# Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination (15.234)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/15-234-secure-rural-schools-and-community-self-determination/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated October 31, 2026.

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination is run by Department of the Interior. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $12.2 million in 174 grants, about $69,900 per award.

## Objectives

Since its initial passage in 2000, the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) and Community Self-Determination Act (“the SRS Act”) has provided Federal funds to over 700 counties across the U.S. and Puerto Rico for three primary purposes in accordance with its three titles:
· Title I – Secure Payments for States and Counties containing Federal Land: To stabilize payments to counties to provide funding for schools and roads that supplements other available funds.
· Title II - Special Projects on Federal Land: To make additional investments in, and create additional employment opportunities through, projects that improve the maintenance of existing infrastructure, implement stewardship objectives that enhance forest ecosystems, and restore and improve land health and water quality with Federal lands that have traditionally been supported by timber payments.
· Title III – County Funds: To stabilize payments to counties to provide funding for schools and roads that supplements other available funds.
This Listing Announcement specifically relates to anticipated SRS Act Title II Special Project funding that is administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to benefit the 2.4 million acres of Federal lands in 18 western Oregon counties that are administered in accordance with the Oregon and California Revested Lands Sustained Yield Management Act of 1937 (“the O&C Act”) and the Coos Bay Wagon Road Act of 1939. These BLM lands are managed by the BLM Coos Bay, Medford, Northwest Oregon, and Roseburg Districts, as well as the BLM Lakeview District’s Klamath Falls Field Office.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $4.6 million | 74 |
| 2022 | $2.5 million | 39 |
| 2023 | $2.0 million | 30 |
| 2024 | $2.1 million | 27 |
| 2025 | $952,728 | 22 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers, Inc. | Oregon | $1.4 million |
| Smith River Watershed Council | Oregon | $789,654 |
| Applegate Partnership, Inc. | Oregon | $781,849 |
| Marys River Watershed Council | Oregon | $533,880 |
| Lane County Oregon | Oregon | $484,529 |
| Institute for Applied Ecology | Oregon | $480,639 |
| Northwest Youth Corps | Oregon | $450,915 |
| Lomakatsi Restoration Project | Oregon | $435,905 |
| Curry County Soil and Water Conservation District | Oregon | $405,270 |
| The Understory Initiative | Oregon | $398,926 |
| Klamath Bird Observatory | Oregon | $396,227 |
| Phoenix School of Roseburg | Oregon | $349,832 |
| Coquille Watershed Association | Oregon | $342,787 |
| Rogue River Watershed Council | Oregon | $300,695 |
| Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative | Oregon | $260,035 |
| Long Tom Watershed Council | Oregon | $241,464 |
| Siuslaw Watershed Council | Oregon | $232,623 |
| Trout Unlimited, Inc. | Virginia | $213,927 |
| State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife | Oregon | $202,760 |
| Tillamook Estuaries Partnership | Oregon | $198,440 |