Public Safety · Active
Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG) · FEMA · High-volume · mega band
Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG) (CFDA 97.042) - federal assistance administered by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $100K–$5M
- Typical award range
- 20
- Indexed opportunities
- 0
- Open now
- FEMA
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG) ranks #495 of 504, #5 of 13 within FEMA, and #14 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 97.042 is an active Public Safety program with 20 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 0 are open for application.
- $100K–$5M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- -
- next application deadline
- $337.3 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 8%
- of the catalog is Public Safety
Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG) · midpack ceiling on a busy book (#226/502)
Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG) lands midpack on published ceilings (55th percentile; rank #226 of 502). The printed high is a catalog cap, not a guaranteed outlay.
Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG) vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$5,000,000 Top 45% higher than 55% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-07-07
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 97.042 · FEMA VOL-STEADY · #495/504
VOL-STEADY · LOWER-HALF · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-MIX · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-STEADY 20 indexed
- LOWER-HALF #495/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $100K–$5M
- ELIG-MIX 2 eligible desks
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 20 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 97.042
VOL-STEADY · #495/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestEmergency Managemen… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Hottest mega-dollar solicitation lane
Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG) sits in the hot×mega corner: 20 indexed Grants.gov rows and a mega SAM.gov ceiling ($100,000 to $5.0 million). Both competition density and dollar capacity are elevated versus the catalog median; read open listings first, then ceiling peers.
Assistance Listing text · FEMA
Supports comprehensive all-hazards emergency management programs and development of core preparedness capabilities.
Multi-door applicant board · 2 SAM.gov types
CFDA 97.042 prints 2 distinct applicant types (State or Local Government, Tribal Organization). Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG) is a broad multi-door Assistance Listing, filter fit before reading NOFO volume as demand.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 97.042
100% of the 164 indexed listings under CFDA 97.042 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG) typically uses to move money. Every indexed listing requires applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $27.5 billion across 153 listings (avg $179.5 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 3,126 across 162 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 97.042, 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 97.042
None of the 164 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 97.042 are open on the current extract. Reported award ceilings stay in a tight band ($306.0 million–$337.3 million; 1.1×). Listings span 2 funding-activity codes; the plurality is Other (O, 62%).
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 0 open · 164 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $319.5 million (4 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Other (O)
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.
FEMA · administering agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation programs for communities.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 97.042
Fiscal Year 2026 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program
Fiscal Year 2025 Emergency Management Performance Grant
Fiscal Year 2024 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - Region 6
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - Region 5
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - Region 8
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - Region 7
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - Region 2
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - Region 1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - Region 4
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (20 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 97.042: 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
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administers 13 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Advanced Placement Program (84.333). 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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