The Fire Safe California Grants Clearinghouse (AKA Grants Clearinghouse) was created by the members of the California Fire Alliance (now called preventwildfireca.org) in order to facilitate the process of applying for Federal grants to do wildfire prevention projects on private lands in California. This process is also referred to as "one-stop shopping." The Clearinghouse is administered by the California Fire Safe Council, Inc. (CFSCI) on behalf of the members of the Fire Alliance. For these services, the CFSCI receives reimbursement or direct and indirect expenses related to grant administration. The CFSCI is a 501(c)(3) California non-profit corporation headquartered in McClellan, California. Reasons for development of the Grants Clearinghouse New funding In response to the wildland fires of 2000, President Bill Clinton requested, and the Secretaries of the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture submitted, a September 8, 2000, report, Managing the Impact of Wildfires on Communities and the Environment, A Report to the President In Response to the Wildfires of 2000. This report, its accompanying budget request, Congressional direction for substantial new appropriations for wildland fire management, resulting action plans and agency strategies and the Western Governors Association's A Collaborative Approach for Reducing Wildland Fire Risks to Communities and the Environment - A 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy - Implementation Plan have collectively become known as the National Fire Plan. The National Fire Plan, and the subsequent Healthy Forests Initiative (HFI), significantly increased Federal funding for projects on private lands, both "on the ground" and educational, that would reduce the wildfire risk to Federal lands. For the first time, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) had funds available for grants to organizations for use on non-Federal lands. Unlike the U.S. Forest Service, (USFS), these four agencies did not have any internal structure in place to administer grants to the private sector, so some process needed to be established to administer these grant funds. As the Clearinghouse got established, the USFS also came on board. Different requirements by different agencies Another factor was that every agency had different timeframes and formats for submittal of Concept Papers. The agencies also had different requirements for environmental compliance, such as NEPA and other regulations. These factors made it very difficult for applicants to submit funding requests to different agencies. The Fire Safe California Grants Clearinghouse is created So