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Kentucky State University
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Kentucky State University, of Frankfort, KY, was obligated $111M 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 $19M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 40% on FY2025 ($32M).
Kentucky State University ranks 53 of 336 listed organisations located in KY by five-year obligations, and 5,108 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Agriculture, Department of Education and National Science Foundation: 12 awards worth $58M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $27,956,470 | under $1.0M | $27,956,470 | — |
| FY2024 | $31,768,659 | under $1.0M | $31,768,659 | +14% |
| FY2025 | $31,879,708 | under $1.0M | $31,879,708 | 0% |
| FY2026 | $19,030,973 | under $1.0M | $19,030,973 | -40% |
| 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 KY | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $111M | $72B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $19M | $20B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | $6.1M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $111M | $72B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 5,108 of 30,000 | 1 of 336 in KY | 1 |
Largest in state: Health Services Kentucky Cabinet for. 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 Agriculture | 9 | $46M | 80% |
| 2 | Department of Education | 2 | $6.2M | 11% |
| 3 | National Science Foundation | 1 | $5.4M | 9% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Anderson County, KY $31M · Franklin County, KY $27M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.205 Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University | $5.6M | 4 Feb 2026 | KY | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.205 Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University | $5.6M | 14 Feb 2024 | KY | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.205 Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University | $5.6M | 3 Dec 2024 | KY | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.205 Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University | $5.6M | 25 Nov 2022 | KY | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.083 Integrative Activities | $5.4M | 26 Jun 2024 | KY | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.512 Agriculture Extension at 1890 Land-Grant Institutions | $4.7M | 22 Nov 2022 | KY | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.512 Extension Services at 1890 Colleges and Tuskegee University, West Virginia State College, and Central State University | $4.7M | 14 Feb 2024 | KY | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.512 Extension Services at 1890 Colleges and Tuskegee University, West Virginia State College, and Central State University | $4.7M | 3 Dec 2024 | KY | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.512 Extension Services at 1890 Colleges and Tuskegee University, West Virginia State College, and Central State University | $4.7M | 4 Feb 2026 | KY | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantProject Grant (B) | 10.500 Cooperative Extension Service | $4.6M | 30 Aug 2023 | KY | USAspending |
| Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | 84.382 Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions | $4.3M | 12 Sep 2023 | KY | USAspending |
| Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid | $1.9M | 26 Sep 2025 | KY | 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.
- $5.6M, Department of Agriculture, 4 Feb 2026: ACCORDING TO THE 2022 U. S. CENSUS, KENTUCKY HAD 69,425 FARMS. MANY OF THESE FARMS ARE LIMITED RESOURCE OPERATIONS THAT ARE SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS FOR KENTUCK
- $5.6M, Department of Agriculture, 14 Feb 2024: WITH NEARLY 75,000 FARMS IN THE STATE AND AN AVERAGE 172 ACRES PER OPERATION, KENTUCKY IS IN THE TOP 10 STATES FOR NUMBER OF FARMS. MANY OF THESE FARMS ARE MAJO
- $5.6M, Department of Agriculture, 3 Dec 2024: ACCORDING TO THE 2022 U. S. CENSUS, KENTUCKY HAD 69,425 FARMS. MANY OF THESE FARMS ARE LIMITED RESOURCE OPERATIONS, WHICH IS ILLUSTRATED BY THE 196 LIMITED RESO
- $5.6M, Department of Agriculture, 25 Nov 2022: THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT AND KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY (KSU) COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, COMMUNITIES, AND THE ENVIRON
- $5.4M, National Science Foundation, 26 Jun 2024: E-RISE RII: DRIVING AGTECH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN KENTUCKY THROUGH INCLUSIVE NETWORK BUILDING, IMPACTFUL RESEARCH, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR SOILLESS FOO
- $4.7M, Department of Agriculture, 22 Nov 2022: THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT AND KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY (KSU) COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, COMMUNITIES, AND THE ENVIRON
- $4.7M, Department of Agriculture, 14 Feb 2024: WITH NEARLY 75,000 FARMS IN THE STATE AND AN AVERAGE 172 ACRES PER OPERATION, KENTUCKY IS IN THE TOP 10 STATES FOR NUMBER OF FARMS. MANY OF THESE FARMS ARE MAJO
- $4.7M, Department of Agriculture, 3 Dec 2024: KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY'S 1890 LAND-GRANT EXTENSION PROGRAM IS TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF LIMITED RESOURCE AND SMALL FARMERS, AND LOW-INCOME AND SOCIALLY DISADVANT
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Kentucky State University receive?
$111M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $28M; FY2024: $32M; FY2025: $32M; FY2026: $19M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Kentucky State University?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Agriculture ($46M), Department of Education ($6.2M) and National Science Foundation ($5.4M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University (10.205), Extension Services at 1890 Colleges and Tuskegee University, West Virginia State College, and Central State University (10.512) and Integrative Activities (47.083).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: KY ($58M).
Is Kentucky State University a large federal recipient?
It ranks 5,108 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 53 of 336 located in KY. 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.