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Sustainability Institute
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Federal agencies obligated $14M to Sustainability Institute, North Charleston, SC, in the listed fiscal years 2025.
Sustainability Institute ranks 288 of 380 listed organisations located in SC by five-year obligations, and 22,463 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Commerce: 2 awards worth $14M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2024 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2025 | $14,046,020 | under $1.0M | $14,046,020 | — |
| FY2026 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| 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 SC | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $14M | $30B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | under $1.0M | $8.4B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $14M | $30B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 22,463 of 30,989 | 1 of 380 in SC | 1 |
Largest in state: Department of Health 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 | Environmental Protection Agency | 1 | $11M | 81% |
| 2 | Department of Commerce | 1 | $2.6M | 19% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Charleston County, SC $14M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Protection Agency | GrantProject Grant (B) | 66.616 Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program | $11M | 20 Dec 2024 | SC | USAspending |
| Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 11.463 Habitat Conservation | $2.6M | 2 Jan 2025 | SC | 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.
- $11M, Environmental Protection Agency, 20 Dec 2024: DESCRIPTION:THIS ACTION APPROVES FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,396,020 UNDER THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) TO THE SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
- $2.6M, Department of Commerce, 2 Jan 2025: THE SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE WILL BUILD LOCAL CAPACITY FOR SALT MARSH RESTORATION AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE WORK IN 5 HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ALONG TH
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Sustainability Institute receive?
$14M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2025: $14M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Sustainability Institute?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Environmental Protection Agency ($11M) and Department of Commerce ($2.6M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (66.616) and Habitat Conservation (11.463).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: SC ($14M).
Is Sustainability Institute a large federal recipient?
It ranks 22,463 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 288 of 380 located in SC. 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.