Recipient of federal assistance · BEND, OR

THE HIGH DESERT MUSEUM

THE HIGH DESERT MUSEUM received $100K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 4 actions, −86% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $4.7M. Its largest awarding agency was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($100K).

Assistance · FY2026
$100K
New awards
1
Actions
4
Since FY2021
$4.7M
UEI
X9QCCZD17415
Location
BEND, OR
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. 1.8MFY2021
  2. 187.5KFY2022
  3. 878.6KFY2023
  4. 1.1MFY2024
  5. 704.8KFY2025
  6. 100KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$100K100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 11.429 · Marine Sanctuary Program$100K100%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$100K100%
    Department of Commerce

Largest awards

  1. THE CENTER FOR THE HIGH DESERT: A DYNAMIC NEW SPACE FOR DIALOGUE, ENGAGEMENT, AND LEARNING IN THE HIGH DESERT [THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW…$500K
    45.130 · Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants· National Endowment for the Humanities· Project grant· Jul 20, 2023 – Jul 24, 2026· CHA27681523
  2. CREATING TOGETHER: A NEW VISION FOR THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION ON THE INDIGENOUS PLATEAU AT THE HIGH DESERT MUSEUM [THE HIGH DESERT MUSEUM…$500K
    45.164 · Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs· National Endowment for the Humanities· Project grant· May 3, 2024 – Jul 16, 2026· GI29711824
  3. ORGANIZATION: HIGH DESERT MUSEUM, 59800 S. HIGHWAY 97, BEND, OREGON, 97702 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: DANA WHITELAW, PH.D., EXECUTIVE…$100K
    11.429 · Marine Sanctuary Program· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Project grant· Jul 29, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026· NA26NOSX429G0002
  4. SUSTAINABLE AND REGENERATIVE PRESERVATION PLANNING AT THE HIGH DESERT MUSEUM [THE HIGH DESERT MUSEUM RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS A $49,885…$49.9K
    45.149 · Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access· National Endowment for the Humanities· Project grant· Sep 11, 2024 – Jul 28, 2026· PF30107724

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

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

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.