Federal grants to Oakland, City of
Oakland, City of in Oakland, California received $5.5 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 9 awards. Its largest program was Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants, with $1.9 million. In fiscal 2025 more was taken back from its awards than added, a net -$34,591.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$5.5 million
- Awards9
- Awarded in FY 2025-$34,591
- Largest award$1.9 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 2 | $814,248 |
| FY 2022 | 3 | $1.5 million |
| FY 2023 | 3 | $2.9 million |
| FY 2024 | 1 | $361,752 |
| FY 2025 | 0 | -$34,591 |
Programs that fund Oakland, City of
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants | 1 | $1.9 million |
| DNA Backlog Reduction Program | 4 | $1.4 million |
| Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program | 1 | $695,997 |
| Congressionally Recommended Awards | 1 | $646,000 |
| Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants | 1 | $450,000 |
| Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program | 1 | $409,324 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Justice | 9 | $5.5 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The purpose of the cops hiring program (CHP) program is to advance the practice of community policing through the hire or rehire of additional career law enforcement officers. Funding under this award program will be utilized by local law enforcement agencies to hire and rehire career law enforcemen | Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants | October 13, 2022 | $1.9 million |
| The city of oakland has a proven track record of success when addressing violent gun crime in a concerted way. With the launch of ceasefire in 2012, the homicide rate fell over 50 percent from 2012-2018 (appendix 4: problem analysis, public excerpt, barao and braga). From the latest fbi ucr data ava | Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program | September 28, 2022 | $695,997 |
| The oakland police department (OPD) proposes to implement the procedural justice/community police trust project. As part of its violence reduction strategy, ceasefire oakland, opd implemented a series of procedural justice (PJ) trainings over the last 8 years designed to improve police officer behav | Congressionally Recommended Awards | August 10, 2023 | $646,000 |
| Opd victim specialist project | Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants | October 22, 2020 | $450,000 |
| The oakland police department crime laboratory proposes to implement the FY24 dna capacity enhancement backlog reduction program. The purpose is to increase the number of cases analyzed, reduce the dna case turnaround time, and reduce the backlog of dna cases for the citizens of the city of oakland | Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program | September 27, 2024 | $409,324 |
| The oakland police department’s crime laboratory serves the city of oakland. The oakland police department is requesting funding for the following goals: 1) enhance capacity to increase the number of samples analyzed, 2) reduce the dna case turnaround time, and 3) reduce the backlog of dna case requ | DNA Backlog Reduction Program | September 26, 2022 | $395,014 |
| City of oakland FY 2021 dna capacity enhancement for backlog reduction program | DNA Backlog Reduction Program | December 6, 2021 | $338,879 |
| The oakland police department crime laboratory proposes to implement the 2023 dna capacity enhancement backlog reduction program. The purpose is to increase the number of cases analyzed, reduce the dna case turnaround time, and reduce the backlog of dna cases for the citizens of the city of oakland | DNA Backlog Reduction Program | September 8, 2023 | $331,387 |
| City of oakland FY 2020 dna capacity enhancement for backlog reduction program | DNA Backlog Reduction Program | October 29, 2020 | $328,530 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Oakland, City of get?
$5.5 million in 9 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Oakland, City of the most?
The Department of Justice, with $5.5 million in 9 awards.
What is Oakland, City of's largest federal grant?
$1.9 million under Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants, with its first action in the period on October 13, 2022. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Oakland, City of?
Its largest are Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants, DNA Backlog Reduction Program and Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 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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