Federal grants in McDowell County, North Carolina
Federal grants for work carried out in McDowell County, North Carolina totaled $81.6 million across 86 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Highway Planning and Construction, with $43.8 million. Transportation North Carolina Department received the most, $44.2 million.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$81.6 million
- Awards86
- Awarded in FY 2025$14.0 million
- Share of North Carolina's totalless than 0.1%
Where these numbers come from
This page counts grants by place of performance: where the funded work happens, as recorded on each award. The North Carolina 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 North Carolina that came to $120 billion of $171 billion, so county totals add up to less than the state total.
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 22 | $15.6 million |
| FY 2022 | 21 | $15.6 million |
| FY 2023 | 26 | $23.5 million |
| FY 2024 | 18 | $12.9 million |
| FY 2025 | 20 | $14.0 million |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transportation North Carolina Department | State and local governments | 38 | $44.2 million |
| MC Dowell County Board of Education | State and local governments | 3 | $12.0 million |
| McDowell Technical Community College | Colleges and universities | 11 | $10.7 million |
| Morganton Housing Authority | Other | 6 | $4.5 million |
| County of MC Dowell | Other | 5 | $3.2 million |
| North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources | State and local governments | 1 | $1.4 million |
| Mission Ministries Alliance | Nonprofits | 1 | $950,298 |
| Sugar Hill Montford Cove VFD Inc | State and local governments | 2 | $917,293 |
| City of Marion | State and local governments | 4 | $881,340 |
| Freedom Life Ministries | Nonprofits | 1 | $750,000 |
| Western North Carolina Community Health Services, Inc | Other | 1 | $589,000 |
| McDowell Housing Corp | Nonprofits | 1 | $389,168 |
| McDowell Lfac | Other | 1 | $371,200 |
| McDowell County Millwork, LLC | Other | 1 | $273,800 |
| Dysartsville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc | State and local governments | 1 | $188,371 |
| PG Volunteer Fire Department Inc | State and local governments | 2 | $171,942 |
| Wild East Farm, LLC | Other | 1 | $43,974 |
| Woodlawn-Sevier Volunteer Fire Department | State and local governments | 1 | $42,355 |
| McDowell Economic Development Association, Inc. | Other | 1 | $27,500 |
| Five Horse Corporation, Inc. | Small businesses | 1 | $20,000 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to McDowell County, North Carolina?
$81.6 million from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 86 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in McDowell County, North Carolina?
Highway Planning and Construction, with $43.8 million in 29 awards.
Why is this different from the North Carolina total?
The North Carolina 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.