Federal grants to The Urban Institute
The Urban Institute in Washington, District of Columbia received $75.1 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 55 awards. Its largest program was Immunization Research, Demonstration, Public Information and Education Training and Clinical Skills Improvement Projects, with $18.1 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $4.8 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$75.1 million
- Awards55
- Awarded in FY 2025$4.8 million
- Largest award$18.1 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 10 | $16.2 million |
| FY 2022 | 20 | $17.3 million |
| FY 2023 | 16 | $24.7 million |
| FY 2024 | 15 | $12.1 million |
| FY 2025 | 7 | $4.8 million |
Programs that fund The Urban Institute
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Immunization Research, Demonstration, Public Information and Education Training and Clinical Skills Improvement Projects | 1 | $18.1 million |
| Child Care and Development Block Grant | 7 | $8.5 million |
| Registered Apprenticeship | 1 | $7.0 million |
| Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative | 1 | $5.0 million |
| H-1B Job Training Grants | 1 | $5.0 million |
| National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants | 7 | $4.8 million |
| Education Research, Development and Dissemination | 2 | $4.4 million |
| PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation | 1 | $3.4 million |
| Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund | 5 | $2.5 million |
| International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking | 1 | $2.4 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 16 | $28.4 million |
| Department of Justice | 22 | $21.7 million |
| Department of Labor | 2 | $12.0 million |
| Department of Education | 2 | $4.4 million |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 6 | $2.5 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partnering with national organizations to support community-based organizations to increase vaccination coverage across different racial and ethnic adult populations currently experiencing disparities - strengthening vaccine confidence and access ? Particularly for racial and ethnic groups that are | Immunization Research, Demonstration, Public Information and Education Training and Clinical Skills Improvement Projects | April 23, 2021 | $18.1 million |
| American apprenticeship initiative | Registered Apprenticeship | June 24, 2021 | $7.0 million |
| Lead applicant organization name: urban institutelead applicant entity type: national nonprofit organizationlead applicant location: Washington, d.c.required partners: employer partnersname of employer partners industry trade association: bank of america, ibm, multiverse, onramp, rocket companies, ve | H-1B Job Training Grants | September 26, 2023 | $5.0 million |
| The urban institute, in partnership with the johns hopkins center for gun violence solutions, the national institute for criminal justice reform, and the California partnership for safe communities, will establish and host a new nij community violence intervention research and evaluation training an | Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative | September 26, 2023 | $5.0 million |
| Center to support research and evaluation capacity of ccdf lead agencies | Child Care and Development Block Grant | September 28, 2022 | $4.3 million |
| Urban institutes justice policy center (URBAN), in collaboration with the moss group (TMG) as a proposed subrecipient, proposes to identify and select approximately 25 state, local, and tribal confinement agencies across the united states and competitively award up to $50,000 of supporting funding i | PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation | September 23, 2024 | $3.4 million |
| Career development opportunities in Washington d.c. Public schools | Education Research, Development and Dissemination | August 14, 2024 | $3.0 million |
| This cooperative agreement is awarded with a base period of 36 months for $2,423,086, plus one non-competitive continuation (NCC) of up to 21 months. See section 15 (o), for additional information. | International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking | September 27, 2023 | $2.4 million |
| The urban institutes justice policy center (URBAN) in partnership with norc at the university of chicago (NORC) propose to conduct a full-scale, multisite, randomized controlled study of the empower program to prevent the abuse and financial exploitation of older adultsa program developed and pilot | National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants | September 20, 2024 | $1.7 million |
| Center to support research and evaluation capacity of ccdf lead agencies | Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund | July 17, 2024 | $1.5 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does The Urban Institute get?
$75.1 million in 55 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives The Urban Institute the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $28.4 million in 16 awards. The Department of Justice and the Department of Labor follow.
What is The Urban Institute's largest federal grant?
$18.1 million under Immunization Research, Demonstration, Public Information and Education Training and Clinical Skills Improvement Projects, with its first action in the period on April 23, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund The Urban Institute?
Its largest are Immunization Research, Demonstration, Public Information and Education Training and Clinical Skills Improvement Projects, Child Care and Development Block Grant and Registered Apprenticeship.
Other grant recipients in Washington
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation
- District of Columbia, Government of
- Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees
- Coalition for Green Capital
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- United Nations World Food Programme
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- District of Columbia, Government of
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