Federal grant programs / Department of Commerce

Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards (11.419)

Also known as Agency: Department of Commerce Office: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$414 million
• Grant awards179
• Typical award$2.4 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$81.4 million
• Size rank413 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceFormula grants, project grants

Key findings

• Annual funding was roughly flat, $83.2 million in fiscal 2021 and $81.4 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 413th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 70% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 34 states and territories.

What the program funds

To support projects aimed at developing a science-based, multi-dimensional approach that will allow for the maintenance or improvement of environmental quality while at the same time allowing for economic growth.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Any coastal State, including those that border the Great Lakes, and including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Freely Associated States of the Pacific whose Coastal Zone Management program has been approved by the Secretary of Commerce. The Governor shall designate the State agency or entity that is to be the applicant.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Cooperative Agreements may be used only to implement and enhance the States' approved Coastal Zone Management programs. This includes personnel salaries, travel and other related costs required to support the administration of the program. Ten to twenty percent of Section 306 of the CZMA funds are available annually to develop new program requirements under Section 309 of the CZMA (16 U.S.C. 1456b) in the areas of coastal wetlands management and protection; natural hazards management (including potential sea and Great Lakes level rise); public access improvements; reduction of marine debris; assessment of cumulative and secondary impacts of coastal growth and development; special area management planning; impacts of coastal growth and development; special area management planning; ocean resource planning; and citing of coastal energy and Government facilities; and program development grants as authorized by section.

Matching requirements

Statutory Formula: Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade, Part 923 - Coastal Zone Management Program Regulations, Subpart B,Public Law Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, Pub. L. 92-583, 86 Stat. 1280 (1972), codified at 16 U.S.C. §§ 1451–1466.15 - Commerce and Foreign TradeMatching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

$795,000 to $2,300,000 (average $2,000,000)

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 95% of the money, colleges and universities 4.4% and nonprofits 0.7%.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.