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Southwest Border Resource Protection Program

Award ceiling
$15,000 – $50,000
Closes
Sep 8, 2026
Last verified
2026-09-13

Awards $15,000 – $50,000 per recipient for city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), native american tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, special district governments, state governments, closing Sep 8, 2026.

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City or township governmentsCounty governmentsIndependent school districtsNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationSpecial district governmentsState governmentsAZCANMTXEnvironment & Water

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Southwest Border Resource Protection Program awards $15,000 – $50,000 per recipient, open to city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), native american tribal organizations (other than federally…

Record fields
Program pool (total)
$600,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$50,000
Award floor
$15,000
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Sep 8, 2026
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Jun 10, 2026
Status
Closed
Eligible entities
City or township governments · County governments · Independent school districts · Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) · Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) · Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education · Private institutions of higher education · Public and State controlled institutions of higher education · Special district governments · State governments
Geography
AZ · CA · NM · TX
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
Research and monitoring of species · Conservation and preservation of cultural resources · Stabilization and restoration of historic structures and archaeological sites · Wildlife habitat management · Inventory and monitoring of invasive plants and animals · Scientific research · Interpretation projects · National Register of Historic Places nominations · National Historic Landmark nominations
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$600,000
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$50,000

Who can apply?

level
federal
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
City or township governments, County governments, Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Special district governments, State governments
Source field: entity types
state
AZ, CA, NM, TX
Source field: states
industry
Environment & Water
Source field: industries
use
Conservation and preservation of cultural resources, Interpretation projects, Inventory and monitoring of invasive plants and animals, National Historic Landmark nominations, National Register of Historic Places nominations, Research and monitoring of species, Scientific research, Stabilization and restoration of historic structures and archaeological sites, Wildlife habitat management
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

This program does not provide funding to foreign entities Recipients, however, are not prohibited from subcontracting or otherwise providing funding to such organizations or entities.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Sep 8, 2026ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

9 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
Research and monitoring of speciesConservation and preservation of cultural resourcesStabilization and restoration of historic structures and archaeological sitesWildlife habitat managementInventory and monitoring of invasive plants and animalsScientific researchInterpretation projectsNational Register of Historic Places nominationsNational Historic Landmark nominations

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

1 fieldEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No

Who has received this funding?

42 awardsAwards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.

42 prior awards on file for this programme, largest first. Every row comes from the funder's own award listing; nothing here is estimated.

RecipientStateAmountFiscal year
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$97,3842024
THE INTERNATIONAL SONORAN DESERT ALLIANCENot stated$80,0002024
SKY ISLAND ALLIANCENot stated$55,0002024
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT GROUP, INCNot stated$55,0002025
BORDERLANDS RESTORATION NETWORKNot stated$54,9992025
AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCYNot stated$54,9982024
PATRONATO SAN XAVIERNot stated$54,9552024
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT GROUP, INCNot stated$54,9112024
SKY ISLAND ALLIANCENot stated$54,4782025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHONot stated$54,2472024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHONot stated$52,4472023
ENVIRONMENT FOR THE AMERICAS, INC.Not stated$51,9532023
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$51,9412023
CEDO INTERCULTURAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DESERTS AND OCEANS, INC.Not stated$50,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$49,9902021
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$49,8702022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHONot stated$49,8612022
AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCYNot stated$49,6272021
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$49,4502021
SKY ISLAND ALLIANCENot stated$49,3482022
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM, INC.Not stated$49,0742022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$47,4252021
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$47,0642021
RIO BRAVO RESTORATIONNot stated$46,4422023
TUCSON AUDUBON SOCIETYNot stated$46,1012025
SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$45,3502022
SKY ISLAND ALLIANCENot stated$44,3082022
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$42,8982023
RIO BRAVO RESTORATIONNot stated$42,6482025
SKY ISLAND ALLIANCENot stated$42,4902021
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$42,1002025
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$42,0862025
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$41,0152022
RIO BRAVO RESTORATIONNot stated$37,6972022
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM, INC.Not stated$35,4762025
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$18,8572023
RIO BRAVO RESTORATIONNot stated$12,9992024
RIO BRAVO RESTORATIONNot stated$12,6392025
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$8,6342022
CEDO INTERCULTURAL CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DESERTS AND OCEANS, INC.Not stated$02023
COUNTY OF BERNALILLONot stated$02022
SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$02023

Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.

What comparable notices state

71 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Environment & Water, 71 of 193 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

  • 25th percentile$225,000
  • Median$1,000,000
  • 75th percentile$4,000,000

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Who has won this programme before?

42 awardsAwards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.

42 federal awards on file under assistance listing 15.963, the programme this notice is published under. These are not awards made under this notice — a listing covers every year the programme runs, and awards under an open notice do not exist yet.

Every award under this programme

Common questions

8 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
How much can one applicant receive?
$15,000 – $50,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?
$600,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?
Sep 8, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?
City or township governments, County governments, Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Special district governments, State governments.
Which locations are eligible?
AZ, CA, NM, TX.
What can the funding be used for?
Research and monitoring of species, Conservation and preservation of cultural resources, Stabilization and restoration of historic structures and archaeological sites, Wildlife habitat management, Inventory and monitoring of invasive plants and animals, Scientific research, Interpretation projects, National Register of Historic Places nominations, National Historic Landmark nominations, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required.
Has this programme funded anyone before?
42 prior awards are on file for this programme, made by National Park Service. Recipients, amounts and fiscal years are listed on this page.

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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-09-13
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-04
Assistance listing15.963

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.