Federal grant programs / Department of Commerce

State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant (11.032)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$787 million
• Grant awards112
• Typical award$1.5 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$707 million
• Size rank285 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceGrant

Key findings

• It is the 285th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 66% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 56 states and territories.

What the program funds

The State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant Programs were established by Section 60304 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, Public Law 117-58. In May 2025, the Administration announced the termination of the awards made under this assistant listing number due to lack of alignment with the Administration's priorities.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Each state of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (collectively “States”) are eligible to apply for grants under this program. The governor or equivalent official of each State that wishes to be awarded a grant shall select an administering entity for that State to receive and administer the grant. Separately, territories or possessions of the United States that are not defined as States for purposes of this program, as well as Indian Tribes, Alaska Native entities, and Native Hawaiian organizations, are eligible to enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with NTIA to carry out the activities contemplated in this program.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity. Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity once published on Grants.Gov.;

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity once published on Grants.Gov.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to state and local governments.

By state

52 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.