Environment · Active
Wildlife Restoration Program · DOI · High-volume · mega band
Wildlife Restoration Program (CFDA 15.611) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $1M–$30M
- Typical award range
- 20
- Indexed opportunities
- 0
- Open now
- DOI
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Wildlife Restoration Program ranks #215 of 504, #10 of 12 within DOI, and #4 of 40 among Environment programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 15.611 is an active Environment program with 20 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 0 are open for application.
- $1M–$30M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- -
- next application deadline
- $30.0 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 8%
- of the catalog is Environment
Wildlife Restoration Program · top-third ceiling among high-volume books (#57/502)
Wildlife Restoration Program clears 445 of 502 published ceilings (89th percentile), an upper-band catalog maximum, not a promised award.
Wildlife Restoration Program vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$30,000,000 Top 11% higher than 89% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2020-05-19
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 15.611 · DOI VOL-STEADY · #215/504
VOL-STEADY · MID-PACK · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-TENS-M · ELIG-SLG · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-STEADY 20 indexed
- MID-PACK #215/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-TENS-M $1M–$30M
- ELIG-SLG State/local government
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 20 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 15.611
VOL-STEADY · #215/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestWildlife Restoratio… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Hottest mega-dollar solicitation lane
Wildlife Restoration Program sits in the hot×mega corner: 20 indexed Grants.gov rows and a mega SAM.gov ceiling ($1.0 million to $30.0 million). Both competition density and dollar capacity are elevated versus the catalog median; read open listings first, then ceiling peers.
Assistance Listing text · DOI
Formula grants to states for wildlife restoration, research, and hunting and archery access.
Public-sector applicant lane · DOI
SAM.gov lists only government/tribal applicants for Wildlife Restoration Program. This is a public-sector Assistance Listing corridor, not a general nonprofit or small-business open call.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 15.611
94% of the 71 indexed listings under CFDA 15.611 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Wildlife Restoration Program typically uses to move money. 86% of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $205.2 million across 8 listings (avg $25.6 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 765 across 14 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 15.611, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Archived NOFO book · CFDA 15.611
None of the 71 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 15.611 are open on the current extract. Reported award ceilings swing from $19,000 to $30.0 million (1583×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. Listings span 3 funding-activity codes; the plurality is Natural Resources (NR, 45%).
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 0 open · 71 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $10.0 million (35 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Natural Resources (NR)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
DOI · administering agency
U.S. Department of the Interior
Public lands, tribal programs, wildlife conservation, and natural resource management.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 15.611
Region 3 Wildlife Restoration Program (TO STATE F&G AGENCIES ONLY)
Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education Program - Region 5
R8 (CA/NV) Wildlife Restoration Grant Program for State Fish and Game Agencies
R7 Alaska- Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education - Open to Alaska Department of Fish and Game only
R3 Wildlife Restoration Grant Program (TO STATE F&G AGENCIES ONLY)
Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education
R2 (AZ, NM, OK, TX) Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education
R1 Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education - For State Fish & Wildlife Agencies Only
Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education Region 5 Northeast Region
R2Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education-State Game and Fish Agencies Only
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (20 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 15.611: 20 indexed opportunities · 0 open on the recent slice.
- No open Grants.gov rows on the recent slice, watch this CFDA for the next NOFO drop. How to apply
- U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) administers 12 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Trade Adjustment Assistance Workers (17.245). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainGrants is rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no number is typed in by an editor. This grant program's figures are rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data issue on this page.
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