Recipient of federal assistance · AUSTIN, TX

TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT

TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT received $88.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 381 actions, −35% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $615.2M. Its largest awarding agency was U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ($68M).

Assistance · FY2026
$88.2M
New awards
60
Actions
381
Since FY2021
$615.2M
UEI
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Location
AUSTIN, TX
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. 73.6MFY2021
  2. 79.3MFY2022
  3. 113.7MFY2023
  4. 125.6MFY2024
  5. 134.8MFY2025
  6. 88.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$88.2M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety$38.7M44%
  2. 15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration$22.2M25%
  3. 15.916 · Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning$14.5M16%
  4. 97.012 · Boating Safety Financial Assistance$5.3M6.0%
  5. 15.615 · Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund$4.7M5.3%
  6. 15.634 · State Wildlife Grants$2.9M3.3%
  7. 15.626 · Enhanced Hunter Education and Safety$239.4K0.3%
  8. 11.407 · Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986$176.1K0.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$68M77%
    Department of the Interior
  2. National Park Service$14.5M16%
    Department of the Interior
  3. U.S. Coast Guard$5.3M6.0%
    Department of Homeland Security
  4. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$324.1K0.4%
    Department of Commerce

Largest awards

  1. THE WILDLIFE DIVISION OF THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT IS VESTED WITH THE AUTHORITYAND RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE AS THE LEADER IN…$20.5M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Jul 22, 2025 – Aug 3, 2026· F25AF02218
  2. THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ACQUIRE APPROXIMATELY 6900 ADDITIONAL ACRES FOR THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD…$19.4M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Formula grant· Aug 1, 2024 – Dec 17, 2025· F24AF02600
  3. THE WILDLIFE DIVISION OF THE TEXAS PARKS WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT IS VESTED WITH THE AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE AS THE STATE S LEADER…$19.2M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Aug 31, 2023 – Apr 28, 2026· F23AF03322
  4. OVER 94 PERCENT OF TEXAS LAND IS PRIVATELY-OWNED OR MANAGED. THE ABILITY OF TPWD TO MANAGE AND CONSERVE THE STATE S NATURAL AND CULTURAL…$15.5M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Jul 31, 2023 – Apr 27, 2026· F23AF02908
  5. THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CONCERNING WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT TO…$15M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Jun 17, 2025 – Jun 23, 2026· F25AF01574
  6. A WELL DEFINED AND FOCUSED BIG GAME PROGRAM IS NEEDED TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE UPLAND TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE RECREATIONAL…$14.2M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Jul 15, 2025 – Jul 15, 2026· F25AF02141

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: $69.4M (71 subawards)

57 sub-recipients

  1. HARRIS COUNTY$12.5M18%
    HOUSTON, TX · 2 subawards
  2. CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS$10M14%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  3. CITY OF DALLAS$8.9M13%
    DALLAS, TX · 2 subawards
  4. CITY OF AUSTIN$4M5.8%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward
  5. CITY OF LAREDO$3.8M5.5%
    LAREDO, TX · 1 subaward
  6. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO$3.2M4.7%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 1 subaward
  7. CITY OF SAN ANGELO$1.5M2.2%
    SAN ANGELO, TX · 1 subaward
  8. CITY OF LEAGUE CITY$1.5M2.2%
    LEAGUE CITY, TX · 1 subaward
  9. CITY OF LONGVIEW$1.3M1.9%
    LONGVIEW, TX · 1 subaward
  10. TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE$1.2M1.7%
    KINGSVILLE, TX · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $1.6M (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT$1.3M83%
    DEL VALLE, TX · 2 subawards
  2. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY$275K17%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $16M paid out · $2.6M received
  • FY2022: $21.3M paid out · $6.6M received
  • FY2023: $34.2M paid out · $4.3M received
  • FY2024: $42M paid out · $6.3M received
  • FY2025: $35.1M paid out · $522.7K received
  • FY2026: $69.4M paid out · $1.6M 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.