Federal grants to City of Cleveland
City of Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio received $23.9 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 9 awards. Its largest program was Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects, with $14.8 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $15.6 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$23.9 million
- Awards9
- Awarded in FY 2025$15.6 million
- Largest award$14.8 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 2 | $524,640 |
| FY 2022 | 2 | $2.0 million |
| FY 2023 | 2 | $2.2 million |
| FY 2024 | 4 | $3.5 million |
| FY 2025 | 3 | $15.6 million |
Programs that fund City of Cleveland
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects | 1 | $14.8 million |
| Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program | 1 | $3.4 million |
| Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program | 1 | $1.8 million |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance | 1 | $578,190 |
| Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements | 1 | $500,000 |
| Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) | 1 | $386,700 |
| Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Grants Program (UAIP) | 1 | $340,961 |
| Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program | 1 | $53,583 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Transportation | 2 | $16.7 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 2 | $3.7 million |
| Department of Justice | 2 | $2.0 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 1 | $578,190 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 1 | $500,000 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure for rebuilding america grant for the city of cleveland, Ohio. | Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects | September 3, 2025 | $14.8 million |
| Inflation reduction act initiative strategic investments in equitable urban tree canopy growth and preservation a coalition based approach to advanc | Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program | September 10, 2024 | $3.4 million |
| The city of cleveland is currently experiencing 30-YEAR highs for violence crime, with the largest single year jump since crime state tracking began in the 1960S (2019/2020). The homicide rate for cleveland from 2018 to 2021 has risen from 33.6 to 48.5 per 100,000, with a peak of 52.7 in 2020, compa | Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative | September 29, 2022 | $2.0 million |
| This action approves an award in the amount of $1,820,500 to support city of cleveland smart grant program. The purpose of this award is to propose to design and pilot a next-generation, intelligent, cloud-based traffic signal system. The activities to be performed this project will explore availabl | Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program | August 21, 2023 | $1.8 million |
| Recovery project v - abstract project summary: this proposed project is submitted by the cleveland municipal court (CMC) to expand access to evidence-based supervision and treatment services for defendants of the cmc's four specialized dockets. These include: the greater cleveland drug court, mental | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance | September 8, 2023 | $1.2 million |
| Description: brownfields are real property, the expansion, development or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. This agreement will provide funding for city of cleveland to conduct eligible assessment-related activ | Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements | May 29, 2024 | $500,000 |
| Cleveland recovery project IV | Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program | October 22, 2020 | $499,170 |
| Energy efficiency and conservation block grant (EECBG) program, bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) section 40552 the energy efficiency and conservation block grant (EECBG) program is designed to assist states, local governments, and tribes in implementing strategies to reduce energy use, to reduce | Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) | January 9, 2025 | $386,700 |
| ** awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** cleveland residents are generating a large amount of food waste that ends up in landfills instead of being used. 68,000 tons of food | Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Grants Program (UAIP) | April 10, 2024 | $340,961 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does City of Cleveland get?
$23.9 million in 9 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives City of Cleveland the most?
The Department of Transportation, with $16.7 million in 2 awards. The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Justice follow.
What is City of Cleveland's largest federal grant?
$14.8 million under Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects, with its first action in the period on September 3, 2025. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund City of Cleveland?
Its largest are Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects, Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program and Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative.
Other grant recipients in Cleveland
- Case Western Reserve University
- Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
- Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority
- City of Cleveland
- Growth Opportunity Partners, Inc
- Emerald Development & Economic Network Inc
- Cuyahoga County
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