Recipient of federal assistance · HARRISBURG, PA

FISH & BOAT COMMISSION, PENNSYLVANIA

FISH & BOAT COMMISSION, PENNSYLVANIA received $15.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 41 actions, +0.8% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $87.5M. Its largest awarding agency was U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ($12.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$15.2M
New awards
11
Actions
41
Since FY2021
$87.5M
UEI
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Parent organization
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Location
HARRISBURG, PA
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. 15.6MFY2021
  2. 16MFY2022
  3. 12.5MFY2023
  4. 13.3MFY2024
  5. 15MFY2025
  6. 15.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$15.2M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration$9.5M63%
  2. 97.012 · Boating Safety Financial Assistance$2.8M19%
  3. 15.622 · Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act$1.8M12%
  4. 15.634 · State Wildlife Grants$601.9K4.0%
  5. 15.608 · Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species$187.1K1.2%
  6. 11.474 · Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act$178.3K1.2%
  7. 15.615 · Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund$52.8K0.3%
  8. 10.691 · Good Neighbor Authority$16K0.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$12.1M80%
    Department of the Interior
  2. U.S. Coast Guard$2.8M19%
    Department of Homeland Security
  3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$194.2K1.3%
    Department of Commerce
  4. Forest Service$16K0.1%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO MONITOR AND ASSESS PENNSYLVANIA FISHERIES RESOURCES WITH A STRATEGIC SCIENTIFIC BASED MANAGEMENT APPROACH…$8.4M
    15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Mar 17, 2025 – Aug 4, 2026· F25AF00747
  2. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO MONITOR AND ASSESS PENNSYLVANIA S FISHERIES RESOURCES WITH A STRATEGIC SCIENTIFIC-BASED MANAGEMENT…$8M
    15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Formula grant· Feb 5, 2024 – Nov 4, 2025· F24AF00543
  3. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO MONITOR AND ASSESS PENNSYLVANIAS FISHERIES RESOURCES WITH A STRATEGIC SCIENTIFIC BASED MANAGEMENT…$4M
    15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Formula grant· Jan 12, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026· F26AF00275
  4. THE PURPOSE OF THE STATE RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY PROGRAM IS TO ENCOURAGE GREATER STATE PARTICIPATION AND UNIFORMITY IN BOATING SAFETY…$2.8M
    97.012 · Boating Safety Financial Assistance· U.S. Coast Guard· Formula grant· Feb 9, 2026 – Feb 9, 2026· 70Z02326MO0007060
  5. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THE PENNSYLVANIA FISH AND BOAT COMMISSIONS PUBLIC ACCESS FACILITIES AND PROPERTIES…$1.7M
    15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Feb 3, 2025 – Sep 16, 2026· F25AF00731
  6. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THE PENNSYLVANIA FISH AND BOAT COMMISSIONS PUBLIC ACCESS FACILITIES AND PROPERTIES…$1.5M
    15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Formula grant· Jan 30, 2026 – Jan 30, 2026· F26AF00341

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: $1.7M (2 subawards)

2 sub-recipients

  1. BRISTOL BOROUGH$1.5M86%
    BRISTOL, PA · 1 subaward
  2. WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY$249.7K14%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $560K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$500K89%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  2. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$60K11%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $274K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $361.5K received
  • FY2023: $489.8K paid out · $878.8K received
  • FY2024: $66.3K paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2025: $314.6K paid out · $75K received
  • FY2026: $1.7M paid out · $560K 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.