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FEMA Public Assistance — Disaster Grants · FEMA · Quiet desk · mega ceiling

FEMA Public Assistance — Disaster Grants (CFDA 97.036) - federal assistance administered by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.

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$100K–$100M
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The verdict

According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, FEMA Public Assistance — Disaster Grants ranks #494 of 504, #4 of 13 within FEMA, and #1 of 38 among Public Safety 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 97.036 is an active Public Safety listing with no Grants.gov announcements currently indexed, typically a multi-year or formula-funded program.

$100K–$100M
typical award range (SAM.gov)
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next application deadline
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largest award ceiling indexed
8%
of the catalog is Public Safety

FEMA Public Assistance — Disaster Grants · upper-band quiet listing (#26/502 by ceiling)

FEMA Public Assistance — Disaster Grants clears 476 of 502 published ceilings (95th percentile), an upper-band catalog maximum, not a promised award.

FEMA Public Assistance — Disaster Grants vs programs with listed funding ceilings

Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling

$100,000,000 Top 5% higher than 95% of 502 programs

Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling

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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-09-11

SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate

CFDA 97.036 · FEMA VOL-FORMULA · #494/504

VOL-FORMULA · LOWER-HALF · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-NONE · CEIL-TENS-M · ELIG-MIX · BOOK-RICH · LISTING-LIVE

  • VOL-FORMULA 0 Grants.gov rows
  • LOWER-HALF #494/504
  • SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
  • NOFO-NONE No NOFO indexed
  • CEIL-TENS-M $100K–$100M
  • ELIG-MIX 3 eligible desks
  • BOOK-RICH no Grants.gov book
  • LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing

Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 97.036

VOL-FORMULA · #494/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.

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Indexed Grants.gov rows · neighbourhood around FEMA Public Assistance — Disaster Grants

Engineering Grants · busiestFEMA Public Assista… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole

Funding posture

Large-ceiling program without open NOFOs in index

FEMA Public Assistance — Disaster Grants carries a mega-scale SAM.gov ceiling ($100,000 to $100.0 million) while Grants.gov contributes no indexed opportunities under CFDA 97.036. This shape usually marks block/formula assistance or agency-direct awards, not a missing scrape alone.

Assistance Listing text · FEMA

Supplemental assistance to governments and nonprofits for emergency and permanent work after major disasters.

Civic applicant mix · government + nonprofit doors

FEMA Public Assistance — Disaster Grants combines government/tribal and nonprofit applicant types (3 doors). The listing is a civic funding corridor spanning public and nonprofit operators.

State or Local Government Tribal Organization Nonprofit Organization

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FEMA 13 programs

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation programs for communities.

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What to do next

CFDA 97.036: 0 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
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administers 13 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
  • Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Foster Care Title IV-E (93.658). Compare program

SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.

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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants

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.