Federal grant programs / Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council

Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Impact Program (87.052)

Also known as RESTORE Council Oil Spill Impact Program

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$617 million
• Grant awards85
• Typical award$2.2 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$152 million
• Size rank323 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceProject grants

Key findings

• Annual funding rose from $93.2 million in fiscal 2021 to $152 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 323rd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 5 largest recipients received 100% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 5 states and territories.

What the program funds

In response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, the primary objective of this program is to disburse civil penalty funds from the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund to the RESTORE Council, its members and the Florida Gulf Consortium for the purpose of restoring and protecting the natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, coastal wetlands, and economy of the Gulf Coast region.

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

Members of the RESTORE Council and Florida Gulf Consortium are eligible to apply for funding. Council members are the Governors of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretaries of the U.S. Departments of the Interior, Commerce, Agriculture, Homeland Security, and the Army.

What the money can and cannot pay for

All funding must be used pursuant to the RESTORE Act (33 USC 1321 (t)). No more than 25 percent of the funding made available may be used for infrastructure projects eligible under subclauses (VI) and (VII) of 33 U.S.C. 1321(t)(1)(B)(i) unless the exception in 33 U.S.C. 1321(t)(3)(B)(ii)(II) applies. Not more than 3 percent of the amounts received by a Gulf Coast State may be used for administrative costs, as defined in the Department of the Treasury Regulations for the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund, 31 CFR Part 34, publication of Final Rule December 14, 2015 (80 FR 77239).;

Matching requirements

Statutory Formula: Title 33 USC, Part III, Subpart 1321 (t),Public Law 112-141.33 USC Sec. 1321(t), establishes all funding requirementsMatching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Deadlines do not apply

Award range and average, in the agency's words

No data available

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

Almost all of the money went to state and local governments.

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.