Federal grants in Florida

Federal agencies awarded $248 billion in grants to recipients in Florida from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Grants to States for Medicaid, with $108 billion.

Florida ranks 4th of the 50 states and DC for federal grant awards over five years.
Federal grant money to recipients in Florida fell from $60 billion in fiscal 2021 to $50 billion in fiscal 2025.
State and local governments received the largest share, 88%.
Grants to States for Medicaid alone accounted for 44%.

FY 2021$60 billion

FY 2022$46 billion

FY 2023$45 billion

FY 2024$46 billion

FY 2025$50 billion

Grants in Florida by type of organization

Grants for state and local governments in Florida
$218 billion in 17,275 awards
Grants for colleges and universities in Florida
$9.6 billion in 7,795 awards
Grants for nonprofits in Florida
$5.9 billion in 3,483 awards
Grants for businesses in Florida
$1.2 billion in 255 awards
Grants for small businesses in Florida
$340 million in 721 awards
Grants for tribes in Florida
$179 million in 364 awards
Grants for individuals in Florida
$20.8 million in 1,975 awards

Private foundations based in Florida: 7,402 foundations, with who accepts applications.

Largest federal grant programs in Florida

Grants to recipients in Florida, fiscal 2021 to 2025
Program	Awards	Amount
Grants to States for Medicaid 93.778	17	$108 billion
Education Stabilization Fund 84.425	446	$15 billion
Highway Planning and Construction 20.205	10,252	$14 billion
Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) 97.036	31	$11 billion
National School Lunch Program 10.555	32	$9.4 billion
Community Development Block Grants/State's program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii 14.228	33	$7.4 billion
Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies 84.010	7	$5.0 billion
Child Care and Development Block Grant 93.575	18	$4.9 billion
Special Education Grants to States 84.027	8	$4.0 billion
Children's Health Insurance Program 93.767	11	$3.7 billion
Federal Transit Formula Grants 20.507	251	$3.0 billion
Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs 20.106	782	$3.0 billion
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 93.558	5	$2.8 billion
Head Start 93.600	159	$2.6 billion
WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 10.557	25	$2.1 billion
Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs 93.566	16	$1.7 billion
Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) 93.323	4	$1.4 billion
Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund 93.596	13	$1.2 billion
Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program 11.035	1	$1.2 billion
Foster Care Title IV-E 93.658	6	$1.1 billion

Largest grant recipients in Florida

The 20 largest recipients
Recipient	Type	Awards	Amount
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration	State and local governments	21	$111 billion
Florida Department of Education	State and local governments	157	$29 billion
State of Florida Department of Transportation	State and local governments	10,541	$15 billion
State of Florida Division of Emergency Management	State and local governments	100	$12 billion
Florida Department of Children and Families	State and local governments	188	$9.9 billion
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Florida	State and local governments	279	$8.6 billion
Florida Department of Health	State and local governments	268	$7.8 billion
Florida Department of Commerce	State and local governments	130	$7.5 billion
University of Florida	Colleges and universities	2,848	$2.5 billion
Florida Department of Environmental Protection	State and local governments	207	$2.0 billion
County of Lee	State and local governments	94	$1.3 billion
County of Miami-Dade	State and local governments	33	$1.1 billion
University of South Florida	Colleges and universities	734	$1.1 billion
State of Florida Department of Revenue	State and local governments	6	$999 million
Broward, County of	Other	204	$949 million
County of Pinellas	State and local governments	69	$925 million
Florida State University	Colleges and universities	732	$918 million
University of Miami	Colleges and universities	635	$904 million
Florida International University	Colleges and universities	740	$827 million
Department of Elder Affairs Florida	State and local governments	104	$800 million

Browse all 1,187 federal grant recipients in Florida

Where the work happens

The totals above count grants by where the recipient is based. Counted by place of performance, where the funded work happens, grants in Florida came to $247 billion. Grants for statewide or multi-county work count in no county, so county totals add up to less.

The 15 largest of 67 counties
County	Awards	Grants
Leon County	1,958	$47 billion
Miami-Dade County	3,867	$6.7 billion
Hillsborough County	1,779	$4.3 billion
Orange County	1,663	$3.4 billion
Broward County	1,738	$2.5 billion
Lee County	633	$2.4 billion
Duval County	1,358	$2.2 billion
Alachua County	2,321	$2.1 billion
Pinellas County	899	$2.1 billion
Palm Beach County	1,617	$2.0 billion
Volusia County	783	$1.2 billion
Pasco County	327	$1.1 billion
Polk County	732	$938 million
Sarasota County	413	$895 million
Brevard County	696	$843 million

All 67 counties in Florida

Congressional districts
Congressional district	Awards	Grants
FL-01	996	$1.3 billion
FL-02	3,604	$48 billion
FL-03	3,113	$2.7 billion
FL-04	691	$1.0 billion
FL-05	499	$659 million
FL-06	1,028	$1.3 billion
FL-07	373	$672 million
FL-08	959	$1.1 billion
FL-09	314	$915 million
FL-10	975	$1.5 billion
FL-11	398	$293 million
FL-12	466	$1.1 billion
FL-13	668	$1.9 billion
FL-14	656	$1.1 billion
FL-15	824	$1.3 billion
FL-16	495	$710 million
FL-17	610	$1.1 billion
FL-18	1,506	$1.3 billion
FL-19	673	$2.5 billion
FL-20	393	$313 million
FL-21	751	$666 million
FL-22	354	$536 million
FL-23	603	$897 million
FL-24	264	$339 million
FL-25	325	$297 million
FL-26	1,074	$1.8 billion
FL-27	1,153	$2.0 billion
FL-28	435	$493 million