Federal grants in Kenton County, Kentucky
Federal grants for work carried out in Kenton County, Kentucky totaled $376 million across 344 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Highway Planning and Construction, with $149 million. Executive Office of the Commonwealth of Kentucky received the most, $158 million.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$376 million
- Awards344
- Awarded in FY 2025$48.3 million
- Share of Kentucky'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 Kentucky 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 Kentucky that came to $85 billion of $110 billion, so county totals add up to less than the state total.
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 117 | $101 million |
| FY 2022 | 84 | $94.4 million |
| FY 2023 | 99 | $63.9 million |
| FY 2024 | 98 | $67.7 million |
| FY 2025 | 75 | $48.3 million |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Office of the Commonwealth of Kentucky | State and local governments | 115 | $158 million |
| Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission, Incorporated | Nonprofits | 12 | $50.8 million |
| Extension Foundation | Nonprofits | 8 | $47.7 million |
| Housing Authority of Covington | Other | 71 | $32.3 million |
| Kenton County Airport Board | State and local governments | 1 | $19.6 million |
| City of Covington | State and local governments | 24 | $18.7 million |
| Welcome House, Inc. | Other | 45 | $13.2 million |
| Northkey Community Care | Nonprofits | 2 | $7.9 million |
| Thomas More University Inc | Colleges and universities | 2 | $6.8 million |
| Erlanger-Elsmere Board of Education | State and local governments | 3 | $5.1 million |
| Gen Nine, Inc. | Small businesses | 1 | $2.9 million |
| Mental Health America of Northern Kentucky and Southwest Ohio Inc. | Other | 1 | $2.3 million |
| Saint Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc | Other | 3 | $1.1 million |
| Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society, Inc | Nonprofits | 3 | $1.1 million |
| County of Kenton | State and local governments | 1 | $900,000 |
| Ion Center for Violence Prevention Inc | Nonprofits | 2 | $850,000 |
| Primelabs LLC | Small businesses | 2 | $824,910 |
| City of Ludlow City Hall | State and local governments | 1 | $724,403 |
| Covington Partners, Inc | Nonprofits | 1 | $681,818 |
| City of Independence | State and local governments | 2 | $640,343 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to Kenton County, Kentucky?
$376 million from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 344 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in Kenton County, Kentucky?
Highway Planning and Construction, with $149 million in 114 awards.
Why is this different from the Kentucky total?
The Kentucky 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.