Recipient of federal assistance · SPRINGFIELD, IL

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ILLINOIS

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ILLINOIS received $164.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 266 actions, +22% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $827.2M. Its largest awarding agency was Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement ($86.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$164.6M
New awards
72
Actions
266
Since FY2021
$827.2M
UEI
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Parent organization
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH - DIVISION OF VITAL RECORDS
Location
SPRINGFIELD, IL
State and local governments
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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.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 61.1MFY2021
  2. 109.1MFY2022
  3. 158.7MFY2023
  4. 198.7MFY2024
  5. 135MFY2025
  6. 164.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$162.4M99%
  2. Other assistance$2.3M1.4%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 15.252 · Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR)$82.7M50%
  2. 15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety$29.6M18%
  3. 15.916 · Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning$12.3M7.5%
  4. 15.662 · Great Lakes Restoration$10.3M6.2%
  5. 15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration$5M3.0%
  6. 15.250 · Regulation of Surface Coal Mining and Surface Effects of Underground Coal Mining$4M2.4%
  7. 10.664 · Cooperative Forestry Assistance$3.9M2.4%
  8. 15.608 · Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species$3.3M2.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement$86.7M53%
    Department of the Interior
  2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$50.5M31%
    Department of the Interior
  3. National Park Service$13.8M8.4%
    Department of the Interior
  4. Forest Service$7.3M4.5%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$2.8M1.7%
    Department of Commerce
  6. U.S. Coast Guard$1.9M1.1%
    Department of Homeland Security
  7. Environmental Protection Agency$1.4M0.8%
  8. Mine Safety and Health Administration$246.2K0.1%
    Department of Labor

Largest awards

  1. PROGRAM: BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW ABANDONED MINED LANDS (BIL AML) PROGRAM (TITLE IV)AWARD PURPOSE: THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW…$76M
    15.252 · Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR)· Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement· Formula grant· Feb 15, 2024 – Dec 10, 2025· S24AF00031
  2. PROGRAM BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW ABANDONED MINED LANDS BIL AML PROGRAM TITLE IV AWARD PURPOSE THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW BIL…$75.8M
    15.252 · Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR)· Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement· Grant· Nov 15, 2022 – May 15, 2026· S23AF00016
  3. PROGRAM: INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT ABANDONED MINED LANDS (IIJA AML) PROGRAM (TITLE IV) AWARD PURPOSE: THE INFRASTRUCTURE…$75.7M
    15.252 · Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR)· Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement· Formula grant· Nov 24, 2025 – Nov 24, 2025· S26AF00008
  4. PROGRAM THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW BIL SEC. 40601 ORPHANED WELL STATE FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM AWARD PURPOSE FUNDING THROUGH THE…$25M
    15.018 · Energy Community Revitalization Program (ECRP)· Departmental Offices· Grant· Aug 2, 2024 – Apr 23, 2026· D24AF00290
  5. PROJECT ABSTRACT AML GRANT:PROGRAM: ABANDONED MINED LANDS (AML) PROGRAM (TITLE IV)AWARD PURPOSE: THE SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION…$22M
    15.252 · Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR)· Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement· Formula grant· Jun 23, 2025 – Jan 13, 2026· S25AF00141
  6. UNDER THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT, 225 ILCS 725 , THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ADMINISTERS THE OIL AND GAS WELL SITE…$19M
    15.018 · Energy Community Revitalization Program (ECRP)· Departmental Offices· Project grant· Aug 24, 2022 – Nov 14, 2025· D22AP00223

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

  • Sub-grants: $18M (48 subawards)

8 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$9.9M55%
    URBANA, IL · 23 subawards
  2. TETRA TECH, INC.$3.5M20%
    CHICAGO, IL · 4 subawards
  3. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY$3.1M17%
    CARBONDALE, IL · 13 subawards
  4. LEWIS & CLARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE$755.5K4.2%
    GODFREY, IL · 2 subawards
  5. EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY$335.2K1.9%
    CHARLESTON, IL · 3 subawards
  6. LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$220.6K1.2%
    MAYWOOD, IL · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$157.5K0.9%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL · 1 subaward
  8. WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY$94K0.5%
    MACOMB, IL · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $36.6M paid out · $28.1M received
  • FY2022: $46.6M paid out · $25.8M received
  • FY2023: $22.5M paid out · $11.4M received
  • FY2024: $42.8M paid out · $27.8M received
  • FY2025: $19.6M paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2026: $18M paid out · $0 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.

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.