Federal grants in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district (MA-05)
Federal grants for work carried out in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district totaled $12 billion across 2,301 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters), with $3.4 billion. Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education received the most, $6.5 billion.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$12 billion
- Awards2,301
- Awarded in FY 2025$1.6 billion
- Share of Massachusetts's total8.1%
Where these numbers come from
This page counts grants by place of performance: where the funded work happens, as recorded on each award. The Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts total of $150 billion by place of performance. Districts are the current ones as USAspending maps them.
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 848 | $4.6 billion |
| FY 2022 | 851 | $1.7 billion |
| FY 2023 | 811 | $2.4 billion |
| FY 2024 | 783 | $1.9 billion |
| FY 2025 | 626 | $1.6 billion |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education | State and local governments | 83 | $6.5 billion |
| Emergency Management Agency Massachusetts | State and local governments | 60 | $3.6 billion |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Colleges and universities | 596 | $574 million |
| The McLean Hospital Corporation | Nonprofits | 117 | $166 million |
| Brandeis University | Colleges and universities | 134 | $130 million |
| Smithsonian Institution | Nonprofits | 189 | $93.5 million |
| National Bureau of Economic Research Inc | Nonprofits | 104 | $83.4 million |
| Education Development Center, Inc. | Nonprofits | 30 | $80.4 million |
| Malden Housing Authority | Other | 46 | $56.2 million |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Colleges and universities | 87 | $53.1 million |
| National Grid USA Service Company, Inc. | Businesses | 2 | $50.9 million |
| Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. | Small businesses | 43 | $41.2 million |
| Cambridge Housing Authority | Nonprofits | 14 | $40.5 million |
| Terc, Inc. | Businesses | 31 | $34.8 million |
| State Police Department | State and local governments | 33 | $33.5 million |
| City of Malden | State and local governments | 16 | $33.1 million |
| Boston Electrometallurgical Corp | Small businesses | 1 | $30.0 million |
| Medford Housing Authority | State and local governments | 30 | $26.1 million |
| Framingham State University | Colleges and universities | 11 | $24.5 million |
| Massachusetts Department of Higher Education | State and local governments | 2 | $21.9 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to Massachusetts's 5th congressional district?
$12 billion from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 2,301 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district?
Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters), with $3.4 billion in 8 awards.
Why is this different from the Massachusetts total?
The Massachusetts 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.