Federal grants in Tennessee's 1st congressional district (TN-01)
Federal grants for work carried out in Tennessee's 1st congressional district totaled $1.6 billion across 1,479 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Highway Planning and Construction, with $841 million. Tennessee Department of Transportation received the most, $841 million.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$1.6 billion
- Awards1,479
- Awarded in FY 2025$519 million
- Share of Tennessee's total1.6%
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 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 Tennessee total of $97 billion by place of performance. Districts are the current ones as USAspending maps them.
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 408 | $397 million |
| FY 2022 | 371 | $190 million |
| FY 2023 | 396 | $237 million |
| FY 2024 | 374 | $237 million |
| FY 2025 | 425 | $519 million |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Department of Transportation | State and local governments | 505 | $841 million |
| East Tennessee State University | Colleges and universities | 83 | $119 million |
| Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority, Inc. | Nonprofits | 10 | $55.8 million |
| Upper East Tennessee Human Development Agency, Inc. | Nonprofits | 2 | $50.6 million |
| Northeast State Community College | Other | 15 | $34.4 million |
| Tri-Cities Airport Authority | State and local governments | 18 | $31.2 million |
| Rural Health Services Consortium, Inc | Other | 6 | $31.0 million |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Other | 2 | $26.7 million |
| Tennessee Valley Housing Services | Other | 11 | $22.6 million |
| Walters State Community College | Other | 8 | $21.9 million |
| Tusculum University | Colleges and universities | 14 | $19.0 million |
| County of Washington | State and local governments | 4 | $18.4 million |
| Johnson City Housing Authority | Other | 25 | $17.3 million |
| Rural Medical Services, Inc. | Other | 6 | $16.6 million |
| City of Bristol | Nonprofits | 17 | $13.9 million |
| Newport Housing Authority | Other | 12 | $12.4 million |
| Elizabethton Housing & Development Agency, Inc. | State and local governments | 11 | $12.0 million |
| Frontier Health | Nonprofits | 5 | $9.7 million |
| Greeneville Housing Authority | State and local governments | 11 | $9.6 million |
| Kingsport Housing & Redevelopment Authority | Other | 20 | $9.6 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to Tennessee's 1st congressional district?
$1.6 billion from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 1,479 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in Tennessee's 1st congressional district?
Highway Planning and Construction, with $841 million in 481 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-district work count in no single district.