser...

  k12_educationyouth_developmenteducation_researcheducationyouth

• Addressing Food Insecurity among Vulnerable Families of Youth with Diabetes in Routine Clinical Care

  Up to $249KDeadline: Jul 31, 2028open

  /ABSTRACT Social determinants of health (SDOH) exert a powerful influence on the everyday management of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and short and long term ...

• FY 2026-27 Unserved/Underserved Child and Youth Advocacy (XY) Program Supplemental

  Governor's Office of Emergency ServicesUp to $194KDeadline: Sep 1, 2026open

  The primary purpose of the Program is to provide funding for advocacy and support services to unserved/underserved child and youth victims/survivors o...

• Applying Service Design Methods to Enhance Implementation and Adoption of a Digital Graded Exposure Treatment for Youth with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Clinical Settings

  National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin DiseasesUp to $154KDeadline: Jul 31, 2027open

  Chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain affects the lives of over a quarter of youth and impacts multiple domains of functioning, including social, emotion...

• Joseph & Vera Long Foundation Grants

  Joseph & Vera Long FoundationUp to $150Kopen

  Joseph & Vera Long Foundation Grants is sponsored by Joseph & Vera Long Foundation. The Joseph & Vera Long Foundation offers grants targeted at non-pr...

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• 2025-2026 Creative Youth Workforce Development Grant

  Up to $75Kopen

  The City of Sacramento's Office of Arts and Culture is awarding up to seven grants of $75,000 and three grants of $220,000 to Sacramento-based nonprof...

• The Dean Witter Foundation Grants

  The Dean Witter FoundationUp to $50Kopen

  The Dean Witter Foundation Grants program funds California nonprofits working in K-12 education, environmental education, and wildlife conservation in...

  k12_educationenvironmental_educationk-12 educationscience educationenvironmental education

• Community Foundation for Monterey County: Grants for Mental Health and Wellness

  Community Foundation for Monterey CountyUp to $50Kopen

  Community Foundation for Monterey County: Grants for Mental Health and Wellness is sponsored by Community Foundation for Monterey County. This grant o...

  mental_healthpublic_healthcommunity_developmentyouth_developmentsocial_science

• U.S. Bank Foundation Community Possible Grant Program (Work & Play)

  U.S. Bank FoundationUp to $50Kopen

  U.S. Bank Foundation Community Possible Grant Program (Work & Play) is a grant from the U.S. Bank Foundation that funds community programming to expan...

  education_researchcommunity_developmenthealth_disparitiesworkforce developmentjob readiness

What counts as a youth & children grant in California

We surface opportunities matching youth & children-related keywords whose geography includes California (statewide, regional, or county-level grants serving California-based organizations). The keyword set:

Internal program language often differs from how funders tag their grants. AI mission-fit search (available after signup) catches the conceptual matches that exact-keyword filtering misses — useful in California where program names vary by region.

Where California youth & children grants come from

• Federal sources — Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER, and SAM.gov opportunities open to California-based organizations and thematically aligned with youth & children.
• California state portal — state-administered youth & children programs, including pass-through federal dollars and state-only appropriations.
• Foundations — community foundations and private foundations giving in California for youth & children work, drawn from IRS Form 990 filings and curated directories.
• Corporate giving — corporate philanthropy programs that fund youth & children work in California.