Closed · DHS-USCG-NONPROFIT-2024 · CFDA 97.012 · Other

National Nonprofit Organization Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) Grant Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by United States Coast Guard, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$25K-$250K
Award range
Closed
Status
March 20, 2024
Close date
12
Expected awards

The verdict

National Nonprofit Organization Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) Grant Program is a closed other listing from United States Coast Guard that offered $25,000 -- $250,000 across 12 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 21 other opportunities from United States Coast Guard.

$25K-$250K
award range
Closed
application status
12
expected awards
97.012
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

National Nonprofit Organization Recreational… is closed (last close March 20, 2024). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. United States Coast Guard still indexes 21 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed March 20, 2024

Posted Jan 9 Closes Mar 20

Est. Total Funding

$1,439,948

Expected Awards

12

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

46 U.S.C. § 13104 authorizes federal financial assistance for "national boating safety activities of national nonprofit public service organizations." The USCG has developed the following eligibility criteria based on federal law and regulations, legal rulings and interpretations, and guidance from other federal agencies.Applicants must be a nongovernmental organization.Applicants must be designated as a nonprofit organization with tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in accordance with 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3).Applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide RBS services via one of the three definitions of national-in-scope. The USCG defines national-in-scope as:the ability to provide RBS services in all regions per Appendix A: Grant Regional Mapis currently providing recreational boating services in all regionsproposes a specific plan and timeline to partner and/or contract with other national, state, and/or local organizations across all regions to provide RBS services.Applicants must demonstrate that one of their primary functions is to provide services to the public.

Nonprofit-only applicant desk · Other

The printed eligibility set for National Nonprofit Organization Recreational… is nonprofit-only (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)). Government, campus, and for-profit doors are absent from this NOFO row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the United States Coast Guard book (17 peers, 77% of 22).

Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

Cynthia Dudzinski Grants Management Specialist Phone 2023721064

What to do next

National Nonprofit Organization Recreational… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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