Federal grants in Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district (RI-02)
Federal grants for work carried out in Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district totaled $5.0 billion across 2,482 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters), with $836 million. RI Department of Elementary and Secondary Education received the most, $1.5 billion.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$5.0 billion
- Awards2,482
- Awarded in FY 2025$886 million
- Share of Rhode Island's total18%
Where these numbers come from
This page counts grants by place of performance: where the funded work happens, as recorded on each award. The Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island total of $27 billion by place of performance. Districts are the current ones as USAspending maps them.
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 553 | $1.6 billion |
| FY 2022 | 715 | $845 million |
| FY 2023 | 744 | $868 million |
| FY 2024 | 714 | $832 million |
| FY 2025 | 624 | $886 million |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| RI Department of Elementary and Secondary Education | State and local governments | 86 | $1.5 billion |
| Service Members Assistance Fund | State and local governments | 59 | $920 million |
| Rhode Island Dot | State and local governments | 246 | $653 million |
| University of Rhode Island | Colleges and universities | 374 | $443 million |
| Rhode Island Airport Corp | Businesses | 57 | $165 million |
| Rhode Island Commerce Corp | State and local governments | 8 | $127 million |
| Rhode Island Hospital | Nonprofits | 91 | $113 million |
| Community College of Rhode Island | Colleges and universities | 18 | $80.1 million |
| RI Dept. of Behavioral Healthcare Devel | State and local governments | 18 | $72.9 million |
| Rhode Island Housing | Other | 34 | $66.9 million |
| City of Providence | State and local governments | 28 | $61.0 million |
| Human Services Rhode Island Department of | State and local governments | 21 | $59.3 million |
| Rhode Island Department of Public Safety | State and local governments | 65 | $53.5 million |
| Rhode Island College | Colleges and universities | 21 | $47.3 million |
| Thundermist Health Center | Nonprofits | 12 | $43.8 million |
| Child Inc | Nonprofits | 3 | $26.9 million |
| Providence College | Nonprofits | 15 | $25.7 million |
| Quonset Development Corp | State and local governments | 3 | $22.5 million |
| The Postsecondary Commissioner Rhode Island Office of | Other | 5 | $21.3 million |
| Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island | Nonprofits | 16 | $21.1 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district?
$5.0 billion from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 2,482 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district?
Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters), with $836 million in 4 awards.
Why is this different from the Rhode Island total?
The Rhode Island 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.