Federal grants in Tennessee's 2nd congressional district (TN-02)
Federal grants for work carried out in Tennessee's 2nd congressional district totaled $2.0 billion across 1,816 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Highway Planning and Construction, with $649 million. Tennessee Department of Transportation received the most, $651 million.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$2.0 billion
- Awards1,816
- Awarded in FY 2025$330 million
- Share of Tennessee's total2.0%
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 | 546 | $426 million |
| FY 2022 | 526 | $360 million |
| FY 2023 | 496 | $459 million |
| FY 2024 | 491 | $404 million |
| FY 2025 | 397 | $330 million |
Largest programs
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Type | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Department of Transportation | State and local governments | 423 | $651 million |
| University of Tennessee | Colleges and universities | 537 | $481 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 | $71.1 million |
| Knoxville Knox County Community Action Committee | Other | 18 | $67.4 million |
| Knoxvilles Community Development Corp | Other | 23 | $60.3 million |
| City of Knoxville | State and local governments | 47 | $40.4 million |
| Tennessee Department of Military | State and local governments | 17 | $33.9 million |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Other | 10 | $29.2 million |
| Clinch-Powell Educational Cooperative | Nonprofits | 2 | $24.1 million |
| National Safe Skies Alliance, Inc | State and local governments | 4 | $20.0 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 |
| Lincoln Memorial University | Colleges and universities | 14 | $17.5 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 |
| Dayspring Health, Inc | Other | 5 | $13.4 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money goes to Tennessee's 2nd congressional district?
$2.0 billion from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 1,816 awards.
What is the largest federal grant program in Tennessee's 2nd congressional district?
Highway Planning and Construction, with $649 million in 412 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.