Federal grants to Chicago Park District
Chicago Park District in Chicago, Illinois received $4.7 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 13 awards. Its largest program was Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants, with $2.8 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $483,896.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$4.7 million
- Awards13
- Awarded in FY 2025$483,896
- Largest award$1.0 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 3 | $741,616 |
| FY 2022 | 1 | $181,233 |
| FY 2023 | 6 | $3.0 million |
| FY 2024 | 1 | $279,690 |
| FY 2025 | 2 | $483,896 |
Programs that fund Chicago Park District
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | 4 | $2.8 million |
| VA Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces | 5 | $1.1 million |
| National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education | 1 | $540,000 |
| Coastal | 1 | $200,000 |
| Farm to School Grant Program | 1 | $49,999 |
| Endangered Species Recovery Implementation | 1 | $15,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 4 | $2.8 million |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | 5 | $1.1 million |
| Department of the Interior | 3 | $755,000 |
| Department of Agriculture | 1 | $49,999 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic development initiative, community project funding, and miscellaneous grants | Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | August 4, 2023 | $1.0 million |
| Economic development initiative, community project funding, and miscellaneous grants | Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | August 4, 2023 | $750,000 |
| Restoration efforts at hegewisch marsh with the national park service's rivers, trails, and conservation assistance program- glri/rtca | National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education | May 6, 2021 | $540,000 |
| Economic development initiative, community project funding, and miscellaneous grants | Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | July 10, 2023 | $500,000 |
| Economic development initiative, community project funding, and miscellaneous grants | Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | August 4, 2023 | $500,000 |
| Challenge Alaska disabled veterans sports programs (programming for veterans) | VA Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces | September 30, 2025 | $283,896 |
| Va awards grants to qualifying organizations to plan, develop, manage, and implement programs to provide adaptive sports opportunities for disabled veterans and disabled members of the armed forces as authorized under 38 united states code 521A. | VA Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces | September 16, 2024 | $279,690 |
| This project will result in the establishment of 1.25 acres of native dune habitat along the lake Michigan shoreline at calumet park on chicagos far southeast side. Project activities include: importing and grading clean sand installing gravel to create piping plover-friendly nesting and rearing con | Coastal | December 17, 2024 | $200,000 |
| Chicago park district veterans adaptive sports programming, valor games midwest, and windy city winter sports clinic | VA Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces | August 3, 2021 | $186,616 |
| Chicago park district veterans programming, specialty clinics, valor games midwest, and windy city winter sports clinic | VA Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces | August 30, 2022 | $181,233 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Chicago Park District get?
$4.7 million in 13 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Chicago Park District the most?
The Department of Housing and Urban Development, with $2.8 million in 4 awards. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of the Interior follow.
What is Chicago Park District's largest federal grant?
$1.0 million under Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants, with its first action in the period on August 4, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Chicago Park District?
Its largest are Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants, VA Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces and National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education.
Other grant recipients in Chicago
- Chicago Transit Authority
- Northeast Illinois Railroad Co
- The University of Chicago
- University of Illinois
- Illinois Department of Employment Security
- Chicago Housing Authority
- Chicago Department of Public Health
- City of Chicago
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