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No. EDA-DISASTER-2023 · Economic Development Administration

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FY 2023 Disaster Supplemental

Dealbreakers Cost share required Audit: not stated
Not reimbursement-only
“EAA funds can be awarded to assist a wide variety of activities related to disaster recovery” — From the announcement
Award range
$0 – $30,000,000
Expected awards
~150
Application deadline
No deadline listed
Posted
Apr 24, 2023
Last verified
6 days ago

At a glance

AI summary

EDA’s FY 2023 Disaster Supplemental funds Economic Adjustment Assistance projects that help communities recover from Hurricanes Ian and Fiona and from wildfires, flooding, and other natural disasters in calendar years 2021 and 2022. Eligible applicants include certain districts, Indian Tribes, state and local governments, higher education institutions, and public or private nonprofit organizations working with a political subdivision; individuals and for-profit entities are not eligible. Awards can support planning, workforce, infrastructure, and other non-construction or construction activities, and strategy grants may be used to develop, update, or refine a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy. There is no application deadline, applications are accepted until funds are exhausted or the notice is replaced or canceled, and EDA says there is no cost share requirement stated in the excerpt.

AI-generated summary — verify against the announcement

What it funds

  • Other
  • Infrastructure, Construction & Shared Facilities
  • Planning & Coordination
  • General Public / Community-wide
  • Housing, Homelessness & Community Development
  • Infrastructure & Public Works
Official description from grants.gov

Subject to the availability of funds, awards made under this NOFO will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of non-construction and construction projects, as appropriate, to address economic challenges in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. § 5121 et seq.) (Stafford Act) “as a result of Hurricanes Ian and Fiona, and of wildfires, flooding, and other natural disasters occurring in calendar years 2021 and 2022….” EDA is excited to announce the launch of its new grants management platform: the Economic Development Grants Experience (EDGE). EDGE was developed to streamline the application and grants management process by implementing a single platform with increased transparency, improved user experience, higher data quality, and more efficiency throughout the entire grant lifecycle. Starting April 6, 2023, applications will no longer be accepted on Grants.gov , and will ONLY be accepted through EDGE ( sfgrants.eda.gov ) . To apply for the FY 2023 Disaster Supplemental NOFO, please access the portal here . More information on how to apply is provided in the full NOFO.

Who can apply

  • City or township governments
  • County governments
  • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
  • Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
  • Others
  • Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Geographic restriction None found in the announcement — likely nationwide

Program history

USASpending.gov

Assistance listing 11.307 · Economic Adjustment Assistance

Real awards this federal program has made — the whole assistance listing (11.307), not just this notice.

Fiscal year Awards Median award Middle half
FY 2026 (so far) 21 $200,000 $0 – $500,000
FY 2025 84 $500,000 $500,000 – $2,216,950
FY 2024 216 $1,371,000 $411,173 – $2,600,000
FY 2023 138 $551,020 $213,259 – $1,500,000
FY 2022 900 $2,100,000 $1,000,000 – $4,522,137
FY 2021 574

For comparison, this notice advertises $0 – $30,000,000.

Dollar figures are based on the 1,000 most recent awards we store, not all 1,933 — award counts are complete.

Who wins it Local government (768), Nonprofit (505), Higher education (277) of 1,933 awards — categories can overlap.
Top states WV (53) · TX (38) · CA (35) · OK (21) · VA (20)
Largest recent awards
  1. INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, INC $30,000,000 · FY 2022
  2. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK $29,473,516 · FY 2022
  3. WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY $26,380,486 · FY 2022
  4. CITY OF EL PASO $25,000,000 · FY 2022
  5. ADVANCED REGENERATIVE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE INC $24,942,902 · FY 2022

Source: USASpending.gov · refreshed Aug 8, 2026