Federal grants to County of Boulder
County of Boulder in Boulder, Colorado received $60.7 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 23 awards. Its largest program was Federal Transit Formula Grants, with $35.8 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $4.8 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$60.7 million
- Awards23
- Awarded in FY 2025$4.8 million
- Largest award$34.2 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 9 | $13.0 million |
| FY 2022 | 5 | $3.3 million |
| FY 2023 | 8 | $37.6 million |
| FY 2024 | 3 | $2.0 million |
| FY 2025 | 6 | $4.8 million |
Programs that fund County of Boulder
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Transit Formula Grants | 3 | $35.8 million |
| Head Start | 2 | $7.6 million |
| Soil and Water Conservation | 1 | $4.4 million |
| Emergency Watershed Protection Program | 1 | $4.0 million |
| Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program | 2 | $1.8 million |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance | 1 | $1.3 million |
| Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Highway Planning and Construction | 1 | $742,000 |
| Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program | 1 | $727,224 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Transportation | 6 | $38.1 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 3 | $8.9 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 2 | $8.4 million |
| Department of Justice | 10 | $5.2 million |
| Corporation for National and Community Service | 1 | $144,904 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application purpose: this application utilizes arp funding to prevent prepare for and respond to coronavirus.; activities performed: this will fund fixed route operations and on-demand transit services contracted by boulder county and subrecipients and project administration staff salaries and fring | Federal Transit Formula Grants | May 30, 2023 | $34.2 million |
| Head start | Head Start | June 8, 2021 | $7.4 million |
| Emergency watershed program project 5085, co, boulder county dsr 08-02-21-5085-001 calwood fire, debris removal, bank stabilization and structure protection (6000017129) | Soil and Water Conservation | March 3, 2021 | $4.4 million |
| Emergency watershed program project 5085, co, boulder county dsr 08-02-21-5085-001 calwood fire, debris removal, bank stabilization and structure protection (6000017129) | Emergency Watershed Protection Program | March 3, 2021 | $4.0 million |
| Boulder county pathways to sustainable housing - a housing first, permanent supportive housing with treatment project for individual adults experiencing chronic homelessness. | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance | November 24, 2020 | $1.3 million |
| Application purpose: this grant uses surface transportation block grant (STBG) funds flexed from FHWA to FTA section 5307 for a countywide transit plan.; activities performed: the grant funds consultant services for completion of a countywide strategic transit plan covering the geographic extents of | Federal Transit Formula Grants | January 24, 2025 | $1.2 million |
| The FY 2023 cops office technology and equipment program (TEP) is an invitation-only grant program designed to develop and acquire effective equipment, technologies, and interoperable communications that assist in responding to and preventing crime. The objective is to provide funding for projects w | Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants | September 20, 2023 | $1.1 million |
| Application purpose: this grant uses congressionally directed spending funds awarded in FY24 for micro transit services in longmont Colorado.; activities performed: the city of longmont will hire a third-party contractor to provide micro transit services.; expected outcomes: the outcome will be incr | Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending | March 26, 2025 | $1.0 million |
| Boulder county recovery home project | Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program | December 21, 2021 | $899,902 |
| Boulder county project rentr | Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program | October 22, 2020 | $883,169 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does County of Boulder get?
$60.7 million in 23 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives County of Boulder the most?
The Department of Transportation, with $38.1 million in 6 awards. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture follow.
What is County of Boulder's largest federal grant?
$34.2 million under Federal Transit Formula Grants, with its first action in the period on May 30, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund County of Boulder?
Its largest are Federal Transit Formula Grants, Head Start and Soil and Water Conservation.
Other grant recipients in Boulder
- The Regents of the University of Colorado
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
- E Source Companies LLC
- Space Science Institute
- Unavco, Inc
- Greenlatinos
- Bae Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc.
- Ion Clean Energy Inc
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