# Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants (10.720)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/10-720-infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act-community-wildfire/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants is run by Department of Agriculture. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $465 million in 240 grants, about $1.9 million per award.

## Objectives

With respect to nonfederal lands, to develop community wildfire protection plans for communities considered at-risk to damage and loss of values or life from wildfire, and to update community wildfire protection plans that are greater than ten years old. To implement projects described in a community wildfire protection plan or equivalent document less than ten years old for the purposes of protecting an at-risk community from damage or loss from wildfire, including but not limited to wildfire mitigation, fuel reduction, prevention and response.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $0 | 0 |
| 2022 | $3.8 million | 22 |
| 2023 | $74.5 million | 85 |
| 2024 | $291 million | 97 |
| 2025 | $95.8 million | 52 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Washington State Department of Natural Resources | Washington | $52.7 million |
| Energy Minerals & Natural Resources Department | New Mexico | $40.5 million |
| Texas A&m Forest Service | Texas | $40.1 million |
| Colorado State University | Colorado | $28.9 million |
| Clear Lake Environmental Research Center | California | $17.8 million |
| Utah Department of Natural Resources | Utah | $11.7 million |
| County of Tuolumne | California | $10.0 million |
| Flathead Electric Cooperative Inc | Montana | $10.0 million |
| Cherokee Nation | Oklahoma | $10.0 million |
| Fire Safe Council of Siskiyou County | California | $10.0 million |
| Grant Soil & Water Conservation District | Oregon | $9.9 million |
| Natural Resources & Conservation, Montana Dept of | Montana | $9.6 million |
| Trinity Public Utilities District | California | $9.5 million |
| Douglas Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Oregon | $9.2 million |
| Feather River Resource Conservation District | California | $8.5 million |
| Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management | Arizona | $8.2 million |
| Trinity County Resource Conservation District | California | $7.9 million |
| Nevada Division of Forestry | Nevada | $7.7 million |
| Cultural Fire Management Council | California | $7.6 million |
| Department of Agriculture Food & Forestry Oklahoma | Oklahoma | $7.4 million |