Federal grants to The Great Basin Institute
The Great Basin Institute in Reno, Nevada received $69.6 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 351 awards. Its largest program was Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities, with $25.1 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $18.5 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$69.6 million
- Awards351
- Awarded in FY 2025$18.5 million
- Largest award$4.2 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 89 | $9.0 million |
| FY 2022 | 92 | $11.4 million |
| FY 2023 | 106 | $11.8 million |
| FY 2024 | 132 | $19.0 million |
| FY 2025 | 122 | $18.5 million |
Programs that fund The Great Basin Institute
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities | 145 | $25.1 million |
| Cultural Resources Management | 85 | $17.4 million |
| FWS Public Land Stewardship – Youth Corps | 36 | $9.9 million |
| Youth Corps | 33 | $6.0 million |
| Youth Conservation | 5 | $3.5 million |
| Candidate Species Conservation | 12 | $1.9 million |
| National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements | 14 | $1.8 million |
| Wildlife Resource Management | 1 | $1.7 million |
| Endangered Species Recovery Implementation | 6 | $1.1 million |
| Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act | 2 | $575,978 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of the Interior | 350 | $69.5 million |
| Department of Commerce | 1 | $128,000 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great basin institute, in cooperation with the U.S. Fish wildlife service, will support a large-scale nativeseed collection effort in 2024 and beyond. The overarching objective of this project four-fold: 1) native seedcollection 2) native seed cleaning and storage 3) native seed production, and 4) c | FWS Public Land Stewardship – Youth Corps | March 1, 2024 | $4.2 million |
| 15.946: cultural resources management the purpose of this agreement is to assist with project planning, research, compliance, and implementation associated with the national environmental policy act (NEPA) and section 106 of the national historic preservation act (NHPA) requirements of abandoned min | Cultural Resources Management | January 16, 2025 | $2.0 million |
| Recruitment and placement of youth interns for reclamation offices and facilities tsc youth interns - great basin institute | Youth Conservation | September 24, 2021 | $1.9 million |
| 15 931 youth and veteran organizations conservation activities this program utilizes qualified non profit youth and veteran serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education projects on department of the interior lan | Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities | August 19, 2022 | $1.9 million |
| This project will provide support to the blm Nevada state office. Data collected for this project will assist blm Nevada rangeland with: enhancing and conserving rangelands to combat climate change via grazing management techniques, vegetation restoration methods, and management structures soil reso | Youth Corps | September 18, 2024 | $1.7 million |
| Gbi terrestrial aim data collection for ca state-wide | Wildlife Resource Management | September 16, 2024 | $1.7 million |
| Recipient, in cooperation with reclamation, will recruit and or manage qualified persons (youth interns) as resource assistant interns (RAIS), who are currently enrolled in an engineering and science (or related field) degree program at an institution of higher education, and or standard interns. Th | Youth Conservation | May 5, 2024 | $1.5 million |
| Mostly at a park level, projects encompass a broad range of research, operational, andeducational activities across all aspects of cultural resource stewardship activities, including but notlimited to inventory, monitoring, research, rehabilitation, reconstruction, restoration, preservation,document | Cultural Resources Management | March 6, 2023 | $1.3 million |
| Purpose of award (summary of the goals and objectives of the project):viewing wildlife is a special treat for park visitors. Visitors frequently inquire as to where viewing hot spots for wildlife are located. This project would restore habitat along popular trails in order to create wildlife viewing | Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities | June 21, 2022 | $1.3 million |
| Cultural resources program support for lake mead nra | Cultural Resources Management | September 14, 2021 | $1.1 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does The Great Basin Institute get?
$69.6 million in 351 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives The Great Basin Institute the most?
The Department of the Interior, with $69.5 million in 350 awards. The Department of Commerce follow.
What is The Great Basin Institute's largest federal grant?
$4.2 million under FWS Public Land Stewardship – Youth Corps, with its first action in the period on March 1, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund The Great Basin Institute?
Its largest are Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities, Cultural Resources Management and FWS Public Land Stewardship – Youth Corps.
Other grant recipients in Reno
- Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education
- American Battery Technology Company
- Nevada Clean Energy Fund
- Nevada Department of Wildlife
- Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada,
- Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority
- Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County
- Nevada System of Higher Education
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