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Federal grants to Ecology Action of Santa Cruz

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Ecology Action of Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, California received $6.4 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 9 awards. Its largest program was Conservation Research and Development, with $5.9 million. It had no new grant money in fiscal 2025.

From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.

By year

Federal grants to Ecology Action of Santa Cruz by fiscal year
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 20213$116,022
FY 20223$136,873
FY 20233$289,968
FY 20241$5.9 million
FY 20250$0

An award funded in several years counts in each of them, so yearly awards add up to more than the five-year total.

Programs that fund Ecology Action of Santa Cruz

Every program, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Conservation Research and Development 81.0861$5.9 million
Rural Energy for America Program 10.8683$300,027
Source Reduction Assistance 66.7172$80,729
Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants 66.8081$72,182
Healthy Environmental Living Program (HELP) 66.9631$60,093
Healthy Communities Grant Program 66.1101$29,832

Awarding agencies

AgencyAwardsAmount
Department of Energy1$5.9 million
Department of Agriculture3$300,027
Environmental Protection Agency5$242,836

Largest awards

The 9 largest awards by money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025
AwardProgramFirst actionAmount
Ecology action of santa cruz (ecology action) is a nonprofit energy efficiency consultancy providing solutions for the commercial and residential market sectors. Ecology action delivers comprehensive projects with measurable energy savings and ghg reductions and is a nationally respected efficiency
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Conservation Research and DevelopmentSeptember 3, 2024$5.9 million
Rbcs reap ira tech assist grants
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Rural Energy for America ProgramSeptember 28, 2023$100,027
Rbcs reap ira tech assist grants
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Rural Energy for America ProgramSeptember 27, 2023$100,000
Rbcs reap ira tech assist grants
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Rural Energy for America ProgramSeptember 26, 2023$100,000
Description: the food waste prevention certificate program for food retail workers will be implemented in mid-size food retail businesses (grocery stores) in New York and New Jersey. The project will prevent food waste in store operations by quantifying food waste, identifying best food waste prevent
ASST_NON_96213122_068 on USAspending
Solid Waste Management Assistance GrantsSeptember 14, 2022$72,182
Description: ecology action of santa cruz, proposes to develop and pilot comprehensive sustainability assessments in 20 grocery stores in underserved or rural areas in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. The project aims to assess and reduce environmental and human health risks in grocery sto
ASST_NON_02F10601_068 on USAspending
Healthy Environmental Living Program (HELP)September 19, 2022$60,093
This action approves an award in the amount of $52,878 to ecology action requests to support their environmental protection agency (EPA) source reduction assistance (SRA) for the pollution prevention (P2) technical project assistance for food manufacturers. The goal of the project is to promote a cl
ASST_NON_02D06021_068 on USAspending
Source Reduction AssistanceJuly 26, 2021$57,476
Ecology actions &quotandgrocery challenge&quotand project will launch an outreach and education campaign to new england food retailers to reduce energy use, water consumption and waste generation at its source. The project helps store managers and associates identify, implement, and quantify sustain
ASST_NON_00A00706_068 on USAspending
Healthy Communities Grant ProgramAugust 11, 2021$29,832
Ecology action's grocery challenge will employ a challenge competition model to educate and incentivize pollution prevention (P2) practices among grocery store employees. Ecology action will use the challenge competition to directly educate 40 employees and reach 200 employees at 20 stores about sim
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Source Reduction AssistanceSeptember 22, 2021$23,253

Amounts are net obligations: money committed, minus any amounts taken back. They are not payments. See how our data works.

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money does Ecology Action of Santa Cruz get?

$6.4 million in 9 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.

Which agency gives Ecology Action of Santa Cruz the most?

The Department of Energy, with $5.9 million in 1 award. The Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency follow.

What is Ecology Action of Santa Cruz's largest federal grant?

$5.9 million under Conservation Research and Development, with its first action in the period on September 3, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.

Which federal programs fund Ecology Action of Santa Cruz?

Its largest are Conservation Research and Development, Rural Energy for America Program and Source Reduction Assistance.

Other grant recipients in Santa Cruz

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