Recipient of federal assistance · SPOKANE, WA

UPPER COLUMBIA UNITED TRIBES

UPPER COLUMBIA UNITED TRIBES received $7.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 5 actions, +794% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $23.1M. Its largest awarding agency was Bureau of Reclamation ($4.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$7.7M
New awards
0
Actions
5
Since FY2021
$23.1M
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Location
SPOKANE, WA
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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. 890.3KFY2021
  2. 818.9KFY2022
  3. 9.5MFY2023
  4. 3.3MFY2024
  5. 866KFY2025
  6. 7.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$7.1M92%
  2. Direct payments$644K8.3%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 15.517 · Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act$4.2M55%
  2. 66.962 · Geographic Programs - Columbia River Basin Restoration (CRBR) Program$2.6M34%
  3. 15.036 · Indian Rights Protection$644K8.3%
  4. 66.926 · Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP)$268K3.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Bureau of Reclamation$4.2M55%
    Department of the Interior
  2. Environmental Protection Agency$2.9M37%
  3. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$644K8.3%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. UPPER COLUMBIA UNITED TRIBES$13M
    15.036 · Indian Rights Protection· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 7, 2021 – Jul 1, 2026· A13AV00310
  2. AWARD PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF REINTRODUCING SALMON TO CURRENTLY IMPASSABLE AREAS OF THE…$6.3M
    15.517 · Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act· Bureau of Reclamation· Cooperative agreement· Sep 19, 2023 – Aug 14, 2026· R23AC00447
  3. DESCRIPTION:THE UPPER COLUMBIA UNITED TRIBES (UCUT) WILL DEVELOP AND FACILITATE A PORTFOLIO OF ON-THE-GROUND PROJECTS ADDRESSING PATHWAYS…$5.6M
    66.962 · Geographic Programs - Columbia River Basin Restoration (CRBR) Program· Environmental Protection Agency· Grant· Aug 30, 2023 – Jul 27, 2026· 02J51001
  4. DESCRIPTION:PROVIDER REGIONAL TECHNICAL TRAINING TO MEMBERS OF UPPER COLUMBIA UNITED TRIBES (UCUT). ADVANCE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS…$526.9K
    66.926 · Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP)· Environmental Protection Agency· Grant· Jul 10, 2023 – Jul 22, 2026· 02J27001

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: $74K (2 subawards)

2 sub-recipients

  1. SPOKANE RIVERKEEPER$37K50%
    SPOKANE, WA · 1 subaward
  2. SPOKANE AUDUBON SOCIETY$37K50%
    COLBERT, WA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2025: $1.6M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $74K 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 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.