Federal grants to Spelman College
Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia received $81.8 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 52 awards. Its largest program was Higher Education Institutional Aid, with $31.9 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $13.9 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$81.8 million
- Awards52
- Awarded in FY 2025$13.9 million
- Largest award$23.2 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 20 | $29.8 million |
| FY 2022 | 20 | $14.8 million |
| FY 2023 | 14 | $8.0 million |
| FY 2024 | 10 | $15.2 million |
| FY 2025 | 9 | $13.9 million |
Programs that fund Spelman College
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Higher Education Institutional Aid | 4 | $31.9 million |
| Education Stabilization Fund | 3 | $21.6 million |
| Integrative Activities | 4 | $11.4 million |
| Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | 2 | $3.6 million |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 10 | $2.2 million |
| Minority Health and Health Disparities Research | 1 | $1.9 million |
| Economic Adjustment Assistance | 1 | $1.3 million |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering | 2 | $1.2 million |
| Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences | 5 | $1.2 million |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 4 | $924,422 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 10 | $57.5 million |
| National Science Foundation | 29 | $17.7 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 6 | $3.4 million |
| Department of Commerce | 1 | $1.3 million |
| Department of Energy | 2 | $849,322 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Historically black colleges and universities program | Higher Education Institutional Aid | August 3, 2022 | $23.2 million |
| Auc-granted: advancing transformation of the research enterprise through shared resource support model for collective impact and synergistic effect. -to advance and transform the nation's research enterprise, authentic partnerships and inclusive collaborations are critical. The long-standing and lar | Integrative Activities | February 20, 2024 | $10.1 million |
| Higher education emergency relief fund - historically black colleges and universities | Education Stabilization Fund | February 26, 2021 | $10.0 million |
| Institution portion of the higher education emergency relief fund | Education Stabilization Fund | January 19, 2021 | $6.5 million |
| Spelman college certificate and agreement for the CARES act emergency aid funding for students | Education Stabilization Fund | January 19, 2021 | $5.1 million |
| Unknown title | Higher Education Institutional Aid | July 20, 2021 | $3.9 million |
| Historically black colleges and universities program (future act) | Higher Education Institutional Aid | July 20, 2021 | $3.9 million |
| Spelman college network components upgrades and technology-enhanced research | Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | September 13, 2022 | $2.5 million |
| Early education and later achievement: the impact of COVID-19 on educational attainment of african american children - project summary the research focuses on examining african american children across a broad range of socioeconomic statuses (SES), avoiding the inherent confound in examination of on | Minority Health and Health Disparities Research | August 7, 2022 | $1.9 million |
| This eda investment supports the Georgia ai manufacturing (ga-aim) coalition, led by the Georgia tech research corporation, with integrating artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in industry by accelerating the adoption of ai across the state's legacy industrial sectors. Coalition projects inclu | Economic Adjustment Assistance | September 8, 2022 | $1.3 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Spelman College get?
$81.8 million in 52 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Spelman College the most?
The Department of Education, with $57.5 million in 10 awards. The National Science Foundation and the Department of Health and Human Services follow.
What is Spelman College's largest federal grant?
$23.2 million under Higher Education Institutional Aid, with its first action in the period on August 3, 2022. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Spelman College?
Its largest are Higher Education Institutional Aid, Education Stabilization Fund and Integrative Activities.
Other grant recipients in Atlanta
- Georgia Department of Community Health
- Georgia Dept of Education
- Georgia Department of Transportation
- Department of Early Care & Learning Georgia
- State of Georgia Department of Public Health
- Emory University
- Department of Insurance of the State of Georgia
- Department of Human Services
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