Federal grants in Arkansas's 3rd congressional district (AR-03)
Federal grants for work carried out in Arkansas's 3rd congressional district totaled $1.4 billion across 1,523 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Highway Planning and Construction, with $494 million. Arkansas Department of Transportation received the most, $496 million.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$1.4 billion
- Awards1,523
- Awarded in FY 2025$271 million
- Share of Arkansas's total2.3%
Where these numbers come from
This page counts grants by place of performance: where the funded work happens, as recorded on each award. The Arkansas 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 Arkansas total of $59 billion by place of performance. Districts are the current ones as USAspending maps them.
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 380 | $336 million |
| FY 2022 | 380 | $186 million |
| FY 2023 | 391 | $272 million |
| FY 2024 | 472 | $322 million |
| FY 2025 | 365 | $271 million |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Department of Transportation | State and local governments | 472 | $496 million |
| University of Arkansas | Colleges and universities | 354 | $303 million |
| Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Auth | State and local governments | 16 | $83.8 million |
| Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas | Colleges and universities | 87 | $56.4 million |
| University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | Colleges and universities | 13 | $35.4 million |
| St. Francis House Nwa, Inc. | Other | 8 | $35.3 million |
| Arkansas Department of Veterans' Affairs | State and local governments | 1 | $34.4 million |
| Economic Opportunity Agency of Washington County, Inc. | Nonprofits | 5 | $23.6 million |
| Northwest Arkansas Community College | Colleges and universities | 9 | $22.1 million |
| Northwest Arkansas Headstart Human Services Inc | Nonprofits | 3 | $20.9 million |
| Head Start Child and Family Services, Inc. | Nonprofits | 3 | $20.3 million |
| Springdale, City of | State and local governments | 21 | $14.9 million |
| Communities Unlimited Inc | Other | 30 | $14.1 million |
| Fort Smith Regional Airport | State and local governments | 14 | $13.2 million |
| Nwti Education Foundation | Other | 2 | $12.0 million |
| City of Rogers | Other | 15 | $10.8 million |
| City of Mulberry | State and local governments | 3 | $10.6 million |
| Fort Smith, City of | State and local governments | 13 | $8.5 million |
| City of Fayetteville | State and local governments | 8 | $7.9 million |
| John Brown University | Colleges and universities | 4 | $7.4 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to Arkansas's 3rd congressional district?
$1.4 billion from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 1,523 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in Arkansas's 3rd congressional district?
Highway Planning and Construction, with $494 million in 462 awards.
Why is this different from the Arkansas total?
The Arkansas 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.