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Federal grants in California

Federal agencies awarded $798 billion in grants to recipients in California from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Grants to States for Medicaid, with $451 billion.

Grants in California by type of organization

Private foundations based in California: 9,176 foundations, with who accepts applications.

Project grants won in California

Most federal grant money is formula and block grants that go to the state by law: $601 billion in California, 75% of the total. Programs that pay project grants and cooperative agreements, which organizations apply for, brought $107 billion to recipients in California. These are the largest:

ProgramAwardsAmount in California
Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) 97.03639$17 billion
Head Start 93.600366$8.0 billion
Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) 93.32314$3.9 billion
Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs 20.1061,064$3.7 billion
Aging Research 93.8661,865$3.4 billion
Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research 93.8551,598$3.4 billion
Health Center Program 93.224553$3.1 billion
Continuum of Care Program 14.2673,620$2.5 billion
Biomedical Research and Research Training 93.8591,811$2.1 billion
Cardiovascular Diseases Research 93.8371,464$1.8 billion
Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program 93.527602$1.7 billion
Office of Science Financial Assistance Program 81.049962$1.5 billion
Mental Health Research Grants 93.2421,017$1.4 billion
Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders 93.8531,281$1.4 billion
Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research 93.8471,009$1.2 billion
Mathematical and Physical Sciences 47.0491,904$1.2 billion
Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program 12.800482$1.1 billion
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance 93.243492$1.1 billion
Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs 93.279673$1.1 billion
Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience 81.25458$1.1 billion

The kind of assistance comes from each program's Assistance Listing on SAM.gov. Programs that use both kinds are left out of both totals.

Largest federal grant programs in California

Grants to recipients in California, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Grants to States for Medicaid 93.77828$451 billion
Education Stabilization Fund 84.425983$31 billion
Highway Planning and Construction 20.2057,245$27 billion
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 93.55886$19 billion
Children's Health Insurance Program 93.76723$18 billion
Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) 97.03639$17 billion
National School Lunch Program 10.55522$16 billion
Federal Transit Formula Grants 20.507747$13 billion
Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies 84.0106$11 billion
Head Start 93.600366$8.0 billion
Child Care and Development Block Grant 93.575292$7.8 billion
Special Education Grants to States 84.0277$7.4 billion
State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 10.56136$6.8 billion
Foster Care Title IV-E 93.65813$6.4 billion
Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants 20.50031$5.5 billion
WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 10.55724$5.3 billion
Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) 93.32314$3.9 billion
Adoption Assistance 93.6597$3.8 billion
Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs 20.1061,064$3.7 billion
Aging Research 93.8661,865$3.4 billion

Largest grant recipients in California

The 20 largest recipients
RecipientTypeAwardsAmount
California Department of Health Care ServicesOther79$472 billion
Department of Education CaliforniaState and local governments155$66 billion
Department of Social Services CaliforniaState and local governments224$47 billion
Department of Transportation CaliforniaState and local governments7,364$27 billion
Office of Emergency ServicesState and local governments215$21 billion
California Department of Public HealthState and local governments183$8.6 billion
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityOther59$7.9 billion
State of California Employment Development DepartmentState and local governments92$5.9 billion
The Regents of the University of California, San FranciscoColleges and universities3,174$4.5 billion
The Leland Stanford Junior UniversityColleges and universities3,374$4.0 billion
University of California, San DiegoColleges and universities3,155$3.9 billion
University of California, Los AngelesColleges and universities3,173$3.9 billion
State of California Water Resources Control BoardState and local governments71$3.5 billion
Department of Housing & Community DevelopmentOther34$3.3 billion
California Department of Child Support ServicesState and local governments15$3.0 billion
Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc.Nonprofits58$3.0 billion
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit DistrictState and local governments42$3.0 billion
University of Southern CaliforniaColleges and universities1,928$2.5 billion
University of California, DavisColleges and universities2,263$2.4 billion
California Public Utilities CommissionState and local governments12$2.2 billion

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Where the work happens

The totals above count grants by where the recipient is based. Counted by place of performance, where the funded work happens, grants in California came to $795 billion. Grants for statewide or multi-county work count in no county, so county totals add up to less.

The 15 largest of 58 counties
CountyAwardsGrants
Sacramento County2,068$81 billion
Los Angeles County11,946$25 billion
San Diego County7,119$13 billion
San Francisco County4,079$9.1 billion
Alameda County3,862$6.3 billion
Santa Clara County4,369$6.2 billion
Orange County3,028$5.2 billion
Riverside County2,085$4.4 billion
San Bernardino County1,408$4.1 billion
Kern County964$2.5 billion
Fresno County1,387$2.0 billion
Santa Barbara County1,375$1.9 billion
Contra Costa County783$1.5 billion
Yolo County1,500$1.4 billion
Solano County898$1.3 billion

All 58 counties in California

Congressional districts
Congressional districtAwardsGrants
CA-012,218$2.7 billion
CA-022,899$3.8 billion
CA-03912$1.4 billion
CA-042,726$2.8 billion
CA-05972$1.0 billion
CA-06535$22 billion
CA-07995$56 billion
CA-08372$391 million
CA-09601$1.2 billion
CA-10343$367 million
CA-113,699$7.4 billion
CA-123,015$4.3 billion
CA-13947$1.2 billion
CA-14436$631 million
CA-15488$1.0 billion
CA-163,278$3.9 billion
CA-17411$543 million
CA-18866$1.3 billion
CA-191,216$1.2 billion
CA-20575$1.2 billion
CA-21610$793 million
CA-22503$395 million
CA-23344$386 million
CA-241,852$2.6 billion
CA-25649$908 million
CA-26731$1.0 billion
CA-27141$232 million
CA-281,531$2.3 billion
CA-29128$253 million
CA-30612$976 million
CA-31453$916 million
CA-32344$756 million
CA-33367$622 million
CA-341,708$3.4 billion
CA-35392$566 million
CA-362,715$3.0 billion
CA-371,133$1.2 billion
CA-38221$495 million
CA-391,119$1.3 billion
CA-40175$158 million
CA-41178$282 million
CA-42425$872 million
CA-43283$1.2 billion
CA-44324$829 million
CA-45268$452 million
CA-46409$819 million
CA-471,697$2.0 billion
CA-48680$444 million
CA-49283$306 million
CA-504,269$7.1 billion
CA-51963$1.2 billion
CA-52249$518 million