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San Francisco Estuary Institute

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American nonprofit research institute

The San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) is a nonprofit research institute focusing on the estuaries and ecosystems of San Francisco Bay and Northern California. SFEI was created in 1992 in order to coordinate integrated research and monitoring of the Bay.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersRichmond1
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The San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) is a nonprofit research institute focusing on the estuaries and ecosystems of San Francisco Bay and Northern California. SFEI was created in 1992 in order to coordinate integrated research and monitoring of the Bay.2

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$89.1M 2008–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2008–2026: $89.1M in all. Federal grants $86.7M; PPP loans $1.4M; Federal contracts $1.1M.$0$10M$20M$30M2008 · Federal contracts: $14.8K20082009 · Federal contracts: $97.7K2010 · Federal contracts: $89.1K20102011 · Federal contracts: $11.0K2012 · Federal contracts: $100.0K20122013 · Federal grants: $9.5K2013 · Federal contracts: $13.9K2014 · Federal grants: $89.2K2014 · Federal contracts: $11.0K20142015 · Federal grants: $222.6K2015 · Federal contracts: $22.0K2016 · Federal grants: $270.1K20162017 · Federal grants: $150.0K2018 · Federal grants: $55.0K2018 · Federal contracts: $30.0K20182019 · Federal grants: $5.0K2020 · Federal grants: $2.4M2020 · PPP loans: $1.4M20202021 · Federal grants: $10.0K2021 · Federal contracts: $238.8K2022 · Federal grants: $40.0K2022 · Federal contracts: $350.3K20222023 · Federal grants: $8.4M2024 · Federal grants: $26.5M2024 · Federal contracts: $42.1K20242025 · Federal grants: $20.0M2025 · Federal contracts: $75.0K2026 · Federal grants: $28.5M2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsPPP loansFederal contractsTotal
2026$28.5M––$28.5M
2025$20.0M–$75.0K$20.1M
2024$26.5M–$42.1K$26.5M
2023$8.4M––$8.4M
2022$40.0K–$350.3K$390.3K
2021$10.0K–$238.8K$248.8K
2020$2.4M$1.4M–$3.7M
2019$5.0K––$5.0K
2018$55.0K–$30.0K$85.0K
2017$150.0K––$150.0K
2016$270.1K––$270.1K
2015$222.6K–$22.0K$244.6K
2014$89.2K–$11.0K$100.2K
2013$9.5K–$13.9K$23.4K
2012––$100.0K$100.0K
2011––$11.0K$11.0K
2010––$89.1K$89.1K
2009––$97.7K$97.7K
2008––$14.8K$14.8K

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Oct 1, 2024$38.5M from Environmental Protection Agency: Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund5 To SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE Award 97T22601
  2. Oct 1, 2024$11.3M from Environmental Protection Agency: Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund6 To SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE Award 97T06101
  3. Jun 1, 2026$5.9M from Environmental Protection Agency: Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund7 To SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE Award 97T60901
  4. Oct 1, 2026$4.1M from Environmental Protection Agency: Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund8 To SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE Award 97T38401
  5. Apr 1, 2024$3.5M from Environmental Protection Agency: Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund9 To SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE Award 98T95701
  6. Oct 1, 2026$3.2M from Environmental Protection Agency: Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Restoration Program; Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund10 To SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE Award 97T38001
  7. Mar 1, 2024$3.0M from Environmental Protection Agency: Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund11 To SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE Award 98T96901
  8. Oct 23, 2023$3.0M from Environmental Protection Agency: Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund12 To SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE Award 98T54801

Largest contracts

  1. Apr 12, 2021$346.8K from Department of the Army: San francisco bay dredge analysis u43300013 To SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE Award W912HZ21C0020
  2. Dec 2, 2022$242.3K from Department of the Army: Baa el-22-0039 regional analysis of potential beneficial use locations u433d9014 To SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE Award W912HZ23C0014
  3. Jan 12, 2012$100.0K from Environmental Protection Agency: Environmental consulting services15 To SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE Award EP12H000136
  4. Sep 15, 2025$75.0K from Department of the Army: Modernization of the dmmo online data management system, replacing obsolete, unsupported software. these upgrades will ensure continued acce16 To SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE Award W912P725CA020
  5. Jul 7, 2009$45.6K from Department of the Army: Green sturgeon & longfin smelt symposia17 To SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE Award W912P709P0054

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA18. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 14, 2020$1.4M PPP loan (first draw) from Readycap Lending, LLC18To SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE, Richmond CA; $1.4M forgiven Jul 29, 2021

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