Federal grants to Calvin University
Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan received $15.3 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 19 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $10.6 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $687,456.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$15.3 million
- Awards19
- Awarded in FY 2025$687,456
- Largest award$5.9 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 7 | $11.9 million |
| FY 2022 | 5 | $1.0 million |
| FY 2023 | 4 | $772,009 |
| FY 2024 | 6 | $914,532 |
| FY 2025 | 3 | $687,456 |
Programs that fund Calvin University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $10.6 million |
| Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education | 1 | $1.1 million |
| TRIO Student Support Services | 2 | $996,462 |
| Great Lakes Restoration | 3 | $533,194 |
| Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development | 1 | $499,988 |
| Biological Sciences | 1 | $351,093 |
| Computer and Information Science and Engineering | 2 | $338,803 |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 2 | $330,646 |
| Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus | 1 | $300,000 |
| Special Projects of Regional and National Significance | 1 | $120,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 6 | $12.8 million |
| National Science Foundation | 7 | $1.1 million |
| Department of the Interior | 3 | $533,194 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | 1 | $499,988 |
| Department of Justice | 1 | $300,000 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin university institutional portion of the heerf formula grant under the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic securing (CARES) act | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $5.9 million |
| Calvin university emergency financial aid grants to students under the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic securing (CARES) act | Education Stabilization Fund | January 17, 2021 | $4.7 million |
| Calvin university’s ready for life academy: a transition and postsecondary program for students with intellectual disabilities (TPSID) | Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education | September 21, 2021 | $1.1 million |
| Student support services program at calvin university: sss scholars | TRIO Student Support Services | August 18, 2021 | $763,062 |
| Restoring a vision interrupted: renewing the humanities through strategic initiatives and a new core curriculum [amid tremendous disruption, calvin university seeks to move creatively and generatively. Neh funds will provide faculty with time to envision and implement strategic initiatives to reener | Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development | November 20, 2021 | $499,988 |
| Collaborative research: integrating theory and experiment to unravel protein transport in the er | Biological Sciences | January 8, 2021 | $351,093 |
| Peers team: peer education and empowerment to reduce sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking on campus | Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus | September 27, 2021 | $300,000 |
| Identifying elusive species in supramolecular systems with perga and nanoreactors -with the support of the macromolecular, supramolecular and nanochemistry program in the division of chemistry, professor vander griend of calvin university will explore approaches to identifying elusive chemical speci | Mathematical and Physical Sciences | August 27, 2025 | $290,646 |
| This project is designed to provide data essential for a comprehensive assessment of contaminant effects on colonial waterbird populations, reproduction (egg viability, fertility, embryonic development and deformities, chick productivity), and health (chick growth, and immune response) at the sagina | Great Lakes Restoration | August 19, 2024 | $238,298 |
| Student support services program at calvin university | TRIO Student Support Services | July 3, 2025 | $233,400 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Calvin University get?
$15.3 million in 19 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Calvin University the most?
The Department of Education, with $12.8 million in 6 awards. The National Science Foundation and the Department of the Interior follow.
What is Calvin University's largest federal grant?
$5.9 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on January 17, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Calvin University?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education and TRIO Student Support Services.
Other grant recipients in Grand Rapids
- Bethany Christian Services USA, LLC
- Van Andel Research Institute
- Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing, Inc.
- Interurban Transit Partnership
- Michigan Family Resources
- Grand Rapids Community College
- Gerald R Ford International Airport Authority
- Cherry Street Services Inc
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