Federal grants to Philadelphia City of
Philadelphia City of in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania received $12.1 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 11 awards. Its largest program was Air Pollution Control Program Support, with $9.6 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $2.1 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$12.1 million
- Awards11
- Awarded in FY 2025$2.1 million
- Largest award$5.9 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 4 | $2.4 million |
| FY 2022 | 4 | $2.2 million |
| FY 2023 | 5 | $2.8 million |
| FY 2024 | 4 | $2.7 million |
| FY 2025 | 2 | $2.1 million |
Programs that fund Philadelphia City of
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Air Pollution Control Program Support | 2 | $9.6 million |
| Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act | 9 | $2.5 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Protection Agency | 11 | $12.1 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description: the purpose of this grant is to provide assistance to city of philadelphia in its efforts to implement air pollution control programs throughout the city of philadelphia federal funds in the amount of $5,090,828 are contingent upon availability. Activities: the recipient will implement ac | Air Pollution Control Program Support | March 1, 2023 | $5.9 million |
| This agreement will provide assistance to the city of philadelphia in its efforts to implement air pollution control programs throughout the city of philadelphia, including continuing development and implementation of stationary source regulations; continuing promulgation and update of enhanced mobi | Air Pollution Control Program Support | October 23, 2020 | $3.7 million |
| Description: this assistance agreement provides federal funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to air management services (AMS) in the city of philadelphia for the expansion and enhancement of air monitoring activities. Specifically, ams will establish a new multipollutant air monitoring sta | Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act | August 1, 2024 | $539,500 |
| Description: this action awards federal funds in the amount of $163,387. Federal funds in the amount of $326,774 are contingent upon availability. The purpose of this grant is to maintain fine particulate matter (PM2.5) monitoring networks. The primary objective of this project is to collect quality | Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act | June 9, 2022 | $503,479 |
| Description: the purpose of this competitively selected grant is to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants of greatest concern in communities with environmental and health outcome disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic. The overall objective of this proposal is to deploy | Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act | September 13, 2023 | $389,206 |
| This project is intended to assist philadelphia air management services (AMS) in assessing the degree and extent to which air toxics from various sources, including a major oil refinery and other air toxics sources, impact the immediate community in the city of philadelphia. Federal funds in the amo | Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act | October 28, 2020 | $352,208 |
| Description: this agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to the city of philadelphia. The purpose of this grant is to establish a new air monitoring station in the nicetown (zip code 19140) neighborhood in north philadelphia and to conduct community outreach and air qualit | Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act | August 27, 2023 | $193,504 |
| Description: this agreement provides funding to philadelphia ams to assist with necessary development, establishment, and maintenance of adequate monitoring programs for the prevention and control of air pollution or implementation of national primary and secondary air quality standards. This grant i | Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act | July 25, 2025 | $170,046 |
| The goal of philadelphia's particulate matter 2.5 (pm 2.5) monitoring program is to operate and maintain an ongoing ambient air monitoring network for fine particulates. This includes purchasing equipment, monitoring for related precursor pollutants, managing associated data management systems, cond | Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act | May 14, 2021 | $163,387 |
| Description: the purpose of this american rescue plan (ARP) funded cooperative agreement is to advance enhanced monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) or other national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) pollutants in and near communities with environmental justice concerns who face dispropo | Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act | July 21, 2022 | $149,000 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Philadelphia City of get?
$12.1 million in 11 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Philadelphia City of the most?
The Environmental Protection Agency, with $12.1 million in 11 awards.
What is Philadelphia City of's largest federal grant?
$5.9 million under Air Pollution Control Program Support, with its first action in the period on March 1, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Philadelphia City of?
Its largest are Air Pollution Control Program Support and Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act.
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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