# State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance (10.698)

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Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance is run by Department of Agriculture. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $222 million in 519 grants, about $428,245 per award.

## Objectives

With respect to nonfederal forest and other rural lands to assist in the control of rural fires; prevention, control, suppression, and prescribed use of fires on non-federal forest lands and other non-federal lands; development and transfer of new and improved fire prevention, control, suppression and prescribed fire technologies; organization of shared fire suppression resources, and achievement of more efficient fire mitigation and protection for States and local communities; provision of financial, technical and related assistance to local rural fire fighting forces.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $25.6 million | 72 |
| 2022 | $35.9 million | 84 |
| 2023 | $70.4 million | 167 |
| 2024 | $44.2 million | 132 |
| 2025 | $46.3 million | 121 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Nature Conservancy | Virginia | $21.6 million |
| Department of Conservation & Natural Resources Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | $11.3 million |
| California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection | California | $10.7 million |
| South Dakota Department of Public Safety | South Dakota | $9.5 million |
| Coalitions and Collaboratives, Inc. | Colorado | $9.0 million |
| Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | Minnesota | $8.8 million |
| National Association of State Foresters | District of Columbia | $8.5 million |
| Department of Natural Resources | Michigan | $7.8 million |
| Headwaters Economics Inc | Montana | $6.9 million |
| Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | Wisconsin | $6.5 million |
| International Association of Fire Chiefs, Inc. | Virginia | $6.1 million |
| State of Hawaii Department of Land & Natural Resources | Hawaii | $5.0 million |
| Oregon Department of Forestry | Oregon | $4.7 million |
| California Fire Safe Council, Inc | California | $4.3 million |
| South Tahoe Public Utility District | California | $4.3 million |
| Department of Natural Resources Illinois | Illinois | $4.0 million |
| State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources | Maryland | $3.4 million |
| Texas A&m Forest Service | Texas | $3.3 million |
| Energy Minerals & Natural Resources Department | New Mexico | $3.0 million |
| Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management | Arizona | $3.0 million |