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Education Stabilization Fund (84.425)

Education Stabilization Fund (Assistance Listing 84.425) is run by the Department of Education. It awarded $247 billion in 10,573 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $23.4 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

The typical award was $1.9 million. Half of the 10,573 awards fell between $360,854 and $6.5 million, and they ranged from $96 to $15 billion.

Key findings

What the program funds

To prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus COVID-19 disease pandemic.

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.

Past notices

Of 10 notices posted under this program since 2021, most went up in May (3), April (2) and August (2).

Rules from the program listing

What the money can and cannot pay for

Funds are authorized and appropriated overall for eight programs: (1) Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund; (2) Homeless Children and Youth; (3) Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund; (4) Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools; (5) Education Stabilization Fund Discretionary Grants; (6) Outlying Areas; (7) Bureau of Indian Education; and (8) Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.

Matching requirements

Statutory Formula: Title N/A, Part N/A, Subpart N/A,Public Law 116-136.and Public Law 116-260 and Public Law 117-2Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. Contact funding agency for further details.

Deadlines

Mar 27, 2020 to Sep 30, 2023

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

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Education Stabilization Fund (84.425) awarded $247 billion across 10,573 grant awards, an average of $23.4 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Department of Education CaliforniaCalifornia6$22 billion
TX Education AgencyTexas3$18 billion
New York State Education DepartmentNew York4$13 billion
Florida Department of EducationFlorida5$10 billion
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of EducationPennsylvania5$7.4 billion
Illinois State Board of EducationIllinois5$7.4 billion
Ohio Department of EducationOhio3$6.5 billion
Georgia Dept of EducationGeorgia3$6.2 billion
Michigan Department of EducationMichigan3$5.4 billion
North Carolina Department of Public InstructionNorth Carolina2$5.2 billion
Department of Education of Puerto RicoPuerto Rico10$4.5 billion
New Jersey Department of EducationNew Jersey3$4.0 billion
LA Dept. of AdminLouisiana3$3.8 billion
Arizona Department of EducationArizona3$3.8 billion
Department of Education TennesseeTennessee5$3.6 billion
Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of EducationVirginia7$3.2 billion
South Carolina Department of EducationSouth Carolina3$3.1 billion
Alabama State Department of EducationAlabama5$3.0 billion
Kentucky Department of EducationKentucky3$2.9 billion
State of MarylandMaryland6$2.9 billion

Top states: California ($31 billion), Texas ($24 billion), New York ($18 billion), Florida ($15 billion), Pennsylvania ($9.8 billion), Illinois ($9.6 billion), Ohio ($8.7 billion), Georgia ($8.6 billion), North Carolina ($7.5 billion), Michigan ($7.3 billion).

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 71% of the money, colleges and universities 28% and businesses 0.7%.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
State and local governments2,249$175 billion71%
Colleges and universities6,511$68 billion28%
Businesses981$1.7 billion0.7%
Nonprofits644$1.3 billion0.5%
Other48$772 million0.3%
Tribal governments and organizations81$226 millionless than 0.1%
Small businesses59$79.5 millionless than 0.1%

By state

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

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
California983$31 billion
Texas588$24 billion
New York812$18 billion
Florida446$15 billion
Pennsylvania532$9.8 billion
Illinois418$9.6 billion
Ohio428$8.7 billion
Georgia275$8.6 billion
North Carolina367$7.5 billion
Michigan253$7.3 billion
Puerto Rico214$5.8 billion
New Jersey244$5.7 billion
Tennessee273$5.1 billion
Arizona127$5.0 billion
Louisiana159$5.0 billion
Virginia243$4.7 billion
Alabama183$4.3 billion
Indiana149$4.2 billion
South Carolina179$4.1 billion
Missouri255$4.0 billion
Massachusetts287$4.0 billion
Maryland139$4.0 billion
Washington195$3.9 billion
Kentucky165$3.8 billion
Mississippi112$3.4 billion
Wisconsin166$3.3 billion
Oklahoma199$3.0 billion
Minnesota211$2.9 billion
Colorado139$2.6 billion
Arkansas190$2.5 billion
Oregon153$2.4 billion
Connecticut104$2.2 billion
Nevada41$1.9 billion
New Mexico71$1.8 billion
Kansas165$1.8 billion
Iowa160$1.8 billion
Utah68$1.6 billion
West Virginia122$1.5 billion
Nebraska77$1.2 billion
Rhode Island41$911 million
Idaho39$903 million
Hawaii54$856 million
Maine86$825 million
New Hampshire66$786 million
Delaware30$784 million
District of Columbia40$778 million
Montana66$774 million
South Dakota59$720 million
Alaska32$604 million
North Dakota59$600 million
Vermont50$528 million
Wyoming25$522 million
Guam13$469 million
American Samoa6$396 million
Northern Mariana Islands6$246 million
U.S. Virgin Islands6$227 million
Federated States of Micronesia3$24.2 million

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