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Federal grants in Colorado's 5th congressional district (CO-05)

Federal grants for work carried out in Colorado's 5th congressional district totaled $1.1 billion across 678 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Highway Planning and Construction, with $314 million. Colorado Department of Transportation received the most, $314 million.

Where these numbers come from

This page counts grants by place of performance: where the funded work happens, as recorded on each award. The Colorado 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 Colorado total of $88 billion by place of performance. Districts are the current ones as USAspending maps them.

By year

Federal grants for work in Colorado's 5th congressional district
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 2021191$294 million
FY 2022185$195 million
FY 2023197$205 million
FY 2024187$233 million
FY 2025143$196 million

Largest programs

The 20 largest, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Highway Planning and Construction 20.205193$314 million
Impact Aid 84.04164$203 million
Education Stabilization Fund 84.42513$93.7 million
Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs 20.10618$91.8 million
Head Start 93.6002$74.2 million
Health Center Program 93.2242$44.6 million
Anti-Doping Activities 95.0042$29.0 million
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants 14.21812$25.2 million
Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program 93.5273$22.8 million
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) 47.07617$16.0 million
Home Investment Partnerships Program 14.2396$13.7 million
Emergency Watershed Protection Program 10.9233$12.9 million
Continuum of Care Program 14.26749$12.4 million
Public Housing Operating Fund 14.85024$11.9 million
Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program 20.7082$10.3 million
Public Housing Capital Fund 14.87210$10.3 million
Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program 10.7271$9.0 million
Emergency Solutions Grant Program 14.2316$7.3 million
Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund) 84.4112$7.1 million
Competitive Grants: Promoting K-12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools 12.5564$7.0 million

Largest recipients

Recipients of grants for work in Colorado's 5th congressional district
RecipientTypeAwardsAmount
Colorado Department of TransportationState and local governments193$314 million
El Paso County School District #8State and local governments11$173 million
City of Colorado Springs AirportState and local governments18$91.8 million
Community Partnership for Child DevelopmentOther2$74.2 million
Peak Vista Community Health CentersOther6$68.9 million
The Regents of the University of ColoradoColleges and universities55$62.4 million
Colorado Springs City GovernmentState and local governments26$55.4 million
Pikes Peak State CollegeColleges and universities6$47.7 million
United States Anti-Doping AgencyNonprofits2$29.0 million
Housing Authority of the City of Colorado SpringsState and local governments25$21.9 million
County of El Paso School District 20State and local governments12$18.4 million
El Paso, County ofState and local governments9$16.2 million
BSCS Science LearningBusinesses12$15.6 million
Colorado Springs UtilitiesState and local governments3$10.4 million
Colorado Springs City GovernmentState and local governments22$8.8 million
Homeward Pikes PeakOther15$7.7 million
The Colorado CollegeState and local governments17$7.2 million
Red Wind Consulting IncState and local governments7$7.2 million
Falcon School District 49State and local governments8$6.9 million
Widefield School District 3State and local governments8$6.8 million

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money goes to Colorado's 5th congressional district?

$1.1 billion from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 678 awards.

What is the largest federal grant program in Colorado's 5th congressional district?

Highway Planning and Construction, with $314 million in 193 awards.

Why is this different from the Colorado total?

The Colorado 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.

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