Recipient of federal assistance · FRANKFORT, KY

KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WIL

KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WIL received $24.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 49 actions, −17% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $164.9M. Its largest awarding agency was U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ($23.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$24.6M
New awards
15
Actions
49
Since FY2021
$164.9M
UEI
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Parent organization
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
Location
FRANKFORT, KY
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. 24MFY2021
  2. 27.9MFY2022
  3. 32.2MFY2023
  4. 26.7MFY2024
  5. 29.6MFY2025
  6. 24.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$24.6M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety$10.2M41%
  2. 15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration$5.6M23%
  3. 15.608 · Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species$4.3M18%
  4. 15.615 · Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund$1.7M6.7%
  5. 97.012 · Boating Safety Financial Assistance$1.5M6.0%
  6. 15.634 · State Wildlife Grants$746.5K3.0%
  7. 15.626 · Enhanced Hunter Education and Safety$367.1K1.5%
  8. 15.622 · Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act$238.5K1.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$23.1M94%
    Department of the Interior
  2. U.S. Coast Guard$1.5M6.0%
    Department of Homeland Security

Largest awards

  1. TO SECURE PERMANENT PUBLIC ACCESS TO APPROXIMATELY 54,583 ACRES THROUGH THE PURCHASE OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT FOR WILDLIFE HABITAT AND…$11.3M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Sep 20, 2022 – Jun 22, 2026· F22AF03696
  2. MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS AND STATEWIDE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS INCLUDING PRIVATE LANDS TECHNICAL GUIDANCE DEER…$8M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Formula grant· Aug 12, 2024 – Feb 3, 2026· F24AF02780
  3. MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS AND STATEWIDE WILDLIFE PROGRAMS INCLUDING PRIVATE LANDS, TECHNICAL GUIDANCE, AND SPECIES…$7.9M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Jul 14, 2025 – Jul 6, 2026· F25AF01734
  4. BALLARD WMA RIVER PUMP$7.5M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Aug 17, 2021 – Jun 30, 2026· F21AF03597
  5. THIS PROJECT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF 107 WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS AS WELL SUPPORTING STATEWIDE PROGRAMS FOR…$7.3M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Jun 23, 2026 – Jun 23, 2026· F26AF01497
  6. PROJECT IS TO ACQUIRE BY FEE SIMPLE ACQUISITION A 1600 ACRE LANDHOLDING ADJACENT TO BIG RIVERS WMA IN CRITTENDEN COUNTY KENTUCKY BY…$4.7M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Jul 6, 2026 – Jul 6, 2026· F26AF01877

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: $238.5K (1 subaward)

1 sub-recipient

  1. WNW MARINA LLC$238.5K100%
    WARSAW, KY · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2023: $307.6K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $497.5K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $580K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $238.5K 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.