Federal grants to Disability Rights Tennessee
Disability Rights Tennessee in Nashville, Tennessee received $16.0 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 41 awards. Its largest program was Social Security State Grants for Work Incentives Assistance to Disabled Beneficiaries, with $4.5 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $3.3 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$16.0 million
- Awards41
- Awarded in FY 2025$3.3 million
- Largest award$2.3 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 10 | $2.9 million |
| FY 2022 | 10 | $3.2 million |
| FY 2023 | 9 | $3.3 million |
| FY 2024 | 9 | $3.3 million |
| FY 2025 | 9 | $3.3 million |
Programs that fund Disability Rights Tennessee
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Social Security State Grants for Work Incentives Assistance to Disabled Beneficiaries | 4 | $4.5 million |
| Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants | 7 | $3.8 million |
| Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness | 5 | $3.2 million |
| Program of Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights | 5 | $1.7 million |
| Rehabilitation Services Client Assistance Program | 5 | $1.2 million |
| Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities-Grants for Protection and Advocacy Systems | 5 | $654,807 |
| ACL Assistive Technology State Grants for Protection and Advocacy | 5 | $452,126 |
| State Grants for Protection and Advocacy Services | 5 | $439,063 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 27 | $8.6 million |
| Social Security Administration | 4 | $4.5 million |
| Department of Education | 10 | $2.9 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strengthening protections for social security beneficiaries | Social Security State Grants for Work Incentives Assistance to Disabled Beneficiaries | July 25, 2023 | $2.3 million |
| Strengthening protections for social security beneficiaries--protection and advocacy for beneficiaries with representative payees (PABRP) | Social Security State Grants for Work Incentives Assistance to Disabled Beneficiaries | July 27, 2021 | $1.3 million |
| PADD-2023 | Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants | November 9, 2022 | $753,366 |
| FY2024 (PADD) dd act state protection & advocacy systems | Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants | October 27, 2023 | $745,648 |
| FY2025 (PADD) dd act state protection & advocacy systems - dd act state protection & advocacy systems | Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants | October 28, 2024 | $735,925 |
| PADD-2022 | Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants | November 17, 2021 | $719,486 |
| PADD-2021 | Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants | October 27, 2020 | $708,641 |
| Protection & advocacy for individuals with mntl illness | Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness | November 6, 2024 | $667,186 |
| Protection & advocacy for individuals with mntl illness | Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness | November 7, 2022 | $665,972 |
| Protection & advocacy for individuals with mntl illness | Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness | November 9, 2023 | $659,977 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Disability Rights Tennessee get?
$16.0 million in 41 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Disability Rights Tennessee the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $8.6 million in 27 awards. The Social Security Administration and the Department of Education follow.
What is Disability Rights Tennessee's largest federal grant?
$2.3 million under Social Security State Grants for Work Incentives Assistance to Disabled Beneficiaries, with its first action in the period on July 25, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Disability Rights Tennessee?
Its largest are Social Security State Grants for Work Incentives Assistance to Disabled Beneficiaries, Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants and Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness.
Other grant recipients in Nashville
- Finance & Administration Tennessee Depar
- Department of Education Tennessee
- Tennessee Department of Transportation
- Tennessee Department of Human Services
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Tennessee Department of Health
- Tennessee Emergency Management Authority
- Department of Environment & Conservation Tennessee
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