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Carleton College
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Carleton College, of Northfield, MN, was obligated $22M 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 $3.9M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 19% on FY2025 ($4.8M).
Carleton College ranks 206 of 406 listed organisations located in MN by five-year obligations, and 16,839 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from National Science Foundation: 2 awards worth $4.3M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $7,289,047 | under $1.0M | $7,289,047 | — |
| FY2024 | $6,436,201 | under $1.0M | $6,436,201 | -12% |
| FY2025 | $4,769,302 | under $1.0M | $4,769,302 | -26% |
| FY2026 | $3,878,362 | under $1.0M | $3,878,362 | -19% |
| 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 MN | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $22M | $55B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $3.9M | $14B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | $4.6M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $22M | $55B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 16,839 of 30,989 | 1 of 406 in MN | 1 |
Largest in state: Minnesota Department of 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 | National Science Foundation | 2 | $4.3M | 100% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Rice County, MN $4.3M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences | $3.0M | 14 Oct 2022 | MN | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.050 Geosciences | $1.3M | 27 Aug 2024 | MN | 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.
- $3.0M, National Science Foundation, 14 Oct 2022: RUI: LINKING ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNOLOGY TO SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION IN HELMINTH TRANSMISSION -PARASITES ARE OFTEN SPREAD UNEVENLY ACROSS SPACE, WHERE SO
- $1.3M, National Science Foundation, 27 Aug 2024: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CULTURAL CHANGE IN GEOSCIENCE (C-CHANGE): TRANSFORMING DEPARTMENTAL CULTURE THROUGH FACULTY AGENTS OF CHANGE -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Carleton College receive?
$22M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $7.3M; FY2024: $6.4M; FY2025: $4.8M; FY2026: $3.9M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Carleton College?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: National Science Foundation ($4.3M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Mathematical and Physical Sciences (47.049) and Geosciences (47.050).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: MN ($4.3M).
Is Carleton College a large federal recipient?
It ranks 16,839 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 206 of 406 located in MN. 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.