Federal grants to Reading Area Community College
Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pennsylvania received $28.5 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 10 awards. Its largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $21.5 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $736,094.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$28.5 million
- Awards10
- Awarded in FY 2025$736,094
- Largest award$11.4 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 6 | $21.5 million |
| FY 2022 | 4 | $2.6 million |
| FY 2023 | 3 | $1.3 million |
| FY 2024 | 4 | $2.4 million |
| FY 2025 | 2 | $736,094 |
Programs that fund Reading Area Community College
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Education Stabilization Fund | 4 | $21.5 million |
| Higher Education Institutional Aid | 1 | $2.4 million |
| TRIO Student Support Services | 2 | $2.0 million |
| TRIO Upward Bound | 2 | $1.6 million |
| Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | 1 | $1.0 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 9 | $27.5 million |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 1 | $1.0 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading area community college's institutional portion of CARES act funding request | Education Stabilization Fund | January 18, 2021 | $11.4 million |
| Coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (CARES) act in support of racc students. | Education Stabilization Fund | January 18, 2021 | $7.8 million |
| Nuestro prÓximo paso: reframing a community college for student success | Higher Education Institutional Aid | July 26, 2021 | $2.4 million |
| Racc's student support services program (SSSP) will allow 250 students from first-generation, low-income backgrounds, and students with disabilities to access needed support services. | TRIO Student Support Services | August 17, 2021 | $1.6 million |
| Reading area community college: initiative to mitigate COVID-19 impact on the 22/23 academic year | Education Stabilization Fund | July 20, 2022 | $1.3 million |
| Reading area community college: upward bound project in support of reading area high school | TRIO Upward Bound | May 23, 2022 | $1.3 million |
| Purpose: economic development initiative, community project funding/congressional directed spending awards are authorized under the consolidated appropriations act, 2022 public law 117-328 and the explanatory statement for division l of that act. Projects selected for community project funding/congr | Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | August 20, 2024 | $1.0 million |
| CARES act funding for for hbcus, msis, and institutions serving low-income students | Education Stabilization Fund | October 24, 2020 | $998,150 |
| Racc's student support services program for eligible students | TRIO Student Support Services | July 4, 2025 | $411,115 |
| Reading area community college upward bound project | TRIO Upward Bound | July 8, 2021 | $312,480 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Reading Area Community College get?
$28.5 million in 10 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Reading Area Community College the most?
The Department of Education, with $27.5 million in 9 awards. The Department of Housing and Urban Development follow.
What is Reading Area Community College's largest federal grant?
$11.4 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on January 18, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Reading Area Community College?
Its largest are Education Stabilization Fund, Higher Education Institutional Aid and TRIO Student Support Services.
Other grant recipients in Reading
- Reading Housing Authority
- Berks County Intermediate Unit 14
- City of Reading
- County of Berks
- Berks Community Health Center
- Alvernia University
- Albright College
- Berks Counseling Center Inc
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