Federal grants in Iowa's 3rd congressional district (IA-03)
Federal grants for work carried out in Iowa's 3rd congressional district totaled $7.1 billion across 2,878 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Education Stabilization Fund, with $1.3 billion. Department of Education Iowa received the most, $2.8 billion.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$7.1 billion
- Awards2,878
- Awarded in FY 2025$1.7 billion
- Share of Iowa's total14%
Where these numbers come from
This page counts grants by place of performance: where the funded work happens, as recorded on each award. The Iowa 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 Iowa total of $51 billion by place of performance. Districts are the current ones as USAspending maps them.
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 750 | $2.4 billion |
| FY 2022 | 636 | $1.1 billion |
| FY 2023 | 730 | $981 million |
| FY 2024 | 658 | $987 million |
| FY 2025 | 644 | $1.7 billion |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Education Iowa | State and local governments | 100 | $2.8 billion |
| Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department | State and local governments | 71 | $833 million |
| Iowa Department of Transportation | State and local governments | 368 | $755 million |
| Iowa Department Management | State and local governments | 5 | $474 million |
| Economic Development Authority Iowa | State and local governments | 21 | $452 million |
| Iowa Department of Public Health | State and local governments | 32 | $208 million |
| Des Moines Airport Authority | State and local governments | 31 | $180 million |
| Workforce Development Center | State and local governments | 23 | $125 million |
| Iowa Finance Authority | Other | 25 | $121 million |
| Primary Health Care, Inc | Other | 20 | $82.7 million |
| Dept of Pub Safety | State and local governments | 107 | $73.0 million |
| Department of Education Iowa | State and local governments | 10 | $72.1 million |
| City of Des Moines | State and local governments | 144 | $70.2 million |
| Drake University | Colleges and universities | 18 | $60.8 million |
| Des Moines Area Community College | Colleges and universities | 14 | $54.7 million |
| Iowa State Department of Justice | State and local governments | 23 | $49.6 million |
| Iowa Department of Public Defense | State and local governments | 22 | $40.3 million |
| State of Iowa Department for Blind | State and local governments | 15 | $36.2 million |
| Institute for Community Alliances | Other | 210 | $31.0 million |
| Iowa Department of Natural Resources | State and local governments | 46 | $29.2 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to Iowa's 3rd congressional district?
$7.1 billion from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 2,878 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in Iowa's 3rd congressional district?
Education Stabilization Fund, with $1.3 billion in 37 awards.
Why is this different from the Iowa total?
The Iowa 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.