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Assistance listing · 10.902
Soil and Water Conservation
Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 10.902, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.
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Federal agencies obligated $171M in awards under assistance listing 10.902, Soil and Water Conservation, in FY2025, and $1.1B over the five fiscal years since FY2022; the program ranks 302 of 1056 on this site.
Obligations were down 66% on FY2024 ($504M), with $0 so far in FY2026.
The largest recipient organisations over FY2022–FY2025 were National Association of Conservation Districts ($98M), National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ($69M) and Pheasants Forever, Inc. ($42M).
By place of performance, the most money went to LA, MS and OH.
Obligations by fiscal year
Compared with the largest program FY2025
| Measure | This program | Grants to States for Medicaid | All assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obligations, FY2025 | $171M | $666B | $4.5T |
| Five-year total | $1.1B | $3.2T | $21T |
| Share of all assistance obligations, five years | 0% | 15.2% | 100% |
Largest recipients obligations, FY2022–FY2025
| # | Organisation | Obligations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Association of Conservation Districts | $98M |
| 2 | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation | $69M |
| 3 | Pheasants Forever, Inc. | $42M |
| 4 | The American Farmland Trust | $32M |
| 5 | Intertribal Agriculture Council, Inc | $25M |
| 6 | MCL Jasco Inc | $18M |
| 7 | Iowa State University of Science and Technology | $16M |
| 8 | Consolidated Gravity Drainage District 1 of Tangipahoa Parish | $16M |
| 9 | The Corps Network | $14M |
| 10 | Colorado State University | $14M |
| 11 | The Kkac Organization | $14M |
| 12 | Connecting Kids Inside Out | $13M |
| 13 | Ducks Unlimited, Inc. | $12M |
| 14 | Winston County Self Help Cooperative | $12M |
| 15 | Wildlife Mississippi | $11M |
| 16 | Texas a&M Agrilife Research | $9.2M |
| 17 | Indiana Association of Soil & Water | $8.3M |
| 18 | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | $7.8M |
| 19 | Kansas Department of Agriculture | $7.1M |
| 20 | Northeast Community College | $6.9M |
| 21 | Great Lakes Commission | $6.7M |
| 22 | University of Arizona | $6.5M |
| 23 | Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts Foundation Inc | $6.3M |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin System | $6.1M |
| 25 | Royalty One Inc. | $6.1M |
$15M among the top 40 went to recipients not shown: aggregated payments to individuals, withheld names and individuals.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards
Where the money goes
Largest awards since FY2022
| Recipient | Awarding agency | Type | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Fish and Wildlife Foundation | Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $105M | 27 Sep 2024 | — | USAspending |
| National Association of Conservation Districts | Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $60M | 10 Sep 2024 | — | USAspending |
| Consolidated Gravity Drainage District 1 of Tangipahoa Parish | Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $25M | 10 Jan 2022 | LA | USAspending |
| National Association of Conservation Districts | Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $17M | 20 Sep 2022 | — | USAspending |
| MCL Jasco Inc | Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $15M | 17 Sep 2024 | — | USAspending |
| National Fish and Wildlife Foundation | Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $14M | 28 Sep 2023 | — | USAspending |
| Pheasants Forever, Inc. | Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $13M | 28 Sep 2024 | — | USAspending |
| Recipient not shown | Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $13M | 29 Sep 2023 | — | USAspending |
| National Grazing Lands Coalition | Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $12M | 7 Jun 2024 | — | USAspending |
| Iowa State University of Science and Technology | Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $12M | 29 Jun 2023 | — | USAspending |
Other programs numbered 10.xxx
- 10.551 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $500B
- 10.555 National School Lunch Program $144B
- 10.557 WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children $35B
- 10.561 State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $31B
- 10.450 Crop Insurance $18B
- 10.758 Affordable Rural Cooperative $9.6B
- 10.646 Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children $8.2B
- 10.912 Environmental Quality Incentives Program $7.9B
- 10.427 Rural Rental Assistance Payments $7.8B
- 10.931 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program $6.4B
- 10.069 Conservation Reserve Program $5.7B
- 10.924 Conservation Stewardship Program $4.5B
- 10.703 Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement $2.6B
- 10.560 State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition $2.6B
- 10.937 Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities $2.6B
- 10.760 Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities $2.5B
- 10.855 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants $2.1B
- 10.923 Emergency Watershed Protection Program $2.1B
- 10.310 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) $2.0B
- 10.752 Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program $1.8B
- 10.766 Community Facilities Loans and Grants $1.8B
- 10.558 Child and Adult Care Food Program $1.7B
- 10.030 Indemnity Program $1.6B
- 10.511 Smith-Lever Extension Funding $1.6B
Questions and answers
How much is obligated under assistance listing 10.902?
$171M in FY2025 and $1.1B over the five fiscal years since FY2022, counting every award type recorded under the listing (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance and other assistance). Obligations are commitments, not payments.
Who receives the most under Soil and Water Conservation?
National Association of Conservation Districts ($98M), National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ($69M), Pheasants Forever, Inc. ($42M), The American Farmland Trust ($32M), Intertribal Agriculture Council, Inc ($25M). Individuals are never listed; where a program pays individuals, USAspending records aggregated rows that appear here as "not shown".
What is an assistance listing (CFDA) number?
A five-digit number that identifies a federal financial assistance program on SAM.gov (formerly the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance). Every grant, loan, direct payment or other assistance award on USAspending carries one; contracts do not.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending by category (assistance listing) by fiscal year, recipient cross-tabulation for FY2022–FY2025 and award search, loaded 30 Sep 2026. State figures come from each state's top-100 listing table, so small amounts in a state may be missing. See methodology.