Largest federal grant recipients in Texas

1,893 organizations in Texas received at least $1 million or 10 federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, together $389 billion. Health & Human Svc Commn TX received the most, $189 billion.

Recipients with a page, by type
Type	Recipients	Grants received
State and local governments	832	$346 billion
Colleges and universities	127	$20 billion
Nonprofits	428	$16 billion
Other	211	$2.8 billion
Businesses	91	$2.3 billion
Tribal governments and organizations	33	$2.0 billion
Small businesses	171	$615 million

The 100 largest recipients

By federal grants received, fiscal 2021 to 2025
#	Recipient	Type	Awards	Amount
1	Health & Human Svc Commn TX · Austin	State and local governments	261	$189 billion
2	TX Education Agency · Austin	State and local governments	103	$37 billion
3	Texas Department of Transportation · Austin	State and local governments	8,533	$29 billion
4	Texas Department of Agriculture · Austin	State and local governments	184	$17 billion
5	Texas Workforce Commission · Austin	State and local governments	145	$16 billion
6	Texas Division of Emergency Management · Austin	State and local governments	69	$14 billion
7	Texas General Land Office · Austin	State and local governments	71	$5.7 billion
8	Department of State Health Services · Austin	State and local governments	162	$3.6 billion
9	Southwest Key Programs Inc · Austin	Nonprofits	38	$3.6 billion
10	Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts · Austin	State and local governments	3	$3.4 billion
11	Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs · Austin	State and local governments	54	$2.4 billion
12	Texas Water Development Board · Austin	State and local governments	85	$2.4 billion
13	Dept Family & Protective SER · Austin	State and local governments	73	$2.3 billion
14	University of Texas at Austin · Austin	Colleges and universities	2,051	$2.2 billion
15	Baylor College of Medicine · Houston	Colleges and universities	1,319	$1.7 billion
16	Attorney General of Texas · Austin	State and local governments	38	$1.7 billion
17	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas	Colleges and universities	1,211	$1.6 billion
18	Compass Connections · San Antonio	Nonprofits	20	$1.4 billion
19	Texas Office of the Governor · Austin	State and local governments	70	$1.4 billion
20	Comptroller of Public Accounts · Austin	State and local governments	11	$1.3 billion
21	Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth Endowment, Inc. · Fort Worth	Nonprofits	15	$1.2 billion
22	BCFS Health and Human Services · San Antonio	Nonprofits	24	$1.2 billion
23	The Univeristy of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Houston	Colleges and universities	830	$1.1 billion
24	Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County · Houston	State and local governments	36	$1.1 billion
25	Dallas Area Rapid Transit Inc · Dallas	Tribal governments and organizations	32	$1.1 billion
26	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · Houston	Colleges and universities	758	$918 million
27	Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport · Dallas	State and local governments	34	$882 million
28	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · San Antonio	Colleges and universities	532	$756 million
29	Harris County · Houston	State and local governments	112	$741 million
30	Texas a & M University · College Station	Colleges and universities	718	$704 million
31	City of San Antonio · San Antonio	State and local governments	108	$694 million
32	San Antonio Metropolitan Transit · San Antonio	Other	20	$620 million
33	University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · Galveston	Colleges and universities	362	$612 million
34	University of Houston System · Houston	Colleges and universities	651	$612 million
35	Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority · Austin	State and local governments	37	$581 million
36	William Marsh Rice University · Houston	Colleges and universities	756	$534 million
37	Texas Parks and Wildlife Department · Austin	State and local governments	502	$527 million
38	Texas A&m Agrilife Research · College Station	Colleges and universities	526	$522 million
39	Heidelberg Materials Us Inc · Irving	Businesses	3	$509 million
40	Texas Commission on Environmental Quality · Austin	State and local governments	82	$485 million
41	City of Houston · Houston	State and local governments	59	$480 million
42	City of Houston · Houston	State and local governments	39	$464 million
43	Lutheran Social Services of the South, Inc · Austin	Nonprofits	32	$463 million
44	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · Edinburg	Colleges and universities	380	$462 million
45	Texas Office of the Governor · Austin	State and local governments	6	$453 million
46	Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station · College Station	Colleges and universities	655	$447 million
47	City of El Paso · El Paso	State and local governments	99	$445 million
48	City of Houston · Houston	State and local governments	40	$444 million
49	The University of Texas at San Antonio · San Antonio	Colleges and universities	454	$423 million
50	The University of Texas at El Paso · El Paso	Colleges and universities	381	$409 million
51	Prairie View A&m University · Prairie View	Colleges and universities	187	$398 million
52	University of Texas at Arlington · Arlington	Colleges and universities	488	$383 million
53	University of Texas at Dallas · Richardson	Colleges and universities	509	$378 million
54	Texas State University · San Marcos	Colleges and universities	307	$375 million
55	Texas Military Department · Austin	State and local governments	111	$372 million
56	Texas Tech University System · Lubbock	Colleges and universities	468	$365 million
57	Texas Southern University · Houston	Colleges and universities	89	$350 million
58	Fort Worth Transportation Authority · Fort Worth	State and local governments	30	$339 million
59	Exxon Mobil Corporation · Spring	Businesses	1	$332 million
60	Texas Railroad Comm · Austin	State and local governments	49	$328 million
61	Texas a & M Research Foundation · College Station	Colleges and universities	7	$325 million
62	Family Endeavors, Inc. · San Antonio	Nonprofits	51	$319 million
63	University of North Texas · Denton	Colleges and universities	290	$296 million
64	Killeen Independent School District · Killeen	State and local governments	6	$282 million
65	City of Austin Aviation Department · Austin	State and local governments	19	$281 million
66	Sunnova Energy Corporation · Houston	Businesses	1	$281 million
67	Housing Authority of the City of San Antonio · San Antonio	Tribal governments and organizations	308	$277 million
68	Sunny Glen Children's Home · San Benito	Nonprofits	5	$264 million
69	The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth · Fort Worth	Colleges and universities	112	$262 million
70	City of Dallas · Dallas	State and local governments	67	$248 million
71	Region 19 Education Service Center · El Paso	Nonprofits	5	$243 million
72	Texas a & M University System Health Science Center · College Station	Colleges and universities	282	$229 million
73	Dallas County Texas · Dallas	State and local governments	50	$228 million
74	Dallas College · Dallas	State and local governments	32	$223 million
75	Houston City College · Houston	State and local governments	20	$206 million
76	Bakerripley · Houston	Nonprofits	21	$205 million
77	North Central Texas Council of Governments · Arlington	State and local governments	58	$204 million
78	Technip Energies USA, Inc. · Houston	Businesses	1	$200 million
79	The Methodist Hospital Research Institute · Houston	Nonprofits	164	$196 million
80	Housing Authority of City of Houston · Houston	Tribal governments and organizations	122	$193 million
81	Texas Department of Public Safety · Austin	State and local governments	27	$193 million
82	Head Start of Greater Dallas Inc · Dallas	Nonprofits	5	$193 million
83	San Miguel Electric Coop · Jourdanton	Nonprofits	1	$190 million
84	Lone Star College System District · Spring	Colleges and universities	9	$188 million
85	City of Dallas · Dallas	State and local governments	15	$188 million
86	Alamo Community College District · San Antonio	State and local governments	14	$187 million
87	City of Lubbock · Lubbock	State and local governments	58	$177 million
88	Hidalgo County Headstart Program · Mcallen	State and local governments	3	$172 million
89	Tarrant County College District · Fort Worth	Colleges and universities	20	$158 million
90	Avance-Houston, Inc. · Houston	Nonprofits	9	$157 million
91	Tarrant County · Fort Worth	State and local governments	98	$156 million
92	Clean Energy Fund of Texas, Inc. · Missouri City	Nonprofits	1	$156 million
93	Texas A&m Forest Service · College Station	Colleges and universities	63	$156 million
94	City of Fort Worth · Fort Worth	State and local governments	56	$155 million
95	Southwest Research Institute · San Antonio	Nonprofits	214	$152 million
96	The Onestar National Service Commission, Inc. · Austin	State and local governments	18	$151 million
97	South Texas College · Mcallen	State and local governments	18	$150 million
98	Texas Biomedical Research Institute · San Antonio	Nonprofits	61	$149 million
99	Motivation Education & Training Inc · New Caney	Nonprofits	48	$148 million
100	Texas A&m Agrilife Extension Service · College Station	Colleges and universities	134	$147 million

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