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Federal grants in Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Federal grants for work carried out in Cherokee County, Oklahoma totaled $999 million across 635 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Indian Housing Block Grants, with $245 million. Cherokee Nation received the most, $684 million.

Where these numbers come from

This page counts grants by place of performance: where the funded work happens, as recorded on each award. The Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma that came to $47 billion of $70 billion, so county totals add up to less than the state total.

By year

Federal grants for work in Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 2021184$215 million
FY 2022177$186 million
FY 2023202$157 million
FY 2024205$239 million
FY 2025169$202 million

Largest programs

The 20 largest, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Indian Housing Block Grants 14.8676$245 million
Highway Planning and Construction 20.20575$211 million
Head Start 93.6003$51.9 million
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance 93.24328$41.0 million
WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 10.55721$37.8 million
Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program 11.0291$33.9 million
Education Stabilization Fund 84.4254$33.9 million
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations 10.5679$29.6 million
Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment 93.5306$25.1 million
Indian School Equalization 15.0423$23.2 million
Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities 10.7601$18.1 million
Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children 10.6464$15.1 million
Health Center Program 93.2243$14.7 million
Special Diabetes Program for Indians Diabetes Prevention and Treatment Projects 93.2371$11.7 million
Indian Education -- Special Programs for Indian Children 84.29910$11.6 million
Impact Aid 84.04194$11.1 million
Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects 84.2153$8.1 million
Next Generation Warning System Grant Program 97.1381$8.0 million
Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program 93.5273$7.5 million
Indian Community Development Block Grant Program 14.8624$7.2 million

Largest recipients

Recipients of grants for work in Cherokee County, Oklahoma
RecipientTypeAwardsAmount
Cherokee NationOther234$684 million
Oklahoma Department of TransportationState and local governments53$90.5 million
Northeastern State UniversityColleges and universities27$52.5 million
Osteopathic Medical Education Consortium of Oklahoma, IncOther6$25.1 million
Northeastern Oklahoma Community Health Centers, Inc.Other6$22.2 million
The Tenkiller Utilities AuthorityOther1$18.1 million
United Keetoowah Band of CherokeeTribal governments and organizations22$17.6 million
American Indian Resource Center IncNonprofits13$16.4 million
County of Cherokee School District 35 IndependentState and local governments23$14.2 million
Keetoowah Economic Development AuthorityTribal governments and organizations10$8.2 million
City of TahlequahState and local governments9$5.6 million
Grand View Elementary School DistrictState and local governments13$5.4 million
Cherokee County Health Services CouncilOther7$5.1 million
Rural Water District No. 1 Cherokee County OklahomaNonprofits1$4.7 million
Quality Educational Services for Today & Tomorrow, Inc.Small businesses5$4.6 million
National Indian Women's Health Resource CenterTribal governments and organizations6$3.5 million
Cherokee Nation Education CorpNonprofits3$3.0 million
Tahlequah Hospital AuthorityNonprofits2$2.3 million
Hulbert School District I 16State and local governments21$2.0 million
Mohegan Tribe of Indians of ConnecticutTribal governments and organizations7$1.7 million

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money goes to Cherokee County, Oklahoma?

$999 million from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 635 awards.

What is the largest federal grant program in Cherokee County, Oklahoma?

Indian Housing Block Grants, with $245 million in 6 awards.

Why is this different from the Oklahoma total?

The Oklahoma 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.

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