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Federal grants in Alabama's 3rd congressional district (AL-03)

Federal grants for work carried out in Alabama's 3rd congressional district totaled $1.9 billion across 2,178 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Highway Planning and Construction, with $578 million. Alabama Department of Transportation received the most, $581 million.

Where these numbers come from

This page counts grants by place of performance: where the funded work happens, as recorded on each award. The Alabama page and recipient pages count by the recipient's address instead. A university based in one district that runs a project in another shows up here under the district where the project runs.

Grants recorded for several districts or the whole state count in no district, so district totals add up to less than the Alabama total of $72 billion by place of performance. Districts are the current ones as USAspending maps them.

By year

Federal grants for work in Alabama's 3rd congressional district
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 2021540$480 million
FY 2022578$321 million
FY 2023653$316 million
FY 2024656$387 million
FY 2025528$381 million

Largest programs

The 20 largest, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Highway Planning and Construction 20.205588$578 million
Education Stabilization Fund 84.42518$171 million
Head Start 93.60014$131 million
Veterans State Nursing Home Care 64.0152$124 million
Public Housing Operating Fund 14.850214$112 million
Public Housing Capital Fund 14.872101$78.6 million
Smith-Lever Extension Funding 10.5115$37.6 million
Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs 20.10666$33.0 million
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) 10.31059$32.8 million
Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research 10.00145$29.4 million
Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act 10.20310$26.5 million
Higher Education Institutional Aid 84.0319$26.4 million
Mathematical and Physical Sciences 47.04964$21.9 million
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) 47.07630$20.8 million
Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program 10.7341$19.5 million
Cooperative Extension Service 10.5006$17.8 million
Biological Sciences 47.07430$17.4 million
Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species 15.6086$16.2 million
Office of Science Financial Assistance Program 81.04920$14.2 million
Integrative Activities 47.08335$14.0 million

Largest recipients

Recipients of grants for work in Alabama's 3rd congressional district
RecipientTypeAwardsAmount
Alabama Department of TransportationState and local governments602$581 million
Auburn UniversityColleges and universities632$492 million
Veterans Affairs, Alabama Dept ofState and local governments3$132 million
Talladega-Clay-Randolph Child Care CorpNonprofits3$54.1 million
Talladega CollegeColleges and universities14$51.2 million
Greater Gadsden Housing AuthorityOther41$38.9 million
Jacksonville State UniversityState and local governments14$34.4 million
Gadsden State Community CollegeState and local governments4$33.5 million
Alabama Council on Human Relations Inc.Nonprofits3$31.9 million
Alabama Forestry CommissionState and local governments3$30.4 million
Housing Authority of Phenix CityOther35$27.5 million
Anniston Housing AuthorityOther26$24.3 million
Gadsden-Etowah County Progress Council, Inc.Nonprofits2$20.5 million
Sylacauga Housing AuthorityOther24$19.8 million
Southern Union State Community CollegeColleges and universities3$18.4 million
Gadsden State Community CollegeOther15$16.8 million
Health Services Center, Inc.Other13$16.1 million
The Housing Authority of the City of Alexander CityOther16$15.2 million
Community Action Committee, Inc of Chambers-Tallapoosa-CoosaNonprofits2$14.5 million
The Housing Authority of the City of Lanett, AlabamaOther17$12.5 million

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money goes to Alabama's 3rd congressional district?

$1.9 billion from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 2,178 awards.

What is the largest federal grant program in Alabama's 3rd congressional district?

Highway Planning and Construction, with $578 million in 588 awards.

Why is this different from the Alabama total?

The Alabama page counts grants by where the recipient is based. This page counts where the work is done, and grants for statewide or multi-district work count in no single district.

Other districts in Alabama