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Federal grants in Virginia's 8th congressional district (VA-08)

Federal grants for work carried out in Virginia's 8th congressional district totaled $4.0 billion across 1,264 awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025. The largest program was Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program, with $1.5 billion. The National Board for the Emergency Food & Shelter Program received the most, $1.5 billion.

Where these numbers come from

This page counts grants by place of performance: where the funded work happens, as recorded on each award. The Virginia 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 Virginia total of $131 billion by place of performance. Districts are the current ones as USAspending maps them.

By year

Federal grants for work in Virginia's 8th congressional district
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 2021361$1.0 billion
FY 2022426$847 million
FY 2023407$1.2 billion
FY 2024413$650 million
FY 2025302$240 million

Largest programs

The 20 largest, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program 97.0249$1.5 billion
Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants 93.5765$196 million
Missing Children's Assistance 16.5439$184 million
Habitat Conservation 11.46324$124 million
Unallied Projects 11.4544$123 million
Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health 93.4213$116 million
Highway Planning and Construction 20.205143$105 million
Cooperative Research Program 11.4727$102 million
Regional Agricultural Promotion Program 10.61816$86.8 million
Unaccompanied Alien Children Program 93.6766$84.3 million
Head Start 93.60014$82.7 million
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program 16.73837$72.5 million
Education Research, Development and Dissemination 84.30545$62.9 million
Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) 81.0086$53.2 million
International Science and Engineering 47.0791$52.9 million
Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund) 84.4118$40.5 million
Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants 16.71027$38.6 million
Comprehensive Centers 84.2836$33.6 million
Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs 93.5662$32.4 million
Fossil Energy Research and Development 81.0895$31.9 million

Largest recipients

Recipients of grants for work in Virginia's 8th congressional district
RecipientTypeAwardsAmount
The National Board for the Emergency Food & Shelter ProgramState and local governments9$1.5 billion
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries CommissionOther17$305 million
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral SciencesOther98$209 million
The National Center for Missing and Exploited ChildrenNonprofits11$184 million
U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Inc.Nonprofits11$165 million
Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc.Nonprofits3$124 million
The Association of State and Territorial Health OfficialsOther20$123 million
Virginia Department of TransportationState and local governments98$82.2 million
The Nature ConservancyNonprofits39$80.7 million
The Cna CorporationNonprofits28$73.2 million
U.S. Civilian Research and Development FoundationNonprofits14$67.3 million
Urban Strategies, L.L.C.Businesses9$54.3 million
Trout Unlimited, Inc.Nonprofits10$48.8 million
International Association of Chiefs of PoliceNonprofits31$43.1 million
American Indian Higher Education ConsortiumNonprofits15$42.5 million
All Rise for JusticeNonprofits16$42.2 million
National Policing InstituteNonprofits20$40.7 million
National Experienced Workforce Solutions, IncNonprofits39$38.0 million
Northern Virginia Family Services, Inc.Nonprofits6$37.0 million
City of Alexandria, VirginiaState and local governments49$36.3 million

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money goes to Virginia's 8th congressional district?

$4.0 billion from fiscal 2021 to 2025, counted by where the work happens, across 1,264 awards.

What is the largest federal grant program in Virginia's 8th congressional district?

Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program, with $1.5 billion in 9 awards.

Why is this different from the Virginia total?

The Virginia 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.

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