Federal grants in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Federal grants for work carried out in Fairfield County, Connecticut totaled $548 million across 600 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Highway Planning and Construction, with $204 million. Department of Transportation Connecticut received the most, $204 million.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$548 million
- Awards600
- Awarded in FY 2025-$727,983
- Share of Connecticut's total0.8%
Where these numbers come from
This page counts grants by place of performance: where the funded work happens, as recorded on each award. The Connecticut 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 Connecticut that came to $50 billion of $68 billion, so county totals add up to less than the state total.
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 256 | $239 million |
| FY 2022 | 175 | $117 million |
| FY 2023 | 164 | $118 million |
| FY 2024 | 97 | $74.3 million |
| FY 2025 | 0 | -$727,983 |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Transportation Connecticut | State and local governments | 218 | $204 million |
| Alliance for Community Empowerment, Inc. | Other | 2 | $55.7 million |
| Higher Education Connecticut Board of Regents for | Colleges and universities | 8 | $26.3 million |
| Sacred Heart University Incorporated | Colleges and universities | 8 | $24.3 million |
| Norwalk Community College | Colleges and universities | 5 | $24.2 million |
| Western Connecticut State University Alumni Association, Inc. | Colleges and universities | 4 | $20.1 million |
| City of Bridgeport | State and local governments | 17 | $15.3 million |
| University of Bridgeport | Colleges and universities | 3 | $15.3 million |
| Save the Children Federation, Inc. | Nonprofits | 8 | $13.2 million |
| City of Stamford | State and local governments | 17 | $10.2 million |
| Fairfield University | Colleges and universities | 8 | $10.2 million |
| Southwest Community Health Center Inc | Other | 3 | $8.9 million |
| Norwalk Housing Authority | State and local governments | 18 | $7.7 million |
| Connecticut Institute for Communities, Inc | Other | 3 | $7.5 million |
| City of Danbury CT | Other | 13 | $6.0 million |
| Dept of Energy & Environmental Protection | State and local governments | 4 | $5.6 million |
| Town of Fairfield | Other | 6 | $5.4 million |
| Louis Dreyfus Company LLC | Other | 2 | $5.0 million |
| Housing Authority of the City of Stamford | State and local governments | 17 | $4.7 million |
| Dha Housing Corp. | Other | 16 | $4.6 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to Fairfield County, Connecticut?
$548 million from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 600 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in Fairfield County, Connecticut?
Highway Planning and Construction, with $204 million in 218 awards.
Why is this different from the Connecticut total?
The Connecticut 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.
Other counties in Connecticut
- Capitol Planning Region
- Hartford County
- South Central Connecticut Planning Region
- Western Connecticut Planning Region
- Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
- Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
- New Haven County
- Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
- Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
- Tolland County
- Middlesex County
- New London County