Federal grants to Skills for Rhode Island's Future
Skills for Rhode Island's Future in Providence, Rhode Island received $13.9 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 5 awards. Its largest program was Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending, with $5.0 million. It had no new grant money in fiscal 2025.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$13.9 million
- Awards5
- Awarded in FY 2025$0
- Largest award$4.0 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 0 | $0 |
| FY 2022 | 1 | $4.0 million |
| FY 2023 | 4 | $9.9 million |
| FY 2024 | 0 | $0 |
| FY 2025 | 0 | $0 |
Programs that fund Skills for Rhode Island's Future
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending | 2 | $5.0 million |
| Economic Adjustment Assistance | 1 | $4.0 million |
| MBDA Capital Readiness Program | 1 | $3.0 million |
| Congressional Grants | 1 | $2.0 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Commerce | 2 | $7.0 million |
| Department of Labor | 2 | $5.0 million |
| Small Business Administration | 1 | $2.0 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| This eda investment supports the skills for Rhode Island's future with establishing the Rhode Island small business development hub, to serve all jurisdictions within the state of Rhode Island. The project will provide support to small businesses including human resources, legal services, finance an | Economic Adjustment Assistance | September 27, 2022 | $4.0 million |
| Recipient name skills for rhode islands future (skillsri) project title prepareri mitigating learning loss through experiential learning funding request 3,700,000.00 congressional sponsor senators jack reed and sheldon whitehouse requested period of performance 24 months project location state of rh | Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending | March 27, 2023 | $3.7 million |
| The mbda capital readiness program (program) is designed to help close the entrepreneurship gap between socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (SEDI) and non-sedi. The recipients are were selected to: (1) help sedi entrepreneurs build capacity; (2) attract and provide access to capital | MBDA Capital Readiness Program | September 13, 2023 | $3.0 million |
| Skills for Rhode Island's future - FY23 congressional community project funding | Congressional Grants | August 24, 2023 | $2.0 million |
| Project title: ready.set.workfunding request: 1,250,000.00CONGRESSIONAL sponsor: senators jack reed and sheldon whitehouse (RI)requested period of performance: 33 monthsproject location: rhode islandproject purpose and goals: to train unemployed, underemployed, and undeserved communities with industr | Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending | June 21, 2023 | $1.3 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Skills for Rhode Island's Future get?
$13.9 million in 5 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Skills for Rhode Island's Future the most?
The Department of Commerce, with $7.0 million in 2 awards. The Department of Labor and the Small Business Administration follow.
What is Skills for Rhode Island's Future's largest federal grant?
$4.0 million under Economic Adjustment Assistance, with its first action in the period on September 27, 2022. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Skills for Rhode Island's Future?
Its largest are Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending, Economic Adjustment Assistance and MBDA Capital Readiness Program.
Other grant recipients in Providence
- State of Rhode Island Department of Administration
- Rhode Island Dot
- RI Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Brown University
- State of Rhode Island Department of Health
- Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank
- Rhode Island Public Transit Authority
- State of Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources
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