Baldwin Hills & Urban Watersheds Conservancy

BH UWC Consolidated Grant (CG) Program – Establishes a new grant funding framework for advancing the BH UWC’s mission across its recently expanded jurisdiction (map) and ensures effective and equitable grant making by establishing eight (8) Community and Climate Resilience Goals and one uniform application process across all Conservancy grant funding sources. For more information, see Consolidated Grant Program Guidelines.

BH UWC Proposition 4 Grant Program Guidelines

BH UWC Proposition 4 Community and Climate Resilience Grant Program Guidelines – A new grant funding program for the administration of the Conservancy’s Proposition 4 funding allocation (Draft for Public Review). Submit written comments to BH UWC staff via email at: Info@bhc.ca.gov

View of Santa Monica Mountains from Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area

2026 Grant Solicitation Dates

The BH UWC will be accepting grant solicitations year-round. For the year 2026, Grant Funding Workshops will take place on February 11, April 8, July 8, September 9, December 16. BH UWC Board meeting dates are January 30, March 20, May 22, July 17, September 25, and November 20.

        • BH UWC Grant Funding Workshops: Feb 11, Apr 8, Jul 8, Sep 9, Dec 16
        • BH UWC Board Meetings: Jan 30, Mar 20, May 22, Jul 17, Sep 25, Nov 20

BH UWC Grant Funding Sources

Prop 4: Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024

Prop 4 Climate Bond

Prop 68: California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018

Prop 68 Grant Guidelines

Completed Projects: Baldwin Hills Community Resilience and Access Plan

 

Prop 1: The Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014

Prop 1 Grant Guidelines
Completed Projects: Milton Green Street | Waste Transfer Station Diversion and Rain Garden Project

Prop 84: Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006

Current Projects: Baldwin Hills Parklands Conservation Program | BHSO Trail and Stormwater Improvement

Completed Projects: Hetzler Road Pedestrian Path | Milton Street Park | Ballona Creek Connection | Biota of the Baldwin Hills | Parklands Visitor Use Survey

 

Prop 40: Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002

Current Projects: Zela Davis Park Renovation Project 

Completed Projects: La Cienega Pedestrian Bridge Project | Stocker Corridor Trailhead Project