Federal grants to City of Philadelphia
City of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania received $14.4 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 16 awards. Its largest program was Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants, with $2.0 million. In fiscal 2025 more was taken back from its awards than added, a net -$10.1 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$14.4 million
- Awards16
- Awarded in FY 2025-$10.1 million
- Largest award$2.0 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 3 | $1.9 million |
| FY 2022 | 2 | $422,943 |
| FY 2023 | 5 | $5.3 million |
| FY 2024 | 8 | $16.9 million |
| FY 2025 | 2 | -$10.1 million |
Programs that fund City of Philadelphia
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Asset Concessions and Innovative Finance Assistance | 1 | $1.6 million |
| Conservation Research and Development | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) | 1 | $1.3 million |
| Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program | 1 | $999,981 |
| Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) | 1 | $945,859 |
| Congressionally Recommended Awards | 2 | $855,455 |
| Highway Planning and Construction | 1 | $760,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Transportation | 3 | $4.3 million |
| Department of Justice | 6 | $3.4 million |
| Department of Energy | 2 | $2.8 million |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 2 | $1.1 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic development initiative, community project funding, and miscellaneous grants | Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | August 4, 2023 | $2.0 million |
| This action approves an award in the amount of $2,000,000 to support city of philadelphia's smart grant program. The purpose of this award is to address two major city challenges: scarcity in row space; and scarcity of information about row users. The activities to be performed include digitizing st | Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program | August 22, 2023 | $2.0 million |
| Award purpose: award of $1,550,000.00 with the objective to facilitate and evaluate public-private partnerships in which the private sector partner could assume a greater role in project planning, development, financing, construction, maintenance, and operation, including by assisting eligible entit | Asset Concessions and Innovative Finance Assistance | December 19, 2024 | $1.6 million |
| Plug in philly aims to create a diverse, highly skilled work force to support the ev industry in philadelphia by upskilling low-income, non-white, and female workers. The project includes a wide community outreach strategy and a wrap-around pre-apprenticeship program that includes stipends and suppo | Conservation Research and Development | July 11, 2024 | $1.5 million |
| 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) | June 3, 2024 | $1.3 million |
| Description: this agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to the city of philadelphia to institutionalize environmental justice (EJ) in municipal policies and practices while strengthening and scaling place-based strategies that holistically address disproportionate exposur | Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program | April 2, 2024 | $1.0 million |
| Building a trauma-informed criminal justice system response for victims | Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program | September 27, 2021 | $999,981 |
| Regional catastrophic preparedness grant program (RCPGP) | Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) | September 21, 2021 | $945,859 |
| (CFI) city of philadelphia | Highway Planning and Construction | January 12, 2025 | $760,000 |
| Philadelphia proposes to design and implement a family-based alternative-to-incarceration diversion program aimed at keeping justice-involved mothers home with their children. This program will provide women with gender-responsive, trauma-informed holistic services and supports in jail and after the | Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program | September 20, 2024 | $647,630 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does City of Philadelphia get?
$14.4 million in 16 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives City of Philadelphia the most?
The Department of Transportation, with $4.3 million in 3 awards. The Department of Justice and the Department of Energy follow.
What is City of Philadelphia's largest federal grant?
$2.0 million under Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants, with its first action in the period on August 4, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund City of Philadelphia?
Its largest are Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants, Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program and Asset Concessions and Innovative Finance Assistance.
Other grant recipients in Philadelphia
- The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
- Opportunity Finance Network
- Pennvest
- Philadelphia Housing Authority
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Temple University-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- City of Philadelphia
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