Federal contractor · MILLBROOK, NY

CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES, INC

CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES, INC received $23K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards. Since FY2017: $1.7M. Its largest customer was U.S. Geological Survey ($23K). It also received $3.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$23K
New awards
2
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 495.7KFY2017
  2. 324.5KFY2018
  3. 533.9KFY2019
  4. 271.4KFY2020
  5. 10KFY2021
  6. 10KFY2022
  7. 9.4KFY2023
  8. 10KFY2024
  9. -4.6KFY2025
  10. 23KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Geological Survey$23K100%
    1 awards
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$23K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Rensselaer County, NY$23K100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $23K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $23K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. U.S. Geological Survey$23K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. NADP/NTN SITE SUPPORT AT NY67 - ITHACA, NY$34.8K
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Dutchess County, NY· Research & development· Sep 1, 2021 – Jan 29, 2026· 1333MJ21PNRMA0079
  2. CATSKILL MOUNTAIN REGION FIELD SAMPLING STUDENT SUPPORT$23K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Rensselaer County, NY· Professional services· Feb 17, 2026 – Feb 17, 2026· 140G0126P0046

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES, INC received $3.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 9 actions (7 new awards), −26% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.074 · Biological Sciences ($3.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$3.9M
New awards
7
Actions
9
Since FY2021
$25.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.7MFY2021
  2. 4.1MFY2022
  3. 2.8MFY2023
  4. 7.6MFY2024
  5. 5.3MFY2025
  6. 3.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$3.9M100%

Top programs

  1. 47.074 · Biological Sciences$3.2M82%
  2. 43.001 · Science$394.6K10%
  3. 10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)$294K7.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$3.2M82%
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$394.6K10%
  3. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$294K7.6%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ULTRA-DATA: THE METABOLIC REGIMES OF LAKE ECOSYSTEMS -A PRIMARY FUNCTION OF ALL ECOSYSTEMS IS TO CONVERT SOLAR…$1.1M
    47.074 · Biological Sciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jul 14, 2026 – Jul 14, 2026· 2550662
  2. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE EFFECTS OF PARASITISM: FROM HOST CONSEQUENCES TO ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES -PARASITES CERTAINLY HAVE STRONG EFFECTS…$969.3K
    47.074 · Biological Sciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jul 16, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026· 2546728
  3. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ISLANDS IN THE STREAM: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF BRYOSPHERES IN SMALL STREAMS AND RIVER NETWORKS -MANY HEADWATER STREAMS…$655.2K
    47.074 · Biological Sciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 5, 2025 – Mar 27, 2026· 2525147
  4. LTREB RENEWAL: BALTIMORE URBAN WATERSHED STUDIES -URBAN, SUBURBAN AND EXURBAN ECOSYSTEMS ARE INCREASING IN THE U.S. THIS LONG-TERM STUDY…$600K
    47.074 · Biological Sciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jun 26, 2026 – Jun 26, 2026· 2605957
  5. STAR: KNOWLEDGE-GUIDED MACHINE LEARNING TO STUDY GLOBAL RIVERS AND NITROUS OXIDE -NITROUS OXIDE IS A GAS FOUND NATURALLY IN THE ATMOSPHERE…$399.1K
    47.074 · Biological Sciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jun 29, 2026 – Jun 29, 2026· 2622237
  6. WE PROPOSED AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO ACHIEVE THREE OBJECTIVES: (1) GENERATE HIGH-QUALITY HIGH FREQUENCY MECHANISTIC AND REPLICATED…$394.6K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Grant· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 80NSSC26K1348

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $1.4M (5 subawards)

5 primes

  1. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO$662.1K46%
    MOSCOW, ID · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY$270.9K19%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA$258K18%
    TAMPA, FL · 1 subaward
  4. TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$212.7K15%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC$32.8K2.3%
    LAWRENCE, KS · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $2M paid out · $526.5K received
  • FY2022: $2.6M paid out · $832.6K received
  • FY2023: $4M paid out · $455.8K received
  • FY2024: $281.2K paid out · $292.1K received
  • FY2025: $120.1K paid out · $693.9K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.4M received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

28 companies · $9M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.$1.1M
    ATHENS, GA · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE$925.4K
    DURHAM, NH · 6 subawards
  3. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$748.5K
    ITHACA, NY · 3 subawards

Primes that pay it

13 companies · $4.2M reported

  1. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$703.9K
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 1 subaward
  2. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO$662.1K
    MOSCOW, ID · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA$649.3K
    TAMPA, FL · 4 subawards

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Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.