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Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership
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USAspending records $20M in award obligations to Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership (Portland, OR) over the fiscal years it is listed for (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $2.8M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is about level on FY2025 ($2.8M).
Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership ranks 237 of 418 listed organisations located in OR by five-year obligations, and 18,105 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Commerce and Environmental Protection Agency: 3 awards worth $11M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $11,663,349 | under $1.0M | $11,663,349 | — |
| FY2024 | $2,818,831 | under $1.0M | $2,818,831 | -76% |
| FY2025 | $2,764,399 | under $1.0M | $2,764,399 | -2% |
| FY2026 | $2,767,646 | under $1.0M | $2,767,646 | 0% |
| 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 OR | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $20M | $54B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $2.8M | $16B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | $5.9M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $20M | $54B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 18,105 of 30,989 | 1 of 418 in OR | 1 |
Largest in state: Oregon Health Authority-Public Health. 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 Commerce | 1 | $7.6M | 68% |
| 2 | Environmental Protection Agency | 2 | $3.5M | 32% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Multnomah County, OR $7.6M · Clatsop County, OR $1.8M · Cowlitz County, WA $1.7M
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 | $7.6M | 31 Jul 2023 | OR | USAspending |
| Environmental Protection Agency | GrantProject Grant (B) | 66.456 National Estuary Program | $1.8M | 3 Feb 2023 | OR | USAspending |
| Environmental Protection Agency | GrantProject Grant (B) | 66.456 National Estuary Program | $1.7M | 27 Sep 2023 | WA | 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.
- $7.6M, Department of Commerce, 31 Jul 2023: THE LOWER COLUMBIA ESTUARY PARTNERSHIP WILL BE AWARDED $7.5M TO RESTORE HABITAT ALONG THREE MILES OF THE LOWER EAST FORK LEWIS RIVER THAT HAS BEEN SEVERELY IMPA
- $1.8M, Environmental Protection Agency, 3 Feb 2023: DESCRIPTION:THE LOWER COLUMBIA ESTUARY PARTNERSHIP (LCEP) UNDERTAKES THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED IN THEIR TWO- YEAR WORKPLAN USING CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA) SECTION 32
- $1.7M, Environmental Protection Agency, 27 Sep 2023: DESCRIPTION:SECTION 320 OF THE CWA AUTHORIZES THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE EPA TO CONVENE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMEN
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership receive?
$20M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $12M; FY2024: $2.8M; FY2025: $2.8M; FY2026: $2.8M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Commerce ($7.6M) and Environmental Protection Agency ($3.5M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Habitat Conservation (11.463) and National Estuary Program (66.456).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: OR ($9.4M) and WA ($1.7M).
Is Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership a large federal recipient?
It ranks 18,105 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 237 of 418 located in OR. 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.