Recipient of federal assistance · OVANDO, MT

THE BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE INC

THE BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE INC received $32K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 5 actions, −95% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $3.7M. Its largest awarding agency was U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ($32K).

Assistance · FY2026
$32K
New awards
2
Actions
5
Since FY2021
$3.7M
UEI
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Location
OVANDO, MT
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. 316.7KFY2021
  2. 290.6KFY2022
  3. 1.5MFY2023
  4. 1MFY2024
  5. 637KFY2025
  6. 32KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$32K100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 15.631 · Partners for Fish and Wildlife$32K100%

Awarding agencies

  1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$32K100%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT, BETWEEN THE NRCS AND THE BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE, IS TO MAXIMIZE THE PARTNERSHIP SO AS TO TO FACILITATE C…$600K
    10.902 · Soil and Water Conservation· Natural Resources Conservation Service· Cooperative agreement· Aug 10, 2023 – Mar 30, 2026· NR220325XXXXC009
  2. MT DAK WUI COMMUNITY FIRE ASSISTANCE BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE$596.1K
    15.228 · Blm Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities· Bureau of Land Management· Cooperative agreement· Sep 15, 2022 – Jan 12, 2026· L19AC00056
  3. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF BLM-INVESTMENT IN THE BLACKFOOT WATERSHED THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF…$500K
    15.246 · Threatened and Endangered Species· Bureau of Land Management· Cooperative agreement· Aug 13, 2023 – May 22, 2026· L23AC00450
  4. MT/DAK FOREST CARNIVORE AND LIVESTOCK PROGRAM IN MONTANA$40K
    15.247 · Wildlife Resource Management· Bureau of Land Management· Cooperative agreement· Sep 22, 2021 – Dec 12, 2025· L21AC10522
  5. THE BLACKFOOT RIVER WATERSHED COVERS 1.5 MILLION ACRES IN WESTERN MONTANA AND IS ONE OF THEMOST INTACT LARGE LANDSCAPES LEFT IN THE LOWER…$32K
    15.631 · Partners for Fish and Wildlife· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Cooperative agreement· Jul 24, 2026 – Jul 24, 2026· F26AC01629

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $322.9K (2 subawards)

1 prime

  1. THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$322.9K100%
    ARLINGTON, VA · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $362.5K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $155K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $322.9K 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.