National Nonprofit Organization Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) Grant Program

Background
The National Nonprofit Organization Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) Grant Program is issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Coast Guard (USCG), Office of Auxiliary & Boating Safety, Boating Safety Division. The program's mission is to ensure the public has a safe, secure, and enjoyable recreational boating experience by implementing programs designed to minimize the loss of life, personal injury, and property damage while cooperating with environmental and national security efforts.

Grant Details
The strategic plan of the National RBS Program has three initiatives designed to prevent deaths and injuries of recreational boaters. The initiatives include positively influencing recreational boater behavior, positively influencing recreational boat and accessory manufacturers, and leveraging recreational boating data. The program-wide performance measures to be tracked annually include media impressions generated by boating safety outreach grants, nationwide life jacket wear rate, number of attendees at grant-funded boating safety conferences, number of boating engineering standards improved through grant funding, number of life jackets utilized at grant-funded life jacket loaner stations, and number of students and instructors produced from grant-funded boating law enforcement courses.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants for this grant must be a nongovernmental organization designated as a nonprofit organization with tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in accordance with 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3). They must demonstrate the ability to provide RBS services via one of the three definitions of national-in-scope provided by the USCG. Additionally, applicants must demonstrate that one of their primary functions is to provide services to the public.

Period of Performance
The period of performance for this grant is 15 months, starting from 07/01/2024 and ending on 09/30/2025.

Grant Value
$5,641,121.00 is available for this funding opportunity with a maximum award amount of $250,000 per application.