Federal grants to Nashville & Davidson County, Metropolitan Government of
Nashville & Davidson County, Metropolitan Government of in Nashville, Tennessee received $230 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 78 awards. Its largest program was Head Start, with $80.2 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $42.4 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$230 million
- Awards78
- Awarded in FY 2025$42.4 million
- Largest award$61.6 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 25 | $55.9 million |
| FY 2022 | 16 | $26.3 million |
| FY 2023 | 27 | $62.3 million |
| FY 2024 | 16 | $43.2 million |
| FY 2025 | 15 | $42.4 million |
Programs that fund Nashville & Davidson County, Metropolitan Government of
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Head Start | 3 | $80.2 million |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | 5 | $26.4 million |
| HIV Emergency Relief Project Grants | 1 | $22.8 million |
| Home Investment Partnerships Program | 5 | $19.6 million |
| Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program | 2 | $12.0 million |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration with Academia to Strengthen Public Health | 1 | $10.3 million |
| Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS | 4 | $8.7 million |
| Community Development Block Grants/State's program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii | 2 | $8.5 million |
| Healthy Start Initiative | 1 | $5.3 million |
| Community Development Block Grant- PRO Housing Competition | 1 | $5.0 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 11 | $127 million |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 33 | $72.2 million |
| Department of Transportation | 2 | $12.0 million |
| Department of Justice | 14 | $9.6 million |
| Department of the Interior | 3 | $4.2 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head start and early head start | Head Start | June 28, 2021 | $61.6 million |
| Ryan white part a HIV emergency relief grant program | HIV Emergency Relief Project Grants | January 22, 2021 | $22.8 million |
| Head start and early head start | Head Start | June 25, 2025 | $16.8 million |
| Metro nashville strengthening public health infrastructure, workforce and data systems - to build a strong and responsive public health system, it is necessary that public health agencies focus on the development of knowledge, crosscutting skills, and institutionalization of capacities that bolster | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration with Academia to Strengthen Public Health | November 29, 2022 | $10.3 million |
| This project will use lidar technologies to address gaps in traditional safety evaluation methods through collecting and evaluating "near-miss" data on nolensville pike and north nashville | Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program | July 18, 2025 | $10.0 million |
| Home investment partnerships program | Home Investment Partnerships Program | September 20, 2021 | $9.3 million |
| Community development block grants/entitlement grants | Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | February 17, 2021 | $5.9 million |
| Community development block grants/entitlement grants | Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | September 22, 2021 | $5.4 million |
| Healthy start initiative-eliminating racial/ethnic disparities | Healthy Start Initiative | October 29, 2020 | $5.3 million |
| Purpose: community development block grant disaster recovery (cdbg-dr) and community development block grant mitigation (cdbg-mit) grant funds are appropriated by congress and allocated by the department of housing and urban development (HUD) as authorized under title i of the housing and community | Community Development Block Grants/State's program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii | April 2, 2024 | $5.2 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Nashville & Davidson County, Metropolitan Government of get?
$230 million in 78 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Nashville & Davidson County, Metropolitan Government of the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $127 million in 11 awards. The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation follow.
What is Nashville & Davidson County, Metropolitan Government of's largest federal grant?
$61.6 million under Head Start, with its first action in the period on June 28, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Nashville & Davidson County, Metropolitan Government of?
Its largest are Head Start, Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants and HIV Emergency Relief Project Grants.
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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