Federal grants in Knox County, Tennessee
Federal grants for work carried out in Knox County, Tennessee totaled $1.8 billion across 1,362 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Highway Planning and Construction, with $450 million. University of Tennessee received the most, $481 million.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$1.8 billion
- Awards1,362
- Awarded in FY 2025$400 million
- Share of Tennessee's total1.8%
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 | 423 | $360 million |
| FY 2022 | 407 | $265 million |
| FY 2023 | 388 | $425 million |
| FY 2024 | 384 | $300 million |
| FY 2025 | 294 | $400 million |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tennessee | Colleges and universities | 538 | $481 million |
| Tennessee Department of Transportation | State and local governments | 240 | $452 million |
| Delek Us Holdings, Inc | Businesses | 1 | $95.0 million |
| University of Tennessee | Colleges and universities | 107 | $84.3 million |
| University of Tennessee | Colleges and universities | 33 | $77.7 million |
| Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority (the) (" ") | State and local governments | 14 | $71.6 million |
| Knoxville Knox County Community Action Committee | Other | 18 | $67.4 million |
| Knoxvilles Community Development Corp | Other | 23 | $60.3 million |
| TN State Veterans Home | State and local governments | 1 | $50.1 million |
| City of Knoxville | State and local governments | 47 | $40.4 million |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Other | 8 | $27.4 million |
| Pellissippi State Community College Foundation | Colleges and universities | 2 | $19.1 million |
| Collaborative Composite Solutions Corporation | Nonprofits | 4 | $18.9 million |
| Helen Ross McNabb Center, Inc. | Other | 18 | $18.3 million |
| Knox, County of | State and local governments | 18 | $16.3 million |
| University of Tennessee | State and local governments | 11 | $15.6 million |
| Pellissippi State Community College | Colleges and universities | 4 | $15.4 million |
| Electric Power Research Institute Inc | Nonprofits | 6 | $9.9 million |
| Knoxville Leadership Foundation | State and local governments | 14 | $8.1 million |
| TN Department of Veterans Services | State and local governments | 1 | $7.3 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to Knox County, Tennessee?
$1.8 billion from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 1,362 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in Knox County, Tennessee?
Highway Planning and Construction, with $450 million in 233 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.