Federal grants in Merced County, California
Federal grants for work carried out in Merced County, California totaled $856 million across 656 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Highway Planning and Construction, with $263 million. Department of Transportation California received the most, $263 million.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$856 million
- Awards656
- Awarded in FY 2025$131 million
- Share of California's total0.1%
Where these numbers come from
This page counts grants by place of performance: where the funded work happens, as recorded on each award. The California page and recipient pages count by the recipient's address instead. A university based in one county that runs a project in another shows up here under the county where the project runs.
Grants for statewide or multi-county work name no county. In California that came to $609 billion of $795 billion, so county totals add up to less than the state total.
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 185 | $292 million |
| FY 2022 | 199 | $166 million |
| FY 2023 | 185 | $136 million |
| FY 2024 | 162 | $131 million |
| FY 2025 | 150 | $131 million |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Transportation California | State and local governments | 116 | $263 million |
| University of California, Merced | Colleges and universities | 263 | $215 million |
| Golden Valley Health Centers | Nonprofits | 9 | $100 million |
| Merced County Office of Education | Other | 3 | $94.4 million |
| Merced Community College District | Other | 13 | $51.9 million |
| City of Merced | State and local governments | 24 | $35.5 million |
| Livingston Community Health | Other | 8 | $28.5 million |
| San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority | State and local governments | 2 | $17.1 million |
| Housing Authority of the County of Merced | Other | 36 | $16.0 million |
| County of Merced | Other | 26 | $7.3 million |
| Merced, County of | State and local governments | 1 | $5.6 million |
| Grassland Water District | Other | 2 | $3.5 million |
| Central Valley Opportunity Center, Inc. | Nonprofits | 2 | $3.2 million |
| City of Gustine | Other | 5 | $1.9 million |
| California Department of Fish & Wildlife | State and local governments | 2 | $1.5 million |
| Grand View Dairy | Other | 1 | $1.0 million |
| 3MACHADO Dairy Biogas LLC | Other | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Blue Sky Dairy Biogas LLC | Other | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Rpca Solar 7, LLC | Other | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Gustine Unified School District | State and local governments | 1 | $999,988 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to Merced County, California?
$856 million from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 656 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in Merced County, California?
Highway Planning and Construction, with $263 million in 116 awards.
Why is this different from the California total?
The California page counts grants by where the recipient is based. This page counts where the work is done, and grants for statewide or multi-county work count in no single county.