Recipient of federal assistance · PROVIDENCE, RI

RHODE ISLAND. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

RHODE ISLAND. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT received $23.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 131 actions, −26% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $185.3M. Its largest awarding agency was U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ($9.6M).

Assistance · FY2026: $23.7M
New awards: 34
Actions: 131
Since FY2021: $185.3M

UEI: EB27G6BK8813
Parent organization: STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
Location: PROVIDENCE, RI

State and local governments

Open in the explorer Federal grants & assistance

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

25MFY2021
33.9MFY2022
37.4MFY2023
33.3MFY2024
32MFY2025
23.7MFY2026

By type

Grants$23.7M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

66.605 · Performance Partnership Grants$5.3M23%
15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety$3.8M16%
15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration$3.7M16%
66.818 · Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements$2M8.5%
15.622 · Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act$1.5M6.3%
97.012 · Boating Safety Financial Assistance$1.2M4.9%
11.420 · Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves$929.6K3.9%
10.031 · Plant Pest and Disease Management (PPDM)$874.6K3.7%

Awarding agencies

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$9.6M40%
Department of the Interior
Environmental Protection Agency$8.8M37%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$1.4M6.0%
Department of Commerce
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$1.3M5.5%
Department of Agriculture
U.S. Coast Guard$1.2M4.9%
Department of Homeland Security
Forest Service$448K1.9%
Department of Agriculture
Food and Drug Administration$400.5K1.7%
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of the Army$325.9K1.4%
Department of Defense

Largest awards

DESCRIPTION:THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR THE OPERATION OF RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT'S CONTINUING…$16M
66.605 · Performance Partnership Grants· Environmental Protection Agency· Grant· Jan 10, 2024 – Jul 15, 2026· 99125709
RI W-23-R-55 WILDLIFE INVESTIGATIONS IN RHODE ISLAND - AVIAN AND MAMMALIAN STUDIES$6M
15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Dec 21, 2020 – Apr 17, 2026· F20AF00241
THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS AND MAMMALS, AND TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS FOR HUNTING AND…$4.8M
15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Sep 9, 2022 – Aug 26, 2026· F22AF03622
THIS GRANT SUPPORTS THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF RHODE ISLAND'S FOUR FISH HATCHERIES. ADDITIONALLY, THIS GRANT SUPPORTS THE FISH…$4M
15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Feb 28, 2022 – Apr 22, 2026· F22AF00866
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO OPERATE, MAINTAIN, AND MANAGE RHODE ISLAND DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE FACILITIES, PROPERTIES, AND…$3.7M
15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Aug 16, 2022 – Aug 7, 2026· F22AF03324
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INSTRUCT AND PROVIDE TRAINING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF HUNTING, BOWHUNTING, TRAPPING, AND…$3.5M
15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Aug 17, 2022 – Aug 28, 2026· F22AF03367

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: $6.3M (23 subawards)

17 sub-recipients

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND$1.6M26%
KINGSTON, RI · 3 subawards
CITY OF NEWPORT CITY HALL$1.4M23%
NEWPORT, RI · 1 subaward
BLACKSTONE WATERSHED COLLABORATIVE, INC$1.1M17%
SUTTON, MA · 1 subaward
FARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND$816.8K13%
PROVIDENCE, RI · 4 subawards
AUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND$388.4K6.1%
SMITHFIELD, RI · 1 subaward
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, INCORPORATED$348.4K5.5%
CABOT, VT · 2 subawards
TOWN OF WESTERLY HOUSING AUTHORITY$98.2K1.6%
WESTERLY, RI · 1 subaward
RHODE ISLAND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY$92.8K1.5%
KINGSTON, RI · 1 subaward
PATRICK MCNIFF$80.4K1.3%
EAST GREENWICH, RI · 1 subaward
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$73.2K1.2%
ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

Sub-grants: $1.5M (8 subawards)

5 primes

NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$839.1K57%
WASHINGTON, DC · 2 subawards
RESTORE AMERICA'S ESTUARIES$250K17%
WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY$200K14%
BRISTOL, RI · 2 subawards
SERVICE MEMBERS ASSISTANCE FUND$86.4K5.9%
CRANSTON, RI · 2 subawards
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM$86.2K5.9%
PORTLAND, ME · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

FY2021: $0 paid out · $150K received
FY2022: $1.5M paid out · $515.4K received
FY2023: $840.7K paid out · $1.4M received
FY2024: $1.5M paid out · $723.5K received
FY2025: $2.3M paid out · $14M received
FY2026: $6.3M paid out · $1.5M 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.