Federal grants in McLean County, Illinois
Federal grants for work carried out in McLean County, Illinois totaled $497 million across 402 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Highway Planning and Construction, with $197 million. Illinois Department of Transportation received the most, $197 million.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$497 million
- Awards402
- Awarded in FY 2025$86.4 million
- Share of Illinois's total0.3%
Where these numbers come from
This page counts grants by place of performance: where the funded work happens, as recorded on each award. The Illinois 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 Illinois that came to $139 billion of $198 billion, so county totals add up to less than the state total.
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 94 | $159 million |
| FY 2022 | 116 | $95.1 million |
| FY 2023 | 111 | $94.5 million |
| FY 2024 | 103 | $61.6 million |
| FY 2025 | 92 | $86.4 million |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Department of Transportation | State and local governments | 126 | $197 million |
| Board of Trustees of Illinois State University | Colleges and universities | 54 | $95.6 million |
| Chestnut Health Systems Inc | Other | 46 | $41.1 million |
| Central Illinois Regional Airport Authority | State and local governments | 13 | $34.0 million |
| Housing Authority of the City of Bloomington | Nonprofits | 38 | $23.9 million |
| Town of Normal McLean County Illinois | Other | 8 | $19.5 million |
| Heartland Head Start Inc | Nonprofits | 3 | $19.5 million |
| Illinois Department of Military Affairs | State and local governments | 1 | $15.6 million |
| Heartland Community College District 540 | Other | 6 | $15.1 million |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | Colleges and universities | 5 | $6.8 million |
| Regional Office of Education 17 Dewitt Livingston Logan McLean Co | Other | 2 | $4.6 million |
| City of Bloomington | Other | 15 | $3.9 million |
| The McLean County Center for Human Services, Inc. | State and local governments | 3 | $3.7 million |
| Village of Downs | Other | 1 | $2.1 million |
| County of McLean | State and local governments | 1 | $1.8 million |
| University of Illinois | Colleges and universities | 1 | $1.6 million |
| Young Womens Christian Association of MC Lean County | Other | 2 | $1.2 million |
| Special K Hog Farm | Other | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Illinois Council of Convention & Visitor Bureaus | Nonprofits | 1 | $994,850 |
| Ecology Action Center | Nonprofits | 2 | $938,493 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to McLean County, Illinois?
$497 million from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 402 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in McLean County, Illinois?
Highway Planning and Construction, with $197 million in 120 awards.
Why is this different from the Illinois total?
The Illinois 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.