Federal grants in New Jersey's 8th congressional district (NJ-08)
Federal grants for work carried out in New Jersey's 8th congressional district totaled $1.5 billion across 1,084 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Highway Planning and Construction, with $316 million. Transportation, New Jersey Dept of received the most, $308 million.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$1.5 billion
- Awards1,084
- Awarded in FY 2025$254 million
- Share of New Jersey's total1.0%
Where these numbers come from
This page counts grants by place of performance: where the funded work happens, as recorded on each award. The New Jersey 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 New Jersey total of $144 billion by place of performance. Districts are the current ones as USAspending maps them.
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 277 | $299 million |
| FY 2022 | 296 | $218 million |
| FY 2023 | 329 | $422 million |
| FY 2024 | 364 | $259 million |
| FY 2025 | 313 | $254 million |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transportation, New Jersey Dept of | State and local governments | 98 | $308 million |
| Housing Authority of City of Jersey | State and local governments | 162 | $108 million |
| North Hudson Community Action Corporation | Nonprofits | 18 | $86.1 million |
| The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology | Colleges and universities | 176 | $77.9 million |
| New Jersey Transit Corporation | Other | 6 | $74.2 million |
| Union, County of | State and local governments | 122 | $72.4 million |
| Housing Authority of the City of Hoboken | Other | 34 | $67.5 million |
| National Railroad Passenger Corporation | Businesses | 2 | $65.6 million |
| Housing Authority of City of Elizabe | State and local governments | 65 | $64.7 million |
| Hopes Community Action Partnership Inc | Other | 5 | $62.7 million |
| Hudson County Community College | Colleges and universities | 9 | $60.4 million |
| Housing Authority of Bayonne | Other | 23 | $50.3 million |
| City of Jersey City Hall | State and local governments | 18 | $48.9 million |
| Housing Authority of Township of Nor | Other | 34 | $34.2 million |
| Board of County Commissioners of the County of Hudson | State and local governments | 5 | $33.5 million |
| County of Hudson | State and local governments | 20 | $33.2 million |
| City of Elizabeth | State and local governments | 21 | $23.4 million |
| Union City Housing Authority | Other | 29 | $19.4 million |
| The Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation | Nonprofits | 2 | $15.1 million |
| City of Bayonne | State and local governments | 12 | $15.0 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to New Jersey's 8th congressional district?
$1.5 billion from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 1,084 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in New Jersey's 8th congressional district?
Highway Planning and Construction, with $316 million in 98 awards.
Why is this different from the New Jersey total?
The New Jersey 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.