Federal grant programs / Department of the Treasury

Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA) (21.017)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$60.8 million
• Grant awards14
• Typical award$4.4 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$39.8 million
• Size rank974 of 1824
• Type of assistanceGrant

Key findings

• Annual funding rose from $8.1 million in fiscal 2021 to $39.8 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 974th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 8 largest recipients received 100% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 6 states and territories.

What the program funds

The purposes of this program are the following: (1) To improve the lives of families and individuals in need in the United States by funding social programs that achieve real results. 2) To redirect funds away from programs that, based on objective data, are ineffective, and into programs that achieve demonstrable, measurable results. (3) To ensure Federal funds are used effectively on social services to produce positive outcomes for both service recipients and taxpayers. (4) To establish the use of social impact partnerships to address some of our Nation’s most pressing problems. (5) To facilitate the creation of public-private partnerships that bundle philanthropic or other private resources with existing public spending to scale up effective social interventions already being implemented by private organizations, nonprofits, charitable organizations, and State and local governments across the country. (6) To bring pay-for-performance to the social sector, allowing the United States to improve the impact and effectiveness of vital social services programs while redirecting inefficient or duplicative spending. (7) To incorporate outcomes measurement and randomized controlled trials or other rigorous methodologies for assessing program impact.

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

Open opportunities

• Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act Demonstration Projects
  Forecast · Forecast, no dates yet · up to not stated

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Only State and local governments may apply

What the money can and cannot pay for

The Act authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into award agreements with state or local governments to conduct (1) feasibility studies, and (2) social impact partnership projects. To qualify as a social impact partnership project under this division, a project must produce one or more measurable, clearly defined outcomes that result in social benefit and Federal, State, or local savings through one or more of 21 categories. To qualify as a social impact partnership project, a project must produce one or more measurable, clearly defined outcomes that result in social benefit and Federal, State, or local savings through any of the following: (1) Increasing work and earnings by individuals in the United States who are unemployed for more than 6 consecutive months. (2) Increasing employment and earnings of individuals who have attained 16 years of age but not 25 years of age. (3) Increasing employment among individuals receiving Federal disability benefits. (4) Reducing the dependence of low-income families on Federal means-tested benefits. (5) Improving rates of high school graduation. (6) Reducing teen and unplanned pregnancies. (7) Improving birth outcomes and early childhood health and development among low-income families and individuals. (8) Reducing rates of asthma, diabetes, or other preventable diseases among low-income families and individuals to reduce the utilization of emergency and other high-cost care.

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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

The deadline for funding availability has passed.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

SIPPRA awarded over $30 million in grants in FY23, with remaining amounts to be awarded in FY25. Treasury expects to award up to approximately $40.9 million in competitive projects in FY25. SIPPRA provides that not less than 50 percent of all federal payments made to carry out social impact partnership project agreements shall be used for initiatives that directly benefit children.

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

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

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