Federal grants to Lake County
Lake County in Tavares, Florida received $51.2 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 32 awards. Its largest program was Federal Transit Formula Grants, with $20.1 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $18.5 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$51.2 million
- Awards32
- Awarded in FY 2025$18.5 million
- Largest award$7.5 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 4 | $4.7 million |
| FY 2022 | 10 | $11.0 million |
| FY 2023 | 8 | $12.9 million |
| FY 2024 | 5 | $4.0 million |
| FY 2025 | 7 | $18.5 million |
Programs that fund Lake County
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Transit Formula Grants | 6 | $20.1 million |
| Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) | 2 | $12.4 million |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | 6 | $9.0 million |
| Home Investment Partnerships Program | 5 | $4.7 million |
| Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs | 2 | $2.4 million |
| Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Safe Streets and Roads for All | 1 | $800,000 |
| Assistance to Firefighters Grant | 3 | $579,443 |
| Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program | 4 | $160,489 |
| Continuum of Care Program | 1 | $100,236 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Transportation | 9 | $23.3 million |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 13 | $14.8 million |
| Department of Homeland Security | 5 | $12.9 million |
| Department of Justice | 5 | $165,993 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing for adequate fire and emergency response (SAFER) | Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) | September 25, 2025 | $7.5 million |
| Application purpose: the purpose of this award is procure replacement software used to schedule trips bus stop improvements and safety and security equipment to complete eligible planning projects including studies of a transit facility feasibility a major transit development plan (TDP) update and a | Federal Transit Formula Grants | September 8, 2023 | $7.4 million |
| Application purpose: the purpose of this award is to procure safety and security equipment to improve bus stops to provide project administration and to fund one year of preventive maintenance and eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries fuel items having a useful life of less than one-ye | Federal Transit Formula Grants | May 8, 2025 | $5.2 million |
| Application purpose: the purpose of this award is to procure safety and security equipment and scheduling software to improve bus stops to provide project administration and to fund one year of preventive maintenance and eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries fuel items having a useful | Federal Transit Formula Grants | December 16, 2024 | $5.1 million |
| Staffing for adequate fire and emergency response (SAFER) | Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) | September 15, 2022 | $4.9 million |
| Application purpose: the purpose of this award is to procure three low floor ada accessible 35-FOOT buses and one low floor 23-FOOT bus and to install transit stop pads and enhance transit amenities to continue to provide reliable accessible and convenient service with safe vehicles and stop locatio | Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs | August 4, 2023 | $2.2 million |
| Home investment partnerships program | Home Investment Partnerships Program | September 20, 2021 | $2.1 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 | September 5, 2024 | $1.9 million |
| This federal fiscal year 2021 section 5307 arp application (lake county fl) requests funds in the amount of $1730445 representing 100% federal share of the total eligible amount requests arp funding to prevent prepare for and respond to coronavirus. The total federal funds include $1598724 in alloca | Federal Transit Formula Grants | September 22, 2022 | $1.7 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 | September 27, 2023 | $1.5 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Lake County get?
$51.2 million in 32 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Lake County the most?
The Department of Transportation, with $23.3 million in 9 awards. The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Homeland Security follow.
What is Lake County's largest federal grant?
$7.5 million under Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER), with its first action in the period on September 25, 2025. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Lake County?
Its largest are Federal Transit Formula Grants, Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) and Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants.
Other grant recipients in Tavares
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