Federal grants in Alabama's 5th congressional district (AL-05)
Federal grants for work carried out in Alabama's 5th congressional district totaled $1.7 billion across 1,376 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Highway Planning and Construction, with $467 million. Alabama Department of Transportation received the most, $481 million.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$1.7 billion
- Awards1,376
- Awarded in FY 2025$298 million
- Share of Alabama's total2.4%
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
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 392 | $463 million |
| FY 2022 | 380 | $239 million |
| FY 2023 | 424 | $397 million |
| FY 2024 | 382 | $347 million |
| FY 2025 | 332 | $298 million |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Department of Transportation | State and local governments | 321 | $481 million |
| The University of Alabama in Huntsville | Colleges and universities | 236 | $269 million |
| Alabama a & M University | Colleges and universities | 137 | $257 million |
| Veterans Affairs, Alabama Dept of | State and local governments | 1 | $88.9 million |
| Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority | State and local governments | 15 | $85.7 million |
| Community Action Partnership of North Alabama, Inc. | Nonprofits | 7 | $85.1 million |
| Huntsville Housing Authority | Other | 113 | $67.6 million |
| City of Huntsville | State and local governments | 20 | $63.9 million |
| Oakwood University, Inc. | Colleges and universities | 15 | $42.7 million |
| JF Drake State Technical College | Colleges and universities | 11 | $34.9 million |
| JC Calhoun State Community College Inc | Colleges and universities | 4 | $29.7 million |
| Hudsonalpha Institute for Biotechnology | Nonprofits | 31 | $26.4 million |
| Housing Authority of City of Decatur | Other | 25 | $19.0 million |
| Athens State University | State and local governments | 10 | $13.7 million |
| Universities Space Research Association | Nonprofits | 2 | $13.0 million |
| North Alabama Center for Educational Excellence, Inc. | Nonprofits | 11 | $10.2 million |
| CFD Research Corporation | Small businesses | 18 | $9.6 million |
| National Children's Advocacy Center, Inc. | Nonprofits | 3 | $8.9 million |
| Wellstone, Inc. | Nonprofits | 3 | $8.6 million |
| Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. | Businesses | 1 | $8.5 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to Alabama's 5th congressional district?
$1.7 billion from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 1,376 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in Alabama's 5th congressional district?
Highway Planning and Construction, with $467 million in 312 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.