Assistance Listing 15.517
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
Bureau of Reclamation · Department of the Interior
The verdict for a small nonprofit
Governments win 53% of awards. Nonprofits usually come in as subrecipients or named partners rather than lead applicants.
Based on 108 new awards in FY2023–25. Organizations under $1M in revenue won 19% of the awards that went to nonprofits. The median award is $263,660. Expect about 38 days between posting and deadline.
- First-time winners
- 33%
- of new awards, last 3 FYs
- Nonprofit share
- 16%
- 13% higher ed · 53% gov't
- Under-$1M orgs
- 19%
- of nonprofit awards
- Median award
- $264K
- $145K – $584K middle half
- New awards, FY2025
- 30
- $19M committed to them
- Usually posts
- Mar
- annual · 38-day window
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Who won in FY2025
Largest recipients by dollars. From USAspending.
| Recipient | Type | State | Awards | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game and Fish, Arizona Dept of | Government | AZ | 9 | $3,160,789 |
| Colorado Department of Natural Resources | Government | CO | 9 | $2,708,979 |
| Kittitas Reclamation District | Government | WA | 6 | $47,457,847 |
| Fish & Wildlife, Washington State Department of | Government | WA | 6 | $2,600,187 |
| University of New Mexico | Higher ed | NM | 6 | $1,524,829 |
| Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation | Tribal | WA | 5 | $4,177,687 |
| Trout Unlimited, INC. | Nonprofit | VA | 5 | $2,787,302 |
| Fish Wildlife & Parks Montana Department | Government | MT | 5 | $919,215 |
| Confederated Tribes of Colville Reservation | Tribal | WA | 4 | $7,395,173 |
| County of, Chelan | Government | WA | 4 | $4,850,219 |
New awards by fiscal year
Awards first made in each fiscal year; dollars are the total committed to that year's new awards over their life.
| FY | New awards | Committed | Median | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 41 | $38M | $176K | $54K – $449K |
| 2022 | 36 | $43M | $337K | $91K – $735K |
| 2023 | 37 | $310M | $241K | $120K – $2.3M |
| 2024 | 41 | $46M | $270K | $133K – $926K |
| 2025 | 30 | $19M | $264K | $145K – $584K |
Past rounds
Every announcement under this listing that Grants.gov still lists. Use it to plan next year.
| Posted | Closed | Window | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-27 | 2024-06-03 | 68 d | R24AS00294 · Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program Financial Assistance for Fiscal Year 2024 |
| 2023-04-24 | 2023-06-01 | 38 d | R23AS00326 · Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program Fiscal Year 2023 |
| 2022-05-06 | 2022-06-03 | 28 d | R22AS00299 · Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program Fiscal Year 2022 |
| 2021-08-12 | 2021-08-26 | 14 d | BOR-LC-21-N004 · Notice of Intent to Award to Arizona Game and Fish Dept. |
| 2021-06-23 | 2021-07-23 | 30 d | R21AS00573 · Klamath River Coho Restoration Grant Program (Program) Administration |
| 2021-04-22 | 2021-09-01 | 132 d | R21AS00435 · Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program |
| 2020-07-17 | 2020-07-31 | 14 d | BOR-MB-20-N002 · Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Activities in Kansas |
| 2020-07-16 | 2020-07-30 | 14 d | BOR-MB-20-N001 · Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Activities in Wyoming |
| 2020-07-16 | 2020-07-30 | 14 d | BOR-MB-20-N003 · Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention |
| 2020-06-09 | 2020-06-18 | 9 d | BOR-PN-20-N006 · Cascade Conservation Implementation |
| 2020-05-28 | 2020-06-11 | 14 d | BOR-LC-20-N010 · Notice of Intent to Award to Nevada Department of Wildlife |
| 2020-05-15 | 2020-05-29 | 14 d | BOR-LC-20-N008 · Notice of Intent to Award to AZ Game and Fish Dept. |
| 2020-05-15 | 2020-05-29 | 14 d | BOR-LC-20-N009 · Notice of Intent to Award to Colorado Parks and Wildlife |
| 2020-05-08 | 2020-05-22 | 14 d | BOR-PN-20-N002 · Tualatin River Fisheries Enhancement Activities |
| 2020-03-31 | 2020-04-14 | 14 d | BOR-CGB-20-N011 · Derby Dam Fish Screen Project |
| 2020-03-20 | 2020-04-03 | 14 d | BOR-MB-20-N004 · Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Activities in South Dakota |
| 2020-03-20 | 2020-04-03 | 14 d | BOR-MB-20-N005 · Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Activities in Colorado |
| 2020-01-10 | 2020-01-23 | 13 d | BOR-MP-20-N001 · NEWLANDS OPTIMIZATION/MODERIZATION STUDY |
| 2019-12-13 | 2019-12-26 | 13 d | BOR-LC-20-N004 · NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD |
| 2019-12-13 | 2019-12-26 | 13 d | BOR-LC-20-N003 · NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD |
| 2019-10-18 | 2019-11-03 | 16 d | BOR-PN-19-N027 · Middle Entiat Habitat Restoration Area C and F |
| 2019-09-17 | 2019-10-02 | 15 d | BOR-MP-19-N022 · Decontamination Units to Prevent Further Dreissenid Mussels Introduction and Spread in California |
| 2019-09-13 | 2019-09-27 | 14 d | BOR-MP-19-N021 · Lake Berryessa Zebra and Quagga Mussel Prevention Program |
| 2019-09-09 | 2019-09-22 | 13 d | BOR-UC-19-N009 · Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention |
| 2019-09-09 | 2019-09-22 | 13 d | BOR-UC-19-N007 · June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program, Carp Removal |
| 2019-08-26 | 2019-09-09 | 14 d | BOR-UC-19-N006 · Salt Basin to Pecos Basin Pipeline Alignment |
| 2019-08-26 | 2019-09-09 | 14 d | BOR-UC-19-N004 · PIT Tag antenna systems and data analysis |
| 2019-08-20 | 2019-09-03 | 14 d | BOR-MP-19-N024 · Klamath River Coho Restoration Grant Program |
| 2019-08-20 | 2019-09-03 | 14 d | BOR-MP-19-N025 · OWRD Ground Water Monitoring Modification 0009 |
| 2019-08-19 | 2019-09-01 | 13 d | BOR-UC-19-N002 · Save Our Bosque Task Force for Proposed Project HR Monitoring and Maintenance Activities |
| 2019-08-19 | 2019-09-02 | 14 d | BOR-GP-19-N011 · Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Activities at Granby, Grand Lake, and Shadow Mountain |
| 2019-08-16 | 2019-08-29 | 13 d | BOR-PN-19-N021 · Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Anaconda Inspection Station |
| 2019-08-16 | 2019-08-30 | 14 d | BOR-PN-19-N022 · Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Early detection Monitoring Project |
| 2019-08-15 | 2019-08-31 | 16 d | BOR-PN-19-NO23 · Existing Projects Support |
| 2019-08-15 | 2019-08-31 | 16 d | BOR-PN-19-N015 · Upper Salmon Basin Habitat Improvement Planning and Coordination |
| 2019-08-14 | 2019-08-28 | 14 d | BOR-PN-19-N006 · Technical Assistance in the Wenatchee, Entiat, and Methow Sub-basins |
| 2019-08-14 | 2019-08-28 | 14 d | BOR-PN-19-N026 · Buffalo Flats Restoration Project |
| 2019-08-07 | 2019-08-21 | 14 d | BOR-PN-19-N011 · Grand Ronde Habitat Project Prioritization, Development, and Monitoring |
| 2019-08-02 | 2019-08-15 | 13 d | BOR-PN-19-N019 · Upper Salmon Basin Stream Rehabilitation Project Planning |
| 2019-07-15 | 2019-08-05 | 21 d | BOR-MP-19-N015 · Knights Landing Outfall Gates (KLOG) |
Common questions
How hard is it to win a grant under 15.517?
Governments win 53% of awards. Nonprofits usually come in as subrecipients or named partners rather than lead applicants. Based on 108 new awards in FY2023–25. Organizations under $1M in revenue won 19% of the awards that went to nonprofits. The median award is $263,660. Expect about 38 days between posting and deadline.
How much does Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act award?
In FY2025 the median new award was $264K; the middle half ran from $145K to $584K. 30 new awards were made, with $19M committed to them.
When does 15.517 usually post?
Over the last several years, new rounds most often posted in Mar with about 38 days to apply. The most recent round posted Mar 27, 2024.
Who runs this program?
Department of the Interior (Bureau of Reclamation). Assistance Listing 15.517 on SAM.gov describes the authorizing statute and standard terms.
Sources: USAspending FY2021–25 award archive (2026-10-06); Grants.gov Search2 (fetched 2026-10-28); IRS EO BMF (fetched 2026-10-28). Award counts are new awards by fiscal year of first action. Shares are computed from award counts, not dollars; the under-$1M share covers the 94% of nonprofit awards that matched an IRS revenue record. Recipient type comes from the award record's business-type codes. Always confirm details in the official announcement.