Federal grants in San Diego County, California
Federal grants for work carried out in San Diego County, California totaled $13 billion across 7,119 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Highway Planning and Construction, with $1.6 billion. University of California, San Diego received the most, $3.0 billion.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$13 billion
- Awards7,119
- Awarded in FY 2025$2.2 billion
- Share of California's total1.6%
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 | 2,636 | $3.1 billion |
| FY 2022 | 2,636 | $2.3 billion |
| FY 2023 | 2,683 | $2.4 billion |
| FY 2024 | 2,701 | $2.6 billion |
| FY 2025 | 2,264 | $2.2 billion |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, San Diego | Colleges and universities | 2,438 | $3.0 billion |
| Department of Transportation California | State and local governments | 283 | $1.6 billion |
| The Scripps Research Institute | Nonprofits | 234 | $651 million |
| General Atomics | Businesses | 41 | $587 million |
| University of California San Diego | Colleges and universities | 373 | $579 million |
| Neighborhood House Association | Nonprofits | 3 | $478 million |
| San Diego County Regional Airport Authority | State and local governments | 24 | $402 million |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, California | Nonprofits | 201 | $344 million |
| San Diego State University Foundation | Nonprofits | 379 | $307 million |
| San Diego, City of | State and local governments | 21 | $166 million |
| La Jolla Institute for Immunology | Nonprofits | 63 | $163 million |
| Family Health Centers of San Diego Inc | Nonprofits | 28 | $160 million |
| University of Southern California | Colleges and universities | 7 | $157 million |
| Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee on Anti-Poverty of San Diego County, Inc. | Nonprofits | 4 | $152 million |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | Nonprofits | 84 | $152 million |
| San Diego State University | Colleges and universities | 4 | $136 million |
| San Diego Unified School District | State and local governments | 25 | $133 million |
| Centro de Salud de La Comunidad de San Ysidro, Inc. | Other | 30 | $120 million |
| County of San Diego | State and local governments | 15 | $110 million |
| County of San Diego | State and local governments | 24 | $87.2 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to San Diego County, California?
$13 billion from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 7,119 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in San Diego County, California?
Highway Planning and Construction, with $1.6 billion in 282 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.