Federal grants to Wilberforce University
Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio received $32.5 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 12 awards. Its largest program was Higher Education Institutional Aid, with $13.1 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $4.5 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$32.5 million
- Awards12
- Awarded in FY 2025$4.5 million
- Largest award$9.0 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 6 | $15.5 million |
| FY 2022 | 4 | $3.3 million |
| FY 2023 | 5 | $6.1 million |
| FY 2024 | 3 | $3.1 million |
| FY 2025 | 3 | $4.5 million |
Programs that fund Wilberforce University
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Higher Education Institutional Aid | 4 | $13.1 million |
| Education Stabilization Fund | 4 | $13.0 million |
| Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions | 2 | $3.5 million |
| Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program | 1 | $2.1 million |
| Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). | 1 | $750,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 10 | $29.7 million |
| Department of Commerce | 1 | $2.1 million |
| Department of the Interior | 1 | $750,000 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Historically black colleges and universities program | Higher Education Institutional Aid | August 3, 2022 | $9.0 million |
| Wilberforce university application for the U.S. Department of education CARES act higher education emergency relief fund for hbcu's. | Education Stabilization Fund | February 27, 2021 | $7.5 million |
| Wilberforce university application for the U.S. Department of education CARES act education emergency relief fund-ihes recipient funding | Education Stabilization Fund | February 19, 2021 | $3.2 million |
| Historically black colleges and universities (graduate) | Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions | September 12, 2023 | $2.2 million |
| Project purpose: the wilberforce university connecting minority communities project aims to address the significant gaps between the current state of broadband access and connectivity and the desired state of these increasingly foundational resources at wilberforce university. It will do so through t | Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program | February 21, 2023 | $2.1 million |
| Wilberforce university application for the U.S. Department of education CARES act higher education emergency relief fund. | Education Stabilization Fund | February 19, 2021 | $2.0 million |
| Historically black colleges and universities program (future act) | Higher Education Institutional Aid | July 20, 2021 | $2.0 million |
| Unknown title | Higher Education Institutional Aid | July 20, 2021 | $1.7 million |
| Unknown title | Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions | August 25, 2021 | $1.3 million |
| 15.932 preservation of historic structures on the campuses of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUS). Sam.gov opportunity P22AS00384 beneficiaries are hbcus. In 1988, the national park service established the historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) preservation grant progra | Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). | July 25, 2023 | $750,000 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Wilberforce University get?
$32.5 million in 12 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Wilberforce University the most?
The Department of Education, with $29.7 million in 10 awards. The Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior follow.
What is Wilberforce University's largest federal grant?
$9.0 million under Higher Education Institutional Aid, with its first action in the period on August 3, 2022. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Wilberforce University?
Its largest are Higher Education Institutional Aid, Education Stabilization Fund and Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions.
Other grant recipients in Wilberforce
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