Federal grants to NC Department Transportation
NC Department Transportation in Raleigh, North Carolina received $35.2 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 29 awards. Its largest program was State and Community Highway Safety, with $21.8 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $20.3 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$35.2 million
- Awards29
- Awarded in FY 2025$20.3 million
- Largest award$10.5 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 1 | $974,795 |
| FY 2022 | 0 | $0 |
| FY 2023 | 0 | $0 |
| FY 2024 | 14 | $13.9 million |
| FY 2025 | 14 | $20.3 million |
Programs that fund NC Department Transportation
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| State and Community Highway Safety | 4 | $21.8 million |
| National Priority Safety Programs | 25 | $13.3 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Transportation | 29 | $35.2 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Section 402 state and community highway safety grant (23 c.f.r. Subpart b to part 1300; 23 u.s.c. § 402) ― grant to conduct highway safety programs under the state’s approved highway safety plan.section 402 funding facilitates a coordinated national highway safety program to reduce traffic crashes, | State and Community Highway Safety | November 25, 2024 | $10.5 million |
| Section 402 state and community highway safety grant (23 c.f.r. Subpart b to part 1300; 23 u.s.c. & 402) - grant to conduct highway safety programs under the state's approved triennial highway safety plan. Section 402 funding facilitates a coordinated national highway safety program to reduce traffi | State and Community Highway Safety | November 27, 2023 | $10.3 million |
| Section 405(d) impaired driving countermeasures grant (23 c.f.r. § 1300.23; 23 u.s.c. § 405(d)) ― grant to support certain costs of state impaired driving countermeasures programs consistent with 23 c.f.r. § 1300.23(j). 405(d) funding is used for impaired driving countermeasures. Qualifying states m | National Priority Safety Programs | November 25, 2024 | $5.1 million |
| Section 405(b) occupant protection grant (23 c.f.r. & 1300.21; 23 u.s.c. & 405(b)) - grant to support certain costs of state occupant protection programs consistent with 23 c.f.r. & 1300.21(f). Section 405(b) funding is available to qualifying states that meet statutory requirements for a high or lo | National Priority Safety Programs | November 27, 2023 | $1.4 million |
| Section 405(c) state traffic safety information system improvements grant (23 c.f.r. § 1300.22; 23 u.s.c. § 405(c)) ― grant to support data program improvements in the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, uniformity, accessibility, or integration of core highway safety databases consistent with 23 c. | National Priority Safety Programs | November 25, 2024 | $1.3 million |
| Section 405(b) occupant protection grant (23 c.f.r. § 1300.21; 23 u.s.c. § 405(b)) ― grant to support certain costs of state occupant protection programs consistent with 23 c.f.r. § 1300.21(f). Section 405(b) funding is available to qualifying states that meet statutory requirements for a high or lo | National Priority Safety Programs | November 25, 2024 | $1.2 million |
| Section 405(b) occupant protection grant | National Priority Safety Programs | November 10, 2020 | $974,795 |
| Section 405(g) nonmotorized safety grant (23 c.f.r. § 1300.26; 23 u.s.c. § 405(g)) ― grant to support programs to decrease nonmotorized road user fatalities involving a motor vehicle in transit on a trafficway consistent with 23 c.f.r. § 1300.26(e). 405(g) funding is available to qualifying states w | National Priority Safety Programs | November 25, 2024 | $847,460 |
| Section 405(b) occupant protection grant (23 c.f.r. & 1300.21; 23 u.s.c. & 405(b)) - grant to support certain costs of state occupant protection programs consistent with 23 c.f.r. & 1300.21(f). Section 405(b) funding is available to qualifying states that meet statutory requirements for a high or lo | State and Community Highway Safety | November 27, 2023 | $548,624 |
| Section 402 state and community highway safety grant (23 c.f.r. Subpart b to part 1300; 23 u.s.c. § 402) ― grant to conduct highway safety programs under the state’s approved highway safety plan.section 402 funding facilitates a coordinated national highway safety program to reduce traffic crashes, | State and Community Highway Safety | November 25, 2024 | $547,955 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does NC Department Transportation get?
$35.2 million in 29 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives NC Department Transportation the most?
The Department of Transportation, with $35.2 million in 29 awards.
What is NC Department Transportation's largest federal grant?
$10.5 million under State and Community Highway Safety, with its first action in the period on November 25, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund NC Department Transportation?
Its largest are State and Community Highway Safety and National Priority Safety Programs.
Other grant recipients in Raleigh
- North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services
- North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
- Transportation North Carolina Department
- North Carolina Department of Public Safety
- North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
- North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
- Department of Commerce North Carolina
- Department of Information Technology
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