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Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) equipment kit grant

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Key facts

Deadline
Rolling: apply any time
Award size
Not stated: see the official notice
Match ?
Not stated: check the official notice. The federal program behind it has match rules for some uses: read them. · Work out your budget and match
Who can apply
School district, Nonprofit with 501(c)(3)
Where
Anywhere in Tennessee

Before you apply: Tennessee state agencies usually require you to be registered as a supplier in the state's Edison system before they can pay a grant. Ask the program contact, and register early. Get-ready checklist

How this fits you

  • Available in Tennessee
  • Past Tennessee awards of the federal program behind it (all its uses): 29

Tell us who you are to see whether you're eligible.

About this grant

TWRA helps Tennessee schools start archery programs for grades 4-12. A school needs a certified instructor and a NASP equipment kit that costs about $3,300. TWRA says grant money is available to help buy the kit.

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Who in Tennessee has won the federal program behind it

This grant is paid from federal program 15.611, which also pays for other work. These groups won that program, not necessarily this grant.

2 awards to Tennessee groups in 1 county since 2024. Largest shown:

Past Tennessee winners
Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
State of TennesseeNashville$33.7M spent that year2025
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.Memphis, Shelby County$3.9M spent that year2025

Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse. Past awards show who this program funds. They don't guarantee future awards.

Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 27 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:

Tennessee pass-through grant winners
Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
Tennessee Wildlife Resources AgencyNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Wildlife Resources Agency$3.5M2023
Tennessee Wildlife Resource Foundation, Inc.Nashville, Davidson CountyState of Tennessee$2.9M spent that year2024
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.Memphis, Shelby CountyOhio Department of Natural Resources$915K spent that year2023
Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Putnam CountyTennessee Wildlife Resources Agency$888K2026
Tennessee Wildlife Federation IncorporatedNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Wildlife Resources Agency$644K spent that year2025
Tennessee Wildlife Resources AgencyNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Wildlife Resources Agency$634K2023
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.Memphis, Shelby CountyWisconsin Department of Natural Resources$328K spent that year2023
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.Memphis, Shelby CountyTexas Parks & Wildlife Department$289K spent that year2023
State of TennesseeNashvilleKentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources$277K spent that year2025
Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Putnam CountyKentucky Department of Fish & Wil$252K2023
Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Putnam CountyKentucky Department of Fish & Wil$239K2024
Greene County, TennesseeGreeneville, Greene CountyTennessee Wildlife Resources Agency$230K spent that year2024

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

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About the federal program

Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety, also called “(Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Program)”
Program number 15.611 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Formula grant (amounts set by a formula)

How applications are judged

The State, Commonwealth, or Territorial agency having lead responsibility for the management of their wildlife resources must submit the projects. The Regional office approves projects submitted for funding under the program that meet the basic criteria outlined in the regulations and the Fish and Wildlife Service Manual.

Match

Eligible State agencies (including Puerto Rico) may be paid up to seventy-five percent (75%) of project costs through the program. States are required to provide the remaining twenty-five percent (25%) of the project costs from a non-Federal source, which can include license fees. In accordance with an October 12, 2022 Policy Advisory Notice from the Department of the Interior (Reference No. 2023-001) and 48 U.S.C. 1469(a), Amendment of Subsection (d), the Service's Regional Directors shall waive cost sharing requirements described in this announcement in any grant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Territories of American Samoa, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. Matching and cost-share requirements are discussed in 50 CFR 80.84, 50 CFR 80.85, and 2 CFR 200.306.

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal year 2025: The Program funds the selection of projects for restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of wildlife habitat; wildlife management research; wildlife population surveys and inventories; land acquisition; coordinating, developing, operating, and maintaining facilities, acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing public target ranges (up to 10 percent); provisions for public use of wildlife resources, and public relations activities as well as provides training in the safe handling and use of firearms and archery equipment, hunter responsibilities, ethics, and survival; construction, operation, and maintenance of public target ranges; recruiting, retaining, and reactivating hunters and recreational shooters; and basic wildlife management and identification. Fiscal year 2026: Program has not selected projects for funding. The Program anticipates funding projects to restore, conserve, manage and enhance wild birds and mammals and their habitats; to provide hunter development and safety programs; and promote hunting and recreational shooting.

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