Federal grants in California's 50th congressional district (CA-50)
Federal grants for work carried out in California's 50th congressional district totaled $7.1 billion across 4,269 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research, with $657 million. University of California, San Diego received the most, $3.0 billion.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$7.1 billion
- Awards4,269
- Awarded in FY 2025$1.3 billion
- Share of California's total0.9%
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 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 California total of $795 billion by place of performance. Districts are the current ones as USAspending maps them.
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 1,804 | $1.8 billion |
| FY 2022 | 1,820 | $1.4 billion |
| FY 2023 | 1,758 | $1.3 billion |
| FY 2024 | 1,808 | $1.3 billion |
| FY 2025 | 1,609 | $1.3 billion |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, San Diego | Colleges and universities | 2,421 | $3.0 billion |
| The Scripps Research Institute | Nonprofits | 234 | $651 million |
| University of California San Diego | Colleges and universities | 373 | $578 million |
| General Atomics | Businesses | 33 | $536 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, City of | State and local governments | 21 | $166 million |
| La Jolla Institute for Immunology | Nonprofits | 63 | $163 million |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | Nonprofits | 84 | $152 million |
| San Diego Unified School District | State and local governments | 23 | $118 million |
| San Diego Unified Port District | State and local governments | 12 | $78.1 million |
| California State University San Marcos | Colleges and universities | 3 | $77.8 million |
| North County Health Project Incorporated | Other | 11 | $67.0 million |
| Palomar Community College District | Colleges and universities | 15 | $62.9 million |
| National University | Colleges and universities | 10 | $50.1 million |
| San Diego Housing Commission | Other | 60 | $47.6 million |
| California State University San Marcos Corp | Nonprofits | 56 | $42.4 million |
| J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc. | Nonprofits | 19 | $41.8 million |
| Veterans Medical Research Foundation of San Diego | Nonprofits | 27 | $37.4 million |
| San Diego Community College District | State and local governments | 4 | $35.8 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to California's 50th congressional district?
$7.1 billion from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 4,269 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in California's 50th congressional district?
Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research, with $657 million in 256 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-district work count in no single district.