The Tribal Housing and Capacity Building Initiative (THCBI) is SGC's newest initiative that funds two grant programs that are exclusively available to California Native American Tribes and Tribal entities. THCBI Programs include:

• Tribal Capacity Building Program: The Tribal Capacity Building Program provides funding and technical assistance to California Native American Tribes, enhancing staff capacity to advance Tribes’ climate- and housing-related work. The program funds staff salaries and activities such as planning, securing funding for, and implementing housing projects and related efforts to advance climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. The individual award amount is between $350,000 and $420,000, distributed over a three-year grant term. The program has a total of $5 million in funding.
• Tribal Housing Pre-Development Fund: The Tribal Housing Pre-Development Fund is a grant opportunity that funds activities related to affordable housing development, including planning, infrastructure, construction, site preparation, and other pre-development activities. The goal of the fund is to increase preparedness to build housing and access other state-funded, affordable housing programs. The individual award amount is up to $3 million. The program has a total of $20 million in funding. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. If funds are not expended, SGC will announce a second application deadline.

Applications for both programs are now open as of May 11, 2026, and will close on Aug. 11, 2026. Applicants can apply to one or both programs below: