Federal grants to City of Austin
City of Austin in Austin, Texas received $11.9 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 22 awards. Its largest program was Congressionally Mandated Projects, with $2.0 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $3.6 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$11.9 million
- Awards22
- Awarded in FY 2025$3.6 million
- Largest award$1.5 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 2 | $447,528 |
| FY 2022 | 5 | $2.3 million |
| FY 2023 | 3 | $1.5 million |
| FY 2024 | 8 | $4.0 million |
| FY 2025 | 4 | $3.6 million |
Programs that fund City of Austin
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Congressionally Mandated Projects | 2 | $2.0 million |
| Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program | 4 | $1.6 million |
| National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements | 2 | $1.4 million |
| Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Climate Pollution Reduction Grants | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program | 1 | $900,000 |
| Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants | 4 | $793,024 |
| Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention | 2 | $677,298 |
| Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program | 1 | $550,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Justice | 15 | $6.9 million |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 3 | $3.0 million |
| Department of Transportation | 2 | $1.2 million |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 1 | $1.0 million |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | 1 | $50,000 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The goal of this project is to help law enforcement and prosecutors address challenges associated with unresolved violent cold case crimes to reduce violent crime and increase public safety in the city of austin. Program objectives are to investigate and prosecute violent sexual assault related cold | National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative | December 5, 2024 | $1.5 million |
| This award to the city of austin aims to decrease fatal collisions and serious minor injury crashes, decrease fatalities and collisions involving domestic and foreign commercial motor vehicles, reduce the number of hours of service violations found in roadside inspections and during carrier investig | Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements | September 21, 2022 | $1.1 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 |
| Description: this agreement provides funding to the city of austin, Texas to implement its project for planning and design services for the colony park community wastewater infrastructure project as directed in the 2022 consolidated appropriations act or as identified in an approved technical correct | Congressionally Mandated Projects | July 11, 2025 | $1.0 million |
| Description: this agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to the city of austin to develop or update existing regional climate mitigation plans to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduction measures throughout the entire metropolitan area and to conduct meaningful | Climate Pollution Reduction Grants | August 31, 2023 | $1.0 million |
| Description: this agreement provides funding to the city of austin, Texas to implement its project to develop plans and engineering design for the city's buttermilk creek water quality improvements project as directed in the 2024 consolidated appropriations act or as identified in an approved technic | Congressionally Mandated Projects | January 22, 2025 | $959,752 |
| The city of austin's downtown austin community court will use grant funds to enhance a mobile court program to address barriers to accessing justice and case management services and divert and deflect individuals in austin with substance use and mental health disorders who are experiencing homelessn | Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program | September 27, 2024 | $900,000 |
| The city of austins downtown austin community court, in partnership with integral care, will use grant funds to scale a mobile court pilot program to address barriers to accessing pathways to resolve outstanding cases and warrants while providing immediate connection to case management and mental he | Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program | September 23, 2024 | $550,000 |
| The demonstration program on trauma-informed, victim-centered training for law enforcement on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (abby honold program), authorized BY34 u.s.c 12513, supports efforts to improve law enforcements response to allegations of domestic violence | Demonstration Program on Trauma-Informed, Victim Centered Training for Law Enforcement | September 13, 2024 | $500,000 |
| To implement a highly visible traffic enforcement and commercial vehicle safety inspection program throughout a five-corridor area to reduce the number of cmv-related accidents and fatalities, and to change unsafe and aggressive driving practices.complete twelve 3-HOUR internal training sessions for | Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements | September 25, 2024 | $497,045 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does City of Austin get?
$11.9 million in 22 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives City of Austin the most?
The Department of Justice, with $6.9 million in 15 awards. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation follow.
What is City of Austin's largest federal grant?
$1.5 million under National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, with its first action in the period on December 5, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund City of Austin?
Its largest are Congressionally Mandated Projects, Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program and National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative.
Other grant recipients in Austin
- Health & Human Svc Commn TX
- TX Education Agency
- Texas Department of Transportation
- Texas Department of Agriculture
- Texas Workforce Commission
- Texas Division of Emergency Management
- Texas General Land Office
- Department of State Health Services
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