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Spelman College
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Federal agencies obligated $62M to Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, in the listed fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $9.2M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 57% on FY2025 ($21M).
Spelman College ranks 184 of 698 listed organisations located in GA by five-year obligations, and 8,156 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from National Science Foundation and Department of Education: 3 awards worth $17M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $9,227,165 | under $1.0M | $9,227,165 | — |
| FY2024 | $22,302,764 | under $1.0M | $22,302,764 | +142% |
| FY2025 | $21,043,400 | under $1.0M | $21,043,400 | -6% |
| FY2026 | $9,150,061 | under $1.0M | $9,150,061 | -57% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in GA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $62M | $52B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $9.2M | $15B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $62M | $52B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 8,156 of 30,989 | 1 of 698 in GA | 1 |
Largest in state: Georgia Department of Community Health. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Science Foundation | 2 | $15M | 89% |
| 2 | Department of Education | 1 | $2.0M | 11% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Fulton County, GA $17M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 47.083 Integrative Activities | $14M | 20 Feb 2024 | GA | USAspending |
| Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid | $2.0M | 26 Sep 2025 | GA | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.083 Integrative Activities | $1.1M | 18 May 2024 | GA | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $14M, National Science Foundation, 20 Feb 2024: AUC-GRANTED: ADVANCING TRANSFORMATION OF THE RESEARCH ENTERPRISE THROUGH SHARED RESOURCE SUPPORT MODEL FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT AND SYNERGISTIC EFFECT. -TO ADVANCE
- $2.0M, Department of Education, 26 Sep 2025: 2025-2030 FUTURE ACT COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN (CDP)
- $1.1M, National Science Foundation, 18 May 2024: EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH - INVESTIGATION OF AMOEBOZOA GENOME COMPLEXITY AND THE EVOLUTION OF AMOEBOID BODY PLAN -THE AMOEBOZOA INCLUDES A DIVERSE GROUP OF SINGLE
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Spelman College receive?
$62M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $9.2M; FY2024: $22M; FY2025: $21M; FY2026: $9.2M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Spelman College?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: National Science Foundation ($15M) and Department of Education ($2.0M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Integrative Activities (47.083) and Higher Education Institutional Aid (84.031).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: GA ($17M).
Is Spelman College a large federal recipient?
It ranks 8,156 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 184 of 698 located in GA. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.