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Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
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USAspending records $77M in award obligations to Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (Dexter, MI) over the fiscal years it is listed for (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $10M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 45% on FY2025 ($19M).
Ducks Unlimited, Inc. ranks 125 of 625 listed organisations located in MI by five-year obligations, and 6,861 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce and Department of the Interior: 12 awards worth $39M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $10,006,846 | under $1.0M | $10,006,846 | — |
| FY2024 | $37,322,042 | under $1.0M | $37,322,042 | +273% |
| FY2025 | $18,910,906 | under $1.0M | $18,910,906 | -49% |
| FY2026 | $10,392,923 | under $1.0M | $10,392,923 | -45% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in MI | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $77M | $100B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $10M | $27B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | $16M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $77M | $100B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 6,861 of 30,989 | 1 of 625 in MI | 1 |
Largest in state: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Agriculture | 5 | $16M | 41% |
| 2 | Department of Commerce | 3 | $13M | 34% |
| 3 | Department of the Interior | 4 | $9.7M | 25% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Washtenaw County, MI $13M · Brown County, WI $2.8M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 11.463 Habitat Conservation | $9.5M | 15 Aug 2024 | MI | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 10.902 Soil and Water Conservation | $5.9M | 5 Sep 2024 | — | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 10.931 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program | $3.3M | 20 Sep 2024 | KY | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 10.902 Soil and Water Conservation | $3.0M | 5 Mar 2024 | MD | USAspending |
| Department of the InteriorU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 15.623 North American Wetlands Conservation Fund | $2.9M | 18 Jul 2024 | OH | USAspending |
| Department of the InteriorU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 15.623 North American Wetlands Conservation Fund | $2.8M | 25 Jul 2024 | OH | USAspending |
| Department of the InteriorU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 15.662 Great Lakes Restoration | $2.8M | 9 Jul 2025 | WI | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 10.902 Soil and Water Conservation | $2.4M | 9 Sep 2024 | KS | USAspending |
| Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 11.463 Habitat Conservation | $2.3M | 28 Aug 2023 | MI | USAspending |
| Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 11.463 Habitat Conservation | $1.4M | 27 Aug 2025 | MI | USAspending |
| Department of the InteriorU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 15.654 National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements | $1.3M | 10 Apr 2024 | MN | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 10.931 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program | $1.2M | 19 Sep 2023 | MO | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $9.5M, Department of Commerce, 15 Aug 2024: PURPOSE: DUCKS UNLIMITED WILL RESTORE THE LOWER DARBY CREEK WETLAND COMPLEX IN JOHN HEINZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, AN URBAN WILDLIFE REFUGE LOCATED IN PHILADEL
- $5.9M, Department of Agriculture, 5 Sep 2024: TO PROVIDE THE TECHNICAL CAPACITY NEEDED TO ASSIST NRCS, ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES, TO SUPPORT VARIOUS CONSERVATION EFFORTS.
- $3.3M, Department of Agriculture, 20 Sep 2024: PROVIDING ASSISTANCE NECESSARY TO PLAN DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT ACEP WRE AND WRP RESTORATION OR REPAIR PLANS TO IMPROVE HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE AND IMPROVE WETLAND FUN
- $3.0M, Department of Agriculture, 5 Mar 2024: TO ESTABLISH A PHRAGMITES CONTROL ACTION PLAN AND IMPLEMENT NON-NATIVE, INVASIVE CONTROL OF PHRAGMITES WITHIN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED TO IMPROVE WILDLIFE H
- $2.9M, Department of the Interior, 18 Jul 2024: THIS AWARD IS MADE BASED ON APPROVAL OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONS PROPOSAL DATED JULY 7, 2023 HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS AWARD. FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF
- $2.8M, Department of the Interior, 25 Jul 2024: THIS AWARD WILL PERMANENTLY PROTECT 340.5 ACRES OF WETLANDS AND ASSOCIATED UPLANDS THROUGH FEE ACQUISITION, AND 1,106 ACRES THROUGH CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. THE
- $2.8M, Department of the Interior, 9 Jul 2025: DU IS REQUESTING 2761000 TO COMPLETE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CAT ISLAND FISHERIES ENHANCEMENT PROJECT. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS AT THE
- $2.4M, Department of Agriculture, 9 Sep 2024: PROVIDING ASSISTANCE NECESSARY TO PLAN DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT ACEP WRE AND WRP RESTORATION OR REPAIR PLANS TO IMPROVE HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE AND IMPROVE WETLAND FUN
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Ducks Unlimited, Inc. receive?
$77M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $10M; FY2024: $37M; FY2025: $19M; FY2026: $10M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Ducks Unlimited, Inc.?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Agriculture ($16M), Department of Commerce ($13M) and Department of the Interior ($9.7M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Habitat Conservation (11.463), Soil and Water Conservation (10.902) and North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (15.623).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: MI ($13M), OH ($5.7M), KY ($3.3M) and MD ($3.0M).
Is Ducks Unlimited, Inc. a large federal recipient?
It ranks 6,861 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 125 of 625 located in MI. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.