Conneaut Port Authority

Conneaut Port Authority, a U.S. local government port authority based in Conneaut, Ohio, participates in federal grant work as a sub-recipient on coastal resilience and environmental protection projects funded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with all three recent awards routed through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation as prime grantee.

Conneaut Port Authority is a municipal port entity with no federal prime contract or IDV footprint; its federal engagement is entirely grant-based and positioned downstream from a single prime grantee relationship. The source indicates 100% of recent awards (three sub-awards totaling $1.5 million obligated) are sub-recipient grants. All three sub-awards flow from NOAA, with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation serving as the prime grantee intermediary across all instances. The two most recent sub-awards, both dated January 16, 2026, involve conducting site assessment and modeling and drafting permits to protect critical species, enhance infrastructure, water quality, and provide public access to the shoreline; both advance nature-based solutions from the Conneaut Coastal Resilience Plan to 60% design. An earlier sub-award dated January 29, 2024 involved engaging the Southern Lake Erie community on development of a coastal resilience plan in Ohio.

Activity is minimal and sporadic — one award in 2024, two in early 2026 — reflecting a nascent federal grant footprint rather than sustained contracting operations. The organization has no parent vehicles, no competitive posture across multiple customers, and no sub-contracting relationships to report. Conneaut Port Authority operates exclusively as a sub-recipient on NOAA-funded environmental and coastal infrastructure work, with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation as the consistent prime grantee relationship.