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Claflin University
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Claflin University, of Orangeburg, SC, was obligated $88M in federal awards across the 4 fiscal years in which it reached the $1.0M listing floor (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $7.2M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 61% on FY2025 ($18M).
Claflin University ranks 74 of 364 listed organisations located in SC by five-year obligations, and 6,144 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Commerce, Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services and 2 other agencies: 8 awards worth $33M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $41,014,279 | under $1.0M | $41,014,279 | — |
| FY2024 | $21,108,634 | under $1.0M | $21,108,634 | -49% |
| FY2025 | $18,431,645 | under $1.0M | $18,431,645 | -13% |
| FY2026 | $7,170,287 | under $1.0M | $7,170,287 | -61% |
| 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 SC | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $88M | $30B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $7.2M | $8.4B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $88M | $30B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 6,144 of 30,000 | 1 of 364 in SC | 1 |
Largest in state: Department of Health Human Services. 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 | Department of Commerce | 2 | $20M | 61% |
| 2 | Department of Education | 3 | $5.1M | 15% |
| 3 | Department of Health and Human Services | 1 | $3.6M | 11% |
| 4 | Department of Housing and Urban Development | 1 | $3.0M | 9% |
| 5 | National Science Foundation | 1 | $1.3M | 4% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Orangeburg County, SC $33M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of CommerceNational Institute of Standards and Technology | GrantProject Grant (B) | 11.617 Congressionally-Identified Projects | $17M | 2 Aug 2023 | SC | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesHealth Resources and Services Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.493 Congressional Directives | $3.6M | 19 Sep 2024 | SC | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAssistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development | GrantProject Grant (B) | 14.251 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants | $3.0M | 16 Jun 2023 | SC | USAspending |
| Department of CommerceNational Institute of Standards and Technology | GrantProject Grant (B) | 11.028 Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program | $3.0M | 24 Feb 2023 | SC | USAspending |
| Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | 84.382 Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions | $2.5M | 12 Sep 2023 | SC | USAspending |
| Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid | $1.7M | 26 Sep 2025 | SC | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | $1.3M | 25 Aug 2026 | SC | USAspending |
| Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | 84.116 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | $1.0M | 23 Dec 2022 | SC | 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.
- $17M, Department of Commerce, 2 Aug 2023: PURPOSE/SCOPE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BIOSCIENCE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER 40,000 TO 60,000 GROSS SQUARE FEET) THAT W
- $3.6M, Department of Health and Human Services, 19 Sep 2024: COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER WILL ADDRESS THE CR
- $3.0M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 16 Jun 2023: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
- $3.0M, Department of Commerce, 24 Feb 2023: PROJECT PURPOSE:CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY'S CONNECTING MINORITY COMMUNITIES PROJECT WILL BRIDGE BOTH ON-CAMPUS AND NEAR-CAMPUS BROADBAND DIVIDES FOR CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY
- $2.5M, Department of Education, 12 Sep 2023: HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (GRADUATE)
- $1.7M, Department of Education, 26 Sep 2025: CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY FOSTERING UNDERGRADUATE TALENT BY UNLOCKING RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION (FUTURE)ACT (2019) PROGRAM.
- $1.3M, National Science Foundation, 25 Aug 2026: IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT: STRENGTHENING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION THROUGH SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION AND SUMMER BRIDGE INITIATIVES AT CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY -IMPLEME
- $1.0M, Department of Education, 23 Dec 2022: INNOVATIVE ACCESS TO SUCCESS PATHWAY PROJECT WILL TARGET AT LEAST 300 STOP-OUT AND AT-RISK STUDENTS EACH YEAR FOR PARTICIPATION- AT TOTAL OF 600 STUDENTS TO IMP
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Claflin University receive?
$88M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $41M; FY2024: $21M; FY2025: $18M; FY2026: $7.2M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Claflin University?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Commerce ($20M), Department of Education ($5.1M), Department of Health and Human Services ($3.6M), Department of Housing and Urban Development ($3.0M) and National Science Foundation ($1.3M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Congressionally-Identified Projects (11.617), Congressional Directives (93.493) and Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants (14.251).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: SC ($33M).
Is Claflin University a large federal recipient?
It ranks 6,144 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 74 of 364 located in SC. 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.