Office for Coastal Management (11.473)
Office for Coastal Management (Assistance Listing 11.473) is run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, part of the Department of Commerce. It awarded $1.5 billion in 362 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $4.3 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $450,000. Half of the 362 awards fell between $351,035 and $1.8 million, and they ranged from $25,000 to $96.8 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$1.5 billion
- Grant awards362
- Typical award$450,000
- Awarded in FY 2025$234 million
- Size rank202 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceProject grants
Key findings
- Annual funding rose from $40.2 million in fiscal 2021 to $234 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 202nd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 86% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 36 states and territories.
What the program funds
The Office for Coastal Management helps coastal communities prepare for and recover from extreme weather events, coastal hazards, and changing ocean conditions. Awarded projects advance resilience strategies that use science-based solutions, demonstrate regional coordination, and create economic and environmental benefits for coastal communities.
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
What the money can and cannot pay for
Funds provided under this program may be used in the following areas: 1) Coastal Resilience, including National Coastal Resilience Fund; 2) Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Hawaii program; and 3) Great Lakes Areas of Concern Land Acquisition Grants. The Office for Coastal Management manages the Regional Coastal Resilience Program to help coastal communities prepare for and recover from extreme weather events, climate hazards, and changing ocean conditions. Awarded projects advance resilience strategies that use science-based solutions, demonstrate regional coordination, and create economic and environmental benefits for coastal communities. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) will help coastal communities build the future they want to see. The legislation provides a historic investment in coastal protection and restoration that will increase community resilience to climate change and extreme weather events, and improve how we manage our ocean resources. NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management will administer $832 million from these funds over the next five years.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching 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
An estimated $500,000 to $6,000,000 per award for competitive Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding cooperative agreements. Individual funding amounts widely vary accounting to the federal funding opportunity announcement. Contact the relevant federal program for details.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2016: The NOAA Office for Coastal Management managed the Regional Coastal Resilience Grants Program to fund FY 2016 projects in the following regions: • West Coast • Great Lakes • Northeast • Mid-Atlantic • Southeast • Gulf of Mexico • Pacific West coast projects: $689,850 for the San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative to develop vulnerability assessments and improved resilience strategies in seven San Diego County coastal cities (fiscal year 2015 funds). Total project support with match is $1,097,850. $879,255 for Washington Sea Grant and partner organizations to work with Island County, the City ofTacoma, and other communities in Washington State to develop and implement new approaches to enhancing coastal resilience to sea level rise, storm surges, and shoreline erosion (fiscal year 2016 funds). Total project support with match is $1,321 ,435. Great Lakes and Southeast $703,028 for the Association of State Floodplain Managers and the American Planning Association to research options and develop new national planning guidelines for infrastructure investments (fiscal year 2015 funds). Pilot projects are focused on Toledo, Ohio, and Savannah, Georgia. Total project support with match is $1,054,543. Northeast $522,348 for the Cape Cod Commission to develop the economic, social, and environmental information needed to develop climate change adaptation plans (fiscal year 2015 funds).
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Office for Coastal Management (11.473) awarded $1.5 billion across 362 grant awards, an average of $4.3 million per award.
Who usually wins
Nonprofits received 57% of the money, state and local governments 35% and colleges and universities 7.4%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonprofits | 75 | $887 million | 57% |
| State and local governments | 231 | $538 million | 35% |
| Colleges and universities | 44 | $114 million | 7.4% |
| Tribal governments and organizations | 11 | $3.4 million | 0.2% |
| Other | 1 | $1.5 million | less than 0.1% |
By state
35 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 21 | $618 million |
| California | 21 | $104 million |
| Washington | 17 | $92.9 million |
| Maine | 14 | $83.4 million |
| Alaska | 6 | $80.4 million |
| New Jersey | 10 | $80.4 million |
| Hawaii | 35 | $79.9 million |
| Louisiana | 8 | $71.7 million |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 5 | $70.3 million |
| Mississippi | 11 | $29.8 million |
| Oregon | 16 | $26.0 million |
| Virginia | 17 | $25.9 million |
| Florida | 14 | $19.6 million |
| Maryland | 11 | $18.3 million |
| Massachusetts | 11 | $15.5 million |
| Texas | 9 | $15.1 million |
| South Carolina | 14 | $14.6 million |
| Alabama | 12 | $12.3 million |
| Wisconsin | 12 | $11.2 million |
| Illinois | 6 | $10.1 million |
| Rhode Island | 11 | $9.2 million |
| New Hampshire | 9 | $8.7 million |
| Ohio | 9 | $6.5 million |
| New York | 7 | $6.3 million |
| Georgia | 9 | $5.5 million |
| Connecticut | 7 | $5.4 million |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | $3.7 million |
| North Carolina | 7 | $3.5 million |
| Minnesota | 4 | $3.2 million |
| Delaware | 7 | $2.8 million |
| Michigan | 4 | $2.2 million |
| American Samoa | 4 | $1.5 million |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | $1.4 million |
| Indiana | 3 | $1.4 million |
| Guam | 3 | $1.3 million |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 2 | $985,485 |