Explore federal grant dollars going directly to local governments (cities, counties, districts) across the US. Click any state to drill into county-level funding, then click a county to see which local governments received grants. Data sourced from USASpending.gov.
Grants awarded directly to local governments — cities, counties, special districts (FY 2016 - FY 2025). Click any recipient to see funding breakdowns.
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Federal grants are a major funding source for cities, counties, school districts, and special districts across the United States. Each year, federal agencies including HUD, FEMA, DOT, EPA, HHS, USDA, and DOJ distribute billions of dollars in block grants, formula grants, project grants, and cooperative agreements to local government entities to support infrastructure, education, public safety, housing, transportation, and community development.
This map shows the actual recipients in each county, the dollar amounts they received, and the federal agencies that funded them. Both direct (prime) federal awards and pass-through (FFATA-reported subaward) funding from state agencies are included, giving a complete picture of federal dollars reaching local governments.
Local government grant writers and economic development staff can use this tool to:
All data comes from USASpending.gov, the official US government source for federal spending data. Coverage period: October 2015 through September 2025 (US federal fiscal years 2016-2025). Recipients are filtered to entities classified as local government — cities, towns, counties, townships, special districts, school districts, housing authorities, and similar locally-controlled entities. State agencies, federal agencies, and private contractors are not included.
Award amounts reflect the total obligated dollars for each award. Subawards (pass-through funding) are deduplicated by subaward number to avoid double-counting from quarterly FFATA reports. Clearly corrupt source rows with amounts exceeding $10 billion per single award are excluded.
Federal grant dollars awarded to local governments — cities, counties, towns, school districts, housing authorities, fire districts, and similar entities — broken down by state and county for fiscal years 2016 through 2025. Both direct (prime) federal grants and pass-through (subaward) funding are included.
USASpending.gov, the official US government database of federal spending. Data covers all assistance award types (block grants, formula grants, project grants, cooperative agreements) plus FFATA-reported subawards.
If a county has no federal grant activity to local-government recipients in the FY 2016-2025 window, it won't appear. Most US counties are covered. Some very small or inactive entities may not be classified as local government by USASpending.
No. The data is filtered to local-government recipients only (cities, counties, special districts, school districts, housing authorities). State departments of transportation, state universities, and other state-level entities are excluded.
Use the map to identify which federal agencies are funding similar entities in your region, what kinds of programs are receiving money, and what specific awards your peers have won. This is useful for benchmarking, writing competitive proposals, and identifying overlooked funding sources. Learn more about using AI to write better grant applications.
The data is sourced from a quarterly USASpending.gov database snapshot. It reflects all federal grant activity through the most recent quarter available at the time of the last refresh.
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