Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance, Inc.

Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance, Inc., a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization, serves as the federal grant recipient for forest management, wildfire risk mitigation, and forestry technical assistance programs operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service across twenty Northeastern and Midwestern states. The organization operates exclusively as a prime recipient on federal grant awards; it holds no prime federal contracts and does not subcontract on federal work.

The Alliance's federal footprint consists entirely of Department of Agriculture Forest Service funding routed through two administrative paths: the Forest Service Regional Office Region 9 (Eastern Region) and the Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions division. The Eastern Region accounts for twelve awards spanning wildfire risk assessment, forest health coordination, and state forestry agency operations. The Washington Office Acquisitions division has placed six awards, with five additional awards attributed to Forest Service central management. Combined potential value across twenty-six awards totals $4.85 million, though actual obligated dollars reach $10.5 million, reflecting the multi-year grant structure and ongoing performance periods.

The Alliance's capability delivery centers on four concrete federal grant programs. Under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698), the organization has developed and operates the Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal, which makes wildfire risk data accessible to state managers, community leaders, and the public across the Northeast and Midwest through map viewers and analytical tools. A $349,000 award in September 2025 funds hosting, maintenance, and technical enhancement through January 2030; a $150,000 award in July 2026 funds portal development through April 2031. Under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664), the Alliance received $650,000 in August 2025 to coordinate forest management activities and technical assistance across state forestry agencies through January 2030, with an additional $672,000 awarded in August 2024. The organization also holds a $500,000 Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration grant (CFDA 10.731) awarded January 2025 to facilitate emerging carbon market access for underserved landowners through December 2027, and a $750,000 Wood Utilization Assistance Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 10.674) awarded May 2024 for forestry utilization and marketing capacity building through March 2029. A $252,000 award in August 2024 supports Cohesive Wildland Fire Strategy implementation across the region through July 2029. The Alliance also manages Forest Legacy Program data management tools and received a $29,700 purchase order in August 2024 for hosting the biennial National Forest Stewardship Program Gathering.

Award activity clusters around 2024–2025, with one award in 2026. Only one grant reaches completion inside the next twenty-four months, minimizing near-term recompete exposure. The organization's role is distinctive in the federal forestry landscape: it functions as the operational platform through which the Forest Service coordinates multi-state forest health and wildfire preparedness initiatives, serving as a collaborative intermediary between federal priorities and state forestry agency implementation across the Eastern Region.