Federal grants to City of Las Cruces
City of Las Cruces in Las Cruces, New Mexico received $65.0 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 59 awards. Its largest program was Federal Transit Formula Grants, with $20.5 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $10.3 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$65.0 million
- Awards59
- Awarded in FY 2025$10.3 million
- Largest award$10.0 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 10 | $6.8 million |
| FY 2022 | 14 | $12.6 million |
| FY 2023 | 14 | $11.3 million |
| FY 2024 | 14 | $23.9 million |
| FY 2025 | 11 | $10.3 million |
Programs that fund City of Las Cruces
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Transit Formula Grants | 7 | $20.5 million |
| Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program | 1 | $10.0 million |
| Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs | 6 | $9.0 million |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | 6 | $5.9 million |
| High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program | 6 | $5.3 million |
| Home Investment Partnerships Program | 6 | $4.4 million |
| Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | 2 | $4.0 million |
| Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants | 4 | $1.4 million |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs | 6 | $1.4 million |
| Assistance to Firefighters Grant | 3 | $895,444 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Transportation | 21 | $41.2 million |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 14 | $14.3 million |
| Executive Office of the President | 6 | $5.3 million |
| Department of Justice | 9 | $2.2 million |
| Department of Homeland Security | 3 | $720,860 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural gas distribution infrastructure safety and modernization (NGDISM) grant program - this grant supports awarded municipality/community-owned utilities to repair, rehabilitate, or replace their natural gas distribution pipeline system, or to acquire equipment to (1) reduce incidents and fatalit | Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program | July 8, 2024 | $10.0 million |
| This is an ffy 2021 competitively awarded section 5307 american rescue plan (ARP) additional funding application grant to the city of las cruces nm (CITY) in the amount of $6413734 representing a 100% federal share of the total eligible amount. This application utilizes competitively awarded ffy 202 | Federal Transit Formula Grants | September 7, 2022 | $6.4 million |
| Application purpose: this grant project will be used to purchase six (6) heavy-duty battery electric buses from byd (build your dreams). These six buses are all but one of the remaining options under and existing contract from december 2021 between ride and the city of las cruces. These buses will r | Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs | May 2, 2025 | $5.7 million |
| Application purpose: the purpose of this award is to provide 1 year of operating assistance for the city of las cruces roadrunner transit system to assist it in fixed route transit operations during the for period of 7/01/2024 to approximately 6/30/2025.; activities performed: operating funds will b | Federal Transit Formula Grants | September 4, 2024 | $3.3 million |
| Application purpose: the purpose of this award is to provide 1 year of operating assistance for the city of las cruces roadrunner transit system to assist it in fixed route transit operations during the for period of 7/01/2023 to 6/30/2024; to acquire two (2) fully ada-accessible replacement paratra | Federal Transit Formula Grants | February 23, 2024 | $3.0 million |
| Purpose: economic development initiative, community project funding/congressional directed spending awards are authorized under the consolidated appropriations act, 2022 public law 117-328 and the explanatory statement for division l of that act. Projects selected for community project funding/congr | Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | August 20, 2024 | $3.0 million |
| Application purpose: purpose of project 1: this grant will be used towards the construction of a new transit operations and maintenance facility located on westgate court in las cruces nm.purpose of project 2: to upgrade the aging cad/avl and scheduling services we use to one that is more user frien | Federal Transit Formula Grants | November 8, 2022 | $3.0 million |
| This grant will use the federal fiscal year 2021 section 5307 formula funding allocation in the amount $2405145. This grant application will use $1045411 for operating assistance funding eligible transit fixed route and demand response operations from the months of april 2022 to september 2022 in la | Federal Transit Formula Grants | February 24, 2022 | $2.4 million |
| Application purpose: this grant award will be used to complete the construction of the citys transit operations and maintenance facility located at 2340 westgate avenue las cruces nm. An architectural overview of the project is attached to this grant.five percent (5%) of the funds will be used to pu | Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs | September 22, 2023 | $2.2 million |
| Las cruces FFY2020 5307 grant-transit maintenance operating facility | Federal Transit Formula Grants | February 23, 2021 | $2.1 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does City of Las Cruces get?
$65.0 million in 59 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives City of Las Cruces the most?
The Department of Transportation, with $41.2 million in 21 awards. The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Executive Office of the President follow.
What is City of Las Cruces's largest federal grant?
$10.0 million under Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program, 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 City of Las Cruces?
Its largest are Federal Transit Formula Grants, Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program and Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs.
Other grant recipients in Las Cruces
- New Mexico State University
- La Clinica de Familia Inc
- County of Dona Ana
- Las Cruces School District 2
- Mesilla Valley Public Housing Authority
- Amador Health Center Inc
- Tierra del Sol Housing Corporation
- New Mexico State University
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