Federal grants to City of Oakland
City of Oakland in Oakland, California received $75.3 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 17 awards. Its largest program was Head Start, with $54.1 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $14.3 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$75.3 million
- Awards17
- Awarded in FY 2025$14.3 million
- Largest award$53.1 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 6 | $15.6 million |
| FY 2022 | 3 | $10.9 million |
| FY 2023 | 2 | $15.7 million |
| FY 2024 | 5 | $18.8 million |
| FY 2025 | 4 | $14.3 million |
Programs that fund City of Oakland
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Head Start | 2 | $54.1 million |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | 1 | $7.5 million |
| Continuum of Care Program | 5 | $3.9 million |
| Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS | 1 | $3.6 million |
| Home Investment Partnerships Program | 1 | $2.4 million |
| Emergency Solutions Grant Program | 2 | $1.3 million |
| Congressional Directives | 1 | $1.2 million |
| Economic Adjustment Assistance | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | 1 | $470,000 |
| AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (SCP) 94.016 | 1 | $6,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 3 | $55.2 million |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 10 | $18.7 million |
| Department of Commerce | 1 | $1.0 million |
| National Endowment for the Arts | 1 | $470,000 |
| Corporation for National and Community Service | 2 | $11,000 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head start and early head start | Head Start | June 23, 2021 | $53.1 million |
| Purpose: the community development block grant (CDBG) program provides annual grants on a formula basis to states, cities, and counties to develop viable urban communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment, and by expanding economic opportunities, principally for low- and | Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | January 8, 2025 | $7.5 million |
| Purpose: the housing opportunities for persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program was authorized through the AIDS housing opportunity act (42 usc ch. 131) and created to address the housing needs of low-income individuals with HIV/AIDS and their families. The department of housing and urban development (HUD) | Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS | January 17, 2025 | $3.8 million |
| Continuum of care program | Continuum of Care Program | May 22, 2024 | $2.4 million |
| Continuum of care program | Continuum of Care Program | May 18, 2023 | $2.4 million |
| Purpose: the home investment partnerships program (HOME) provides need-based formula grants to states and local governments that are used to fund activities including building, buying, and/or rehabilitating affordable housing for rent or homeownership or providing direct rental assistance to low-inc | Home Investment Partnerships Program | January 8, 2025 | $2.4 million |
| City of oakland: mental health resilience project | Congressional Directives | September 28, 2022 | $1.2 million |
| Continuum of care program | Continuum of Care Program | May 22, 2024 | $1.0 million |
| An eda investment of $1,000,000 will provide business technical assistance to 1100 black and immigrant-owned small businesses along international boulevard, the main commercial corridor that runs through the most vulnerable low-income neighborhoods of oakland. The five-mile corridor incorporates thi | Economic Adjustment Assistance | July 1, 2021 | $1.0 million |
| American rescue plan | Head Start | July 22, 2021 | $999,894 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does City of Oakland get?
$75.3 million in 17 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives City of Oakland the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $55.2 million in 3 awards. The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Commerce follow.
What is City of Oakland's largest federal grant?
$53.1 million under Head Start, with its first action in the period on June 23, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund City of Oakland?
Its largest are Head Start, Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants and Continuum of Care Program.
Other grant recipients in Oakland
- San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
- Port Department of the City of Oakland
- Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
- Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
- Public Health Institute
- Brimstone Commercial, LLC
- City of Oakland
- The Regents of the University of California
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