FY 2008 Boating Safety Grant Program

Post Date

January 8th 2008

Application Due Date

January 22nd 2008

Applicants are advised to carefully review the submission requirements contained in the FY2008 Boating Safety Full Announcement

Funding Opportunity Number

DHS-08-CG-012-001

CFDA Number(s)

97.012

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Homeland Security – Preparedness

Number of Awards

100

Eligibility Categories

Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)

Eligible applicants for the Boating Safety Activity include nongovernmental organization, tax-exempt status by the IRS in accordance with 26 U.S.C.501(c)(3), it must be national in scope and its application should benefit boating safety nationwide. May not be a school or university, hospital or religious organization. It may not limit membership to a specific geographic locale nor can it confine its activities to a limited or local area.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $5400000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The purpose of the Boating Safety Grant Program is to provide financial assistance for selected “national boating safety activities of national nonprofit public service organizations.” Section 13103 © of Title 46, United States Code, provides that up to 5% of the funds made available each fiscal year for State Recreational Boating Safety Programs may be used to support nonprofit organization’s boating safety projects with the amount of funding being determined by the needs of the Coast Guard, budget limitations and negotiations between the Coast Guard and potential grantees. The amount of funding available for grants this fiscal year is anticipated to be up to $5,400,000. The national nonprofit public service organization grant program has been successful. It has enabled numerous national boating safety activities to be carried out. The program has been instrumental in getting many more national organizations involved in boating safety.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Homeland Security

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Department of Homeland Security
  United States Coast Guard
  Office of Boating Safety (CG-54221)
  2100 2nd Street SW
  Washington, DC 20593
  Tel: 1-202-372-11060
  Fax: 1-202-372-1932
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  vickie.l.hartberger@USCG.mil

• Agency Email Address:

  vickie.l.hartberger@USCG.mil