Federal grants to Houston Independent School District
Houston Independent School District in Houston, Texas received $17.4 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 14 awards. Its largest program was Magnet Schools Assistance, with $8.6 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $1.4 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$17.4 million
- Awards14
- Awarded in FY 2025$1.4 million
- Largest award$7.8 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 4 | $2.9 million |
| FY 2022 | 4 | $1.7 million |
| FY 2023 | 6 | $5.6 million |
| FY 2024 | 2 | $5.8 million |
| FY 2025 | 1 | $1.4 million |
Programs that fund Houston Independent School District
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Magnet Schools Assistance | 2 | $8.6 million |
| Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects | 3 | $3.2 million |
| Mission Support | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Cooperative Agreements to Promote Adolescent Health through School-Based Surveillance and Risk Behavior Reduction | 1 | $1.4 million |
| Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | 1 | $1.1 million |
| STOP School Violence | 1 | $589,097 |
| Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation | 1 | $271,988 |
| Environmental Quality Incentives Program | 1 | $195,583 |
| Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | 2 | $88,373 |
| Farm to School Grant Program | 1 | $56,872 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | 5 | $11.8 million |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 1 | $1.4 million |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Department of Justice | 2 | $861,084 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston isd magnet schools assistance program: stem + m magnet initiative | Magnet Schools Assistance | May 17, 2024 | $7.8 million |
| Houston-rice planetary project | Mission Support | June 28, 2023 | $2.0 million |
| Family and community engagement (FACE) project | Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects | July 20, 2023 | $2.0 million |
| Restoring and renewing our youth and communities through school health preventioncomponents 1 and 2 | Cooperative Agreements to Promote Adolescent Health through School-Based Surveillance and Risk Behavior Reduction | October 16, 2020 | $1.4 million |
| Economic development initiative, community project funding, and miscellaneous grants | Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | August 4, 2023 | $1.1 million |
| Project engagement | Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects | August 2, 2022 | $949,399 |
| Partnerships that fuel opportunities in stem education | Magnet Schools Assistance | September 29, 2021 | $844,800 |
| Houston independent school district FY 2020 stop school violence program grant | STOP School Violence | October 29, 2020 | $589,097 |
| Every community, every school | Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects | September 23, 2021 | $293,076 |
| Houston independent school district police officers body-worn camera systems project to increase community trust, transparency, and accountability | Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation | December 17, 2021 | $271,988 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Houston Independent School District get?
$17.4 million in 14 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Houston Independent School District the most?
The Department of Education, with $11.8 million in 5 awards. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services follow.
What is Houston Independent School District's largest federal grant?
$7.8 million under Magnet Schools Assistance, with its first action in the period on May 17, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Houston Independent School District?
Its largest are Magnet Schools Assistance, Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects and Mission Support.
Other grant recipients in Houston
- Baylor College of Medicine
- The Univeristy of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Harris County
- University of Houston System
- William Marsh Rice University
- City of Houston
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