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Federal grants to Department of Commerce Minnesota

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Department of Commerce Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minnesota received $2.4 billion in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 36 awards. Its largest program was Low-Income Home Energy Assistance, with $835 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $442 million.

From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.

By year

Federal grants to Department of Commerce Minnesota by fiscal year
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 20219$454 million
FY 20228$237 million
FY 202313$351 million
FY 202413$879 million
FY 202510$442 million

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 Department of Commerce Minnesota

The 10 largest programs, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 93.56815$835 million
1332 State Innovation Waivers 93.4231$663 million
Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience 81.2542$483 million
State Energy Program 81.0418$167 million
Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons 81.0425$141 million
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Solar for All 66.9591$62.5 million
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance 81.1171$8.4 million
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) 81.1281$2.2 million
Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program 66.3121$1.0 million
State Heating Oil and Propane Program 81.1381$62,500

Awarding agencies

AgencyAwardsAmount
Department of Health and Human Services16$1.5 billion
Department of Energy18$802 million
Environmental Protection Agency2$63.5 million

Largest awards

The 10 largest awards by money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025
AwardProgramFirst actionAmount
State innovation waiver under section 1332 of the affordable care act
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1332 State Innovation WaiversApril 29, 2021$663 million
Bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) grid resilience and innovation partnerships, grip - joint targeted interconnection queue (JTIQ) transmission study process and portfolio. These projects will support new generation seeking to interconnect to the transmission grid including the integration of subst
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Grid Infrastructure Deployment and ResilienceSeptember 18, 2024$464 million
E5C6-2021
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Low-Income Home Energy AssistanceMay 4, 2021$167 million
LIHEAP-2024
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Low-Income Home Energy AssistanceOctober 23, 2023$124 million
LIHEAP-2023
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Low-Income Home Energy AssistanceNovember 1, 2022$123 million
LIHEAP-2025 - low income home energy assistance
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Low-Income Home Energy AssistanceOctober 29, 2024$123 million
LIHEAP-2022
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Low-Income Home Energy AssistanceOctober 29, 2021$119 million
LIHEAP-2021
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Low-Income Home Energy AssistanceNovember 5, 2020$117 million
The purpose of the weatherization assistance program is to increase the energy efficiency of dwellings owned and occupied by low-income persons, reduce their total residential expenditures, and improve their health and safety. The priority population for the weatherization assistance program is pers
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Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income PersonsAugust 19, 2022$76.2 million
Department of energy, state and community energy programs (SCEP): inflation reduction act of 2022 (IRA) 50121. Scep seeks to provide initial guidance for the planning, administration or technical assistance for future distributions of formula awards through the home energy rebate programs, which wil
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State Energy ProgramSeptember 27, 2023$74.3 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 Department of Commerce Minnesota get?

$2.4 billion in 36 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.

Which agency gives Department of Commerce Minnesota the most?

The Department of Health and Human Services, with $1.5 billion in 16 awards. The Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency follow.

What is Department of Commerce Minnesota's largest federal grant?

$663 million under 1332 State Innovation Waivers, with its first action in the period on April 29, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.

Which federal programs fund Department of Commerce Minnesota?

Its largest are Low-Income Home Energy Assistance, 1332 State Innovation Waivers and Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience.

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