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Assistance listing · 59.037
Small Business Development Centers
Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 59.037, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.
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Federal agencies obligated $128M in awards under assistance listing 59.037, Small Business Development Centers, in FY2025, and $676M over the five fiscal years since FY2022; the program ranks 378 of 1056 on this site.
Obligations were about level on FY2024 ($139M), with $137M so far in FY2026.
The largest recipient organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards since FY2022 were University of West Florida ($25M), The Research Foundation for the State University of New York ($24M) and Kutztown University of Pennsylvania ($15M).
By place of performance, the most money went to CA, TX and FL.
Obligations by fiscal year
Compared with the largest program FY2025
| Measure | This program | Grants to States for Medicaid | All assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obligations, FY2025 | $128M | $666B | $4.5T |
| Five-year total | $676M | $3.2T | $21T |
| Share of all assistance obligations, five years | 0% | 15.2% | 100% |
Largest recipients $1.0M+ award value since FY2022
| # | Organisation | Awards | Award value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of West Florida | 3 | $25M |
| 2 | The Research Foundation for the State University of New York | 3 | $24M |
| 3 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 3 | $15M |
| 4 | Illinois Department Commerce & Economic Opportunity | 3 | $15M |
| 5 | Ohio Department of Development | 3 | $15M |
| 6 | Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation | 3 | $15M |
| 7 | Long Beach City College | 3 | $13M |
| 8 | University of Georgia | 3 | $12M |
| 9 | North Carolina State University | 3 | $12M |
| 10 | Grand Valley State University | 3 | $12M |
| 11 | Rutgers, the State University | 3 | $11M |
| 12 | Dallas College | 3 | $11M |
| 13 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 3 | $10M |
| 14 | George Mason University | 3 | $10M |
| 15 | University of Houston System | 3 | $9.7M |
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards
Where the money goes
Largest awards since FY2022
Other programs numbered 59.xxx
- 59.008 Disaster Assistance Loans $16B
- 59.075 Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program $4.9B
- 59.072 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Emergency Advance $1.9B
- 59.059 Congressional Grants $385M
- 59.046 Microloan Program $230M
- 59.077 Community Navigator Pilot Program $100M
- 59.007 7(j) Technical Assistance $64M
Questions and answers
How much is obligated under assistance listing 59.037?
$128M in FY2025 and $676M over the five fiscal years since FY2022, counting every award type recorded under the listing (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance and other assistance). Obligations are commitments, not payments.
Who receives the most under Small Business Development Centers?
University of West Florida ($25M), The Research Foundation for the State University of New York ($24M), Kutztown University of Pennsylvania ($15M), Illinois Department Commerce & Economic Opportunity ($15M), Ohio Department of Development ($15M). Individuals are never listed; where a program pays individuals, USAspending records aggregated rows that appear here as "not shown".
What is an assistance listing (CFDA) number?
A five-digit number that identifies a federal financial assistance program on SAM.gov (formerly the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance). Every grant, loan, direct payment or other assistance award on USAspending carries one; contracts do not.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending by category (assistance listing) by fiscal year, recipient cross-tabulation for FY2022–FY2025 and award search, loaded 30 Sep 2026. State figures come from each state's top-100 listing table, so small amounts in a state may be missing. See methodology.