# Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Compatible Use and Joint Land Use Studies (12.610)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/12-610-community-economic-adjustment-assistance-for-compatible-use/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Compatible Use and Joint Land Use Studies is run by Department of Defense. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $155 million in 60 grants, about $2.6 million per award.

## Objectives

Provide technical and financial assistance to state and local governments to plan and implement civilian actions necessary to alleviate and /or prevent incompatible civilian development and other civilian activities that are likely to impair the continued operational utility of a DoD installation, range, special use air space, military operations area, and/or military training route.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $28.5 million | 30 |
| 2022 | $20.5 million | 19 |
| 2023 | $40.3 million | 23 |
| 2024 | $43.8 million | 19 |
| 2025 | $21.9 million | 16 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| State of Hawaii Department of Land & Natural Resources | Hawaii | $23.3 million |
| Compatible Lands Foundation, Inc. | Oklahoma | $20.2 million |
| Center for Natural Lands Management | California | $15.9 million |
| New Mexico Land Conservancy | New Mexico | $14.5 million |
| The Trust for Public Land | California | $12.9 million |
| The Nature Conservancy | Virginia | $12.3 million |
| Arizona Land and Water Trust, Inc. | Arizona | $11.5 million |
| Sandhills Area Land Trust | North Carolina | $8.7 million |
| Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, Inc | Maryland | $6.4 million |
| Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corp | Virginia | $3.3 million |
| Ecostudies Institute | Washington | $2.3 million |
| Office of Hawaiian Affairs | Hawaii | $2.2 million |
| County of Cochise | Arizona | $2.1 million |
| Harford Land Trust, Inc | Maryland | $1.9 million |
| City of Lompoc | California | $1.4 million |
| Parker Ranch Foundation Trust | Hawaii | $1.3 million |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. | Georgia | $1.1 million |
| Department of Hawaiian Home Lands | Hawaii | $999,000 |
| Southern Maine Planning & Development Commission | Maine | $901,949 |
| State of California Energy Commission | California | $777,752 |