Federal grants in Hamilton County, Tennessee
Federal grants for work carried out in Hamilton County, Tennessee totaled $1.1 billion across 609 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Highway Planning and Construction, with $437 million. Tennessee Department of Transportation received the most, $443 million.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$1.1 billion
- Awards609
- Awarded in FY 2025$189 million
- Share of Tennessee's total1.2%
Where these numbers come from
This page counts grants by place of performance: where the funded work happens, as recorded on each award. The Tennessee 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 Tennessee that came to $67 billion of $97 billion, so county totals add up to less than the state total.
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 180 | $242 million |
| FY 2022 | 169 | $212 million |
| FY 2023 | 149 | $156 million |
| FY 2024 | 169 | $346 million |
| FY 2025 | 135 | $189 million |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Department of Transportation | State and local governments | 228 | $443 million |
| Chattanooga Housing Authority | State and local governments | 71 | $126 million |
| City of Chattanooga | State and local governments | 43 | $104 million |
| Novonix Anode Materials LLC | Small businesses | 1 | $100 million |
| University of Tennessee | Colleges and universities | 61 | $79.0 million |
| Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority | State and local governments | 15 | $52.9 million |
| Electric Power Board of Chattanooga | State and local governments | 2 | $36.3 million |
| Chattanooga State Community College | Other | 8 | $36.1 million |
| Seven States Power Corporation | Other | 1 | $24.7 million |
| Chattanooga Hamilton County Hospital Authority | Other | 8 | $21.8 million |
| The Trust for Public Land | Nonprofits | 1 | $20.0 million |
| STVT-Aai Education Inc | Businesses | 1 | $19.7 million |
| Hamilton County of | Other | 7 | $12.5 million |
| Southern Adventist University | Colleges and universities | 7 | $12.4 million |
| Hamilton County Board of Education | Other | 15 | $7.3 million |
| Partnership for Families, Children and Adults, Inc. | Other | 7 | $4.3 million |
| Espin Technologies, Inc. | Small businesses | 3 | $4.3 million |
| Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition, Inc. | State and local governments | 28 | $4.2 million |
| Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System | Other | 17 | $3.9 million |
| Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority | State and local governments | 1 | $3.2 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to Hamilton County, Tennessee?
$1.1 billion from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 609 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in Hamilton County, Tennessee?
Highway Planning and Construction, with $437 million in 219 awards.
Why is this different from the Tennessee total?
The Tennessee 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.