Largest federal grant recipients in Arkansas

480 organizations in Arkansas received at least $1 million or 10 federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, together $59 billion. Arkansas Department of Human Services received the most, $35 billion.

Recipients with a page, by type
Type	Recipients	Grants received
State and local governments	263	$55 billion
Colleges and universities	49	$2.2 billion
Nonprofits	86	$1.5 billion
Other	30	$398 million
Businesses	27	$286 million
Small businesses	17	$89.0 million
Tribal governments and organizations	8	$40.7 million

The 100 largest recipients

By federal grants received, fiscal 2021 to 2025
#	Recipient	Type	Awards	Amount
1	Arkansas Department of Human Services · Little Rock	State and local governments	31	$35 billion
2	Department of Education Arkansas · Little Rock	State and local governments	160	$5.9 billion
3	Arkansas Department of Transportation · Little Rock	State and local governments	2,872	$4.4 billion
4	Arkansas Department of Human Services · Little Rock	State and local governments	46	$1.4 billion
5	Arkansas Economic Development Commission · Little Rock	State and local governments	32	$1.2 billion
6	Arkansas Department of Health · Little Rock	State and local governments	172	$998 million
7	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · Little Rock	Colleges and universities	328	$557 million
8	Arkansas Division of Workforce Services · Little Rock	State and local governments	90	$527 million
9	Arkansas Department of Human Services · Little Rock	State and local governments	80	$510 million
10	Arkansas Division of Emergency Management · North Little Rock	State and local governments	75	$483 million
11	Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality · North Little Rock	State and local governments	102	$467 million
12	Arkansas Natural Resources Commission · Little Rock	State and local governments	73	$456 million
13	University of Arkansas · Fayetteville	Colleges and universities	464	$379 million
14	Military Department, Arkansas National Guard · North Little Rock	State and local governments	78	$318 million
15	Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development · North Little Rock	Nonprofits	63	$281 million
16	Arkansas Department of Human Services · Little Rock	State and local governments	64	$280 million
17	AR Department of Human Services · Little Rock	State and local governments	60	$209 million
18	Dept of Finance & Administration · Little Rock	State and local governments	60	$205 million
19	Executive Office of the State of Arkansa · Little Rock	State and local governments	3	$204 million
20	Rehabilitation Services, Arkansas · Little Rock	State and local governments	27	$177 million
21	University of Arkansas System · Pine Bluff	Colleges and universities	102	$157 million
22	Arkansas Game & Fish Commission · Little Rock	State and local governments	173	$157 million
23	Arkansa Department of Human Services · Little Rock	State and local governments	41	$136 million
24	Swa Lithium LLC · El Dorado	Businesses	1	$126 million
25	Arkansas Black Mayors Association, Inc. · Little Rock	Nonprofits	3	$115 million
26	Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission · Little Rock	State and local governments	22	$115 million
27	Arkansas Early Learning · Jonesboro	Nonprofits	8	$114 million
28	Arkansas Department of Veterans' Affairs · Little Rock	State and local governments	5	$106 million
29	University of Arkansas System · Little Rock	Colleges and universities	77	$105 million
30	Whiteriver Regional Irrigation · Stuttgart	State and local governments	7	$101 million
31	Metroplan · Little Rock	State and local governments	2	$101 million
32	Arcare · Augusta	Nonprofits	24	$98.4 million
33	Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas · Little Rock	Colleges and universities	64	$90.7 million
34	Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Auth · Bentonville	State and local governments	16	$83.8 million
35	Arkansas Children's Research Institute · Little Rock	Nonprofits	38	$78.5 million
36	Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas · Fayetteville	Colleges and universities	125	$76.3 million
37	Arkansas Department of Career Education · Little Rock	State and local governments	9	$73.6 million
38	Arkansas State University · Jonesboro	Colleges and universities	47	$69.4 million
39	Mississippi Co Arkansas Eoc Inc · Blytheville	Nonprofits	4	$62.0 million
40	University of Central Arkansas · Conway	Colleges and universities	17	$61.7 million
41	Arkansas State Police · Little Rock	State and local governments	80	$60.5 million
42	Community Services Office of Hot Springs and Garland County Arkansas · Hot Springs National Park	Nonprofits	11	$55.5 million
43	Arkansas Forestry Commission · Little Rock	State and local governments	57	$54.7 million
44	Arkansas Tech University · Russellville	Colleges and universities	23	$53.1 million
45	AR Public School Resource Center · Little Rock	State and local governments	4	$53.1 million
46	Rock Region Metropolitan Transit Authority · North Little Rock	Other	21	$52.2 million
47	Families & Childrn Together, Inc. · El Dorado	Nonprofits	5	$48.0 million
48	City of Little Rock · Little Rock	State and local governments	36	$47.4 million
49	Arkansas Children's Hosp · Little Rock	Other	1	$46.0 million
50	Texarkana Airport Authority · Texarkana	State and local governments	18	$44.4 million
51	Arkansas Department of Human Services · Little Rock	State and local governments	3	$43.7 million
52	Philander Smith University · Little Rock	Colleges and universities	10	$43.4 million
53	Bayou Meto Irrigation District · Lonoke	State and local governments	2	$40.6 million
54	Shorter College, Inc. · North Little Rock	Colleges and universities	10	$37.8 million
55	University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College · North Little Rock	Businesses	10	$36.5 million
56	St. Francis House Nwa, Inc. · Springdale	Nonprofits	11	$35.9 million
57	University of Arkansas-Fort Smith · Fort Smith	Colleges and universities	13	$35.4 million
58	City of Jonesboro · Jonesboro	State and local governments	45	$35.1 million
59	Division of Services for the Blind · Little Rock	State and local governments	21	$34.6 million
60	Intervexion Therapeutics LLC · Little Rock	Small businesses	4	$33.9 million
61	Mainline Health Systems Inc · Monticello	Other	14	$33.5 million
62	Community Action Program for Central Arkansas · Conway	Nonprofits	8	$33.0 million
63	East Arkansas Family Health Center, Inc. · West Memphis	Other	8	$32.3 million
64	Fort Smith Regional Airport · Fort Smith	State and local governments	17	$31.3 million
65	Boston Mountain Rural Health Center, Inc · Marshall	Other	10	$30.9 million
66	Healthy Connections, Inc. · Mena	Other	10	$30.5 million
67	University of Arkansas Criminal Justice Institute · Little Rock	State and local governments	5	$30.4 million
68	Arvac Inc · Dardanelle	Nonprofits	3	$30.1 million
69	1st Choice Healthcare, Inc. · Corning	Other	8	$29.7 million
70	Little Rock School Board · Little Rock	State and local governments	6	$29.4 million
71	Arkansas Baptist College · Little Rock	Colleges and universities	9	$28.7 million
72	Black River Area Development Corporation · Pocahontas	Nonprofits	5	$28.1 million
73	Henderson State University · Arkadelphia	Colleges and universities	15	$27.9 million
74	Southern Arkansas University · Magnolia	Colleges and universities	15	$27.9 million
75	Jefferson Comprehensive Care System Inc · Pine Bluff	Other	8	$27.3 million
76	Fort Smith, City of · Fort Smith	State and local governments	25	$26.0 million
77	University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain · Mena	Colleges and universities	15	$25.8 million
78	Lyon College · Batesville	Colleges and universities	12	$24.2 million
79	Economic Opportunity Agency of Washington County, Inc. · Springdale	Nonprofits	5	$23.6 million
80	Arkansas State University · Beebe	Colleges and universities	14	$23.3 million
81	Communities Unlimited Inc · Fayetteville	Nonprofits	44	$22.5 million
82	Northwest Arkansas Community College · Bentonville	Colleges and universities	10	$22.4 million
83	North Arkansas College · Harrison	Colleges and universities	16	$22.1 million
84	Cabun Rural Health Services, Inc. · Hampton	Other	7	$21.4 million
85	Northwest Arkansas Headstart Human Services Inc · Bentonville	Nonprofits	3	$20.9 million
86	National Park Community College · Hot Springs National Park	Colleges and universities	9	$20.4 million
87	Head Start Child and Family Services, Inc. · Van Buren	Nonprofits	3	$20.3 million
88	Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism · Little Rock	State and local governments	20	$19.2 million
89	Northcentral Arkansas Development Council (Nadc), Inc. · Batesville	Nonprofits	4	$19.1 million
90	St. Francis House, Inc. · Little Rock	Nonprofits	15	$19.0 million
91	Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative · Ozark	Nonprofits	1	$18.3 million
92	University of Arkansas System · Pine Bluff	Colleges and universities	9	$18.0 million
93	City of Hot Springs · Hot Springs National Park	State and local governments	33	$17.9 million
94	University of Arkansas at Monticello · Monticello	Colleges and universities	7	$17.7 million
95	Department of Human Services Arkansas · Little Rock	State and local governments	8	$17.6 million
96	River Valley Primary Care Services · Ratcliff	Nonprofits	9	$17.2 million
97	The Kkac Organization · Little Rock	Nonprofits	15	$17.2 million
98	Ozark Opportunities Inc · Harrison	Nonprofits	3	$16.7 million
99	Department of Agriculture Arkansas · Little Rock	State and local governments	28	$16.7 million
100	Camden Housing Authority · Camden	State and local governments	18	$16.6 million

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