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Tribal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Program Information

Popular name

Tribal GLRI

Program Number

15.066

Program objective

The BIA Tribal GLRI Program provides financial assistance to Great Lakes tribes to protect, enhance, and restore the Great Lakes. Priority actions are to: identify, protect, conserve, manage, enhance, or restore species or habitat, as well as to build tribal capacity to manage natural resources within the Great Lakes Basin.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    No data available. No information Available.

  2. 2017

    No information Available.

  3. 2018

    No information Available.

  4. 2020

    IA fulfilled its program objectives by awarding approximately 23 Self-Determination Awards to support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in FY20.

  5. 2021

    Indian Affairs issued 38 new awards and modifications to existing awards to 18 recipients.

  6. 2022

    Awards 3 grants to entities to complete the goals and objectives of the program.

  7. 2023

    This award funded 1 program to strengthening tribal nations.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

  1. Public Law 93-638, Indian Self-determination and Education Assistance Act, as amended; 25 US Code §450f, Self-determination contracts; 25 CFR Part 900, Contracts under the Indian Self-determination and Education Assistance Act.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Natural Resources

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments
  • Native American Organizations

Additional resources