Federal contractor · RANCHO CORDOVA, CA

DUCKS UNLIMITED INC

DUCKS UNLIMITED INC received $166.3K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards. Since FY2017: $2.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($119.6K). It also received $4.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$166.3K
New awards
4
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
GKJURMN3S3W9
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC. company family: 2 registered entities, $166.3K in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC.RIDGELAND, MS · Family page
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-30

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 28.6KFY2017
  2. 19.7KFY2018
  3. 214.3KFY2019
  4. 685.7KFY2020
  5. 1.1MFY2021
  6. 0FY2022
  7. -10KFY2024
  8. 0FY2025
  9. 166.3KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$119.6K72%
    1 awards
  2. Bureau of Reclamation$46.8K28%
    1 awards
  3. Bureau of Land Management$00.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$166.3K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Contra Costa County, CA$119.6K72%
  2. Grant County, ND$46.8K28%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $166.3K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $166.3K
  • 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. Department of the Army$119.6K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  2. Bureau of Reclamation$46.8K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. BLM WETLAND MAPPING UTAH NORTHWEST$385.3K
    Bureau of Land Management· Sacramento County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 20, 2021 – Mar 30, 2026· 140L0621F0472
  2. BLM WETLAND MAPPING 32 OREGON CASCADE$329.6K
    Bureau of Land Management· Sacramento County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 24, 2021 – Mar 30, 2026· 140L0621F0520
  3. PURCHASE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION CREDITS TO COMPLY WITH THE CALIFORNIA WATER BOARDS (CWB) CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA) REQUIREMENTS.$119.6K
    Department of the Army· Contra Costa County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Apr 9, 2026 – Apr 9, 2026· W9123826PA015
  4. RO HEART BUTTE WETLAND MITIGATION CREDIT$46.8K
    Bureau of Reclamation· Grant County, ND· Facilities & utilities· Aug 21, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026· 140R6026P0071

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.

DUCKS UNLIMITED INC received $4.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 41 actions (10 new awards), −81% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 15.623 · North American Wetlands Conservation Fund ($1.8M).

Assistance · FY2026
$4.8M
New awards
10
Actions
41
Since FY2021
$78.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 4MFY2021
  2. 18MFY2022
  3. 11.5MFY2023
  4. 15.4MFY2024
  5. 24.8MFY2025
  6. 4.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$4.8M100%

Top programs

  1. 15.623 · North American Wetlands Conservation Fund$1.8M38%
  2. 15.637 · Migratory Bird Joint Ventures$1.7M35%
  3. 15.512 · Central Valley Improvement Act, Title Xxxiv$1M21%
  4. 15.658 · Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration$91K1.9%
  5. 15.244 · Aquatics Resources Management$56K1.2%
  6. 15.631 · Partners for Fish and Wildlife$45.1K0.9%
  7. 15.630 · Coastal$30K0.6%
  8. 10.684 · International Forestry Programs$24.7K0.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$3.7M77%
    Department of the Interior
  2. Bureau of Reclamation$1M21%
    Department of the Interior
  3. Bureau of Land Management$56K1.2%
    Department of the Interior
  4. Forest Service$24.7K0.5%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. 1. PURPOSE: THIS PROJECT WILL INCREASE THE WATER SUPPLY TO THE SUTTER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, DURING THE LATE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL…$12.3M
    15.512 · Central Valley Improvement Act, Title Xxxiv· Bureau of Reclamation· Cooperative agreement· Apr 13, 2022 – May 20, 2026· R22AC00322
  2. THIS PROPOSAL REPRESENTS A CONTINUING EFFORT BY DUCKS UNLIMITED AND OUR UTAH PARTNERS TO SECURE NAWCA FUNDING FOR WETLAND AND MIGRATORY…$2.9M
    15.623 · North American Wetlands Conservation Fund· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Jul 9, 2024 – Jun 22, 2026· F24AP01308
  3. THE KLAMATH BASIN ECOSYSTEM HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WETLAND COMPLEXES FOR WATERFOWL AND WETLAND-ASSOCIATED BIRDS IN…$2.7M
    15.608 · Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Nov 22, 2022 – Jun 3, 2026· F23AP00012
  4. THE SACRAMENTO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE COMPLEX GREAT AMERICAN OUTDOORS ACT CANAL REHABILITATION PROJECT IS A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN DUCKS…$2M
    15.654 · National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Cooperative agreement· Aug 2, 2024 – Jul 22, 2026· F24AC01351
  5. THE SERVICE HEREBY INCORPORATES THE RECIPIENT'S APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO AND APPROVED BY THE SERVICE INTO THESE AWARD TERMS AND…$2M
    15.623 · North American Wetlands Conservation Fund· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· May 27, 2022 – Mar 24, 2026· F22AP01257
  6. THE SERVICE HEREBY INCORPORATES THE RECIPIENTS APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO AND APPROVED BY THE SERVICE INTO THESE AWARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS…$2M
    15.623 · North American Wetlands Conservation Fund· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Jun 29, 2023 – Apr 27, 2026· F23AP01086

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

  • Sub-grants: $792.6K (3 subawards)

3 sub-recipients

  1. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, INCORPORATED$645.7K81%
    COLCHESTER, VT · 1 subaward
  2. EASTERN SIERRA LAND TRUST$79.9K10%
    BISHOP, CA · 1 subaward
  3. HARNEY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT$67K8.5%
    HINES, OR · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $140K (2 subawards)

1 prime

  1. FOREST SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$140K100%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $161K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $4.3M received
  • FY2026: $792.6K paid out · $140K 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

18 companies · $23.5M reported

  1. OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE LAND TRUST, INC$6M
    NEW YORK, NY · 9 subawards
  2. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES$4M
    HENRICO, VA · 2 subawards
  3. THE VIRGINIA OUTDOORS FOUNDATION$3M
    WARRENTON, VA · 15 subawards

Primes that pay it

13 companies · $33.7M reported

  1. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$18.5M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 17 subawards
  2. STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY$5.7M
    OAKLAND, CA · 3 subawards
  3. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT$4.2M
    AUSTIN, TX · 2 subawards

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. DELTA LAND SERVICES LLC$5.1M−100% in FY2026
    PORT ALLEN, LA · 34% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other financial investment activities
  2. WILD-TX LANDS, LLC$662.5K
    TYLER, TX · 4.4% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other financial investment activities
  3. SWALLOW TAIL, LLC$134K−100% in FY2026
    HARRISONVILLE, MO · 0.9% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other financial investment activities

Showing the top 3 of 16 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

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 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC. (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • DUCKS UNLIMITED, INCAI match · 98%
Lobbying · 2025
$320K
9 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$1.1M
$1.1M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$320K
    12 reports
  2. 2024$320K
    16 reports
  3. 2025$320K
    9 reports
  4. 2026$160K
    10 reports

Top issues

  1. Natural resources36 reports
  2. Agriculture24 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations24 reports
  4. Environment and Superfund14 reports
  5. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code8 reports
  6. Real estate, land use and conservation5 reports
  7. Animals2 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES38 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE25 reports
  3. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)19 reports
  4. Interior - Dept of (DOI)18 reports
  5. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)16 reports
  6. White House Office8 reports
  7. Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)2 reports
  8. Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)1 reports
  9. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)1 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Public Strategies Washington, Inc.$240K
    8 reports
  2. CAPITOL SOLUTIONS, LLC (DC)$185K
    14 reports
  3. Capitol 6 Advisors$70K
    2 reports
  4. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP$60K
    5 reports
  5. CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS$50K
    2 reports
  6. FIFTH WAVE LLC$42.5K
    2 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

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.