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Federal grants to Illinois Finance Authority

Chicago, Illinois · State and local governments · UEI RBHJRALA6356

Illinois Finance Authority in Chicago, Illinois received $181 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 2 awards. Its largest program was Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Solar for All, with $156 million. It had no new grant money in fiscal 2025.

From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.

By year

Federal grants to Illinois Finance Authority by fiscal year
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 20210$0
FY 20220$0
FY 20231$16.1 million
FY 20242$165 million
FY 20250$0

An award funded in several years counts in each of them, so yearly awards add up to more than the five-year total.

Programs that fund Illinois Finance Authority

Every program, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Solar for All 66.9591$156 million
Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience 81.2541$24.5 million

Awarding agencies

AgencyAwardsAmount
Environmental Protection Agency1$156 million
Department of Energy1$24.5 million

Largest awards

The 2 largest awards by money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025
AwardProgramFirst actionAmount
Description: note: a special payment condition applies to this award. This agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act. The recipient will provide financial and technical assistance to low-income and disadvantaged communities to deploy and benefit from residential-serving distributed
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Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Solar for AllJuly 8, 2024$156 million
Bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) – preventing outages and enhancing the resilience of the electric grid formula grants to states and indian tribes. The objective of this project is to improve the resilience of the electric grid against disruptive events.
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Grid Infrastructure Deployment and ResilienceSeptember 19, 2023$24.5 million

Amounts are net obligations: money committed, minus any amounts taken back. They are not payments. See how our data works.

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money does Illinois Finance Authority get?

$181 million in 2 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.

Which agency gives Illinois Finance Authority the most?

The Environmental Protection Agency, with $156 million in 1 award. The Department of Energy follow.

What is Illinois Finance Authority's largest federal grant?

$156 million under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Solar for All, with its first action in the period on July 8, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.

Which federal programs fund Illinois Finance Authority?

Its largest are Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Solar for All and Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience.

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