Recipient of federal assistance · MOUNT PLEASANT, SC

SOUTHEAST COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING REGIONAL ASSOCIATION

SOUTHEAST COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING REGIONAL ASSOCIATION received $7.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 6 actions, +1.6% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $46M. Its largest awarding agency was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($7.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$7.5M
New awards
2
Actions
6
Since FY2021
$46M
UEI
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Location
MOUNT PLEASANT, SC
Nonprofits
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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. 4.9MFY2021
  2. 7.8MFY2022
  3. 6.9MFY2023
  4. 11.4MFY2024
  5. 7.4MFY2025
  6. 7.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$7.5M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 11.012 · Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)$7.5M100%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$7.5M100%
    Department of Commerce

Largest awards

  1. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTINUE THE PROGRESS MADE TO BUILD A ROBUST, USER-DRIVEN, SUSTAINED, OPERATIONAL GCOOS THAT INTEGRATES DATA…$23.5M
    11.012 · Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Aug 16, 2021 – May 27, 2026· NA21NOS0120097
  2. SECOORA IS A MATURE IOOS REGIONAL ASSOCIATION WITH A 20-YEAR HISTORY OF PROVIDING SUSTAINED COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVATIONS, ENGAGING WITH…$4.8M
    11.012 · Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Aug 28, 2026 – Aug 28, 2026· NA26NOSX012C0005
  3. SECOORA SUPPORTED ASSETS, SPECIFICALLY HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR (HFR), WATER LEVEL STATIONS, SURFACE BUOYS AND SUBSURFACE MOORINGS IN FLORIDA…$2.8M
    11.012 · Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 12, 2026· NA26NOSX012C0001
  4. SECOORA GOALS ARE THE FOLLOWING TOPIC AREA 1 - INVEST IN NEW OBSERVING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE SOUTHEAST - REINVESTMENT IN EXISTING…$1.9M
    11.012 · Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Dec 21, 2022 – Jul 23, 2026· NA23NOS0120081
  5. THE ABILITY TO OBSERVE THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT IS GROWING INCREASINGLY CRITICAL AS COASTAL HAZARDS SUCH AS HIGH TIDE FLOODING, RIP…$1.2M
    11.012 · Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Sep 14, 2023 – May 14, 2026· NA23NOS0120243

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: $7.7M (24 subawards)

17 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA$2.2M29%
    TAMPA, FL · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$1.5M20%
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 2 subawards
  3. TETRA TECH, INC.$1.4M18%
    ARLINGTON, VA · 4 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$661.5K8.6%
    MIAMI, FL · 1 subaward
  5. GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP$408.2K5.3%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON$313K4.1%
    WILMINGTON, NC · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION,THE$250K3.3%
    ATHENS, GA · 2 subawards
  8. MOTE MARINE LABORATORY, INC.$215K2.8%
    SARASOTA, FL · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$150K2.0%
    MIAMI, FL · 1 subaward
  10. SECOND CREEK CONSULTING LLC$93K1.2%
    WINDSOR, SC · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $175K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $1.5M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $2.6M paid out · $43.1K received
  • FY2024: $5.1M paid out · $66.8K received
  • FY2025: $10.6M paid out · $2.7M received
  • FY2026: $7.7M 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.