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Aurora, City of
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Federal agencies obligated $42M to Aurora, City of, Aurora, CO, in the listed fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $5.2M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 54% on FY2025 ($11M).
Aurora, City of ranks 271 of 657 listed organisations located in CO by five-year obligations, and 10,883 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency and 1 other agency: 16 awards worth $38M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $12,070,647 | under $1.0M | $12,070,647 | — |
| FY2024 | $13,692,216 | under $1.0M | $13,692,216 | +13% |
| FY2025 | $11,249,385 | under $1.0M | $11,249,385 | -18% |
| FY2026 | $5,162,095 | under $1.0M | $5,162,095 | -54% |
| 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 CO | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $42M | $39B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $5.2M | $12B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $42M | $39B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 10,883 of 30,989 | 1 of 657 in CO | 1 |
Largest in state: State of Colorado - DEPT of Health Care Policy & Financing. 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 Housing and Urban Development | 12 | $26M | 69% |
| 2 | Department of Agriculture | 1 | $5.0M | 13% |
| 3 | Environmental Protection Agency | 2 | $4.8M | 13% |
| 4 | Department of Justice | 1 | $2.0M | 5% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Arapahoe County, CO $33M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of AgricultureForest Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 10.727 Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program | $5.0M | 5 Apr 2024 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentOffice of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes | GrantProject Grant (B) | 14.900 Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program | $3.6M | 30 Sep 2025 | CO | 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 | 20 Aug 2024 | CO | USAspending |
| Environmental Protection Agency | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 66.202 Congressionally Mandated Projects | $2.8M | 26 Aug 2024 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAssistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 14.218 Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | $2.7M | 21 Oct 2022 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAssistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 14.218 Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | $2.7M | 13 Mar 2026 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAssistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 14.218 Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | $2.7M | 5 Feb 2025 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAssistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 14.218 Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | $2.6M | 22 Sep 2023 | CO | 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 | $2.5M | 4 Aug 2023 | CO | USAspending |
| Environmental Protection Agency | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 66.202 Congressionally Mandated Projects | $2.0M | 28 Aug 2025 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of JusticeOffice of Justice Programs | GrantProject Grant (B) | 16.045 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative | $2.0M | 26 Sep 2024 | CO | 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 | $1.4M | 4 Aug 2023 | CO | 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.
- $5.0M, Department of Agriculture, 5 Apr 2024: INFLATION REDUCTION ACT REINVESTING IN AURORAS URBAN CANOPY FOR SOCIAL EQUITY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE
- $3.6M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 30 Sep 2025: PURPOSE: THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION (LHR) GRANT PROGRAM IS TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIX PROTECTED FROM LEAD POISONING BY A
- $3.0M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 20 Aug 2024: PURPOSE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING AWARDS ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS
- $2.8M, Environmental Protection Agency, 26 Aug 2024: DESCRIPTION:THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING TO THE CITY OF AURORA TO IMPLEMENT ITS PROJECT TO REPLACE WATERLINES AS DIRECTED IN THE 2023 CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIAT
- $2.7M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 21 Oct 2022: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS/ENTITLEMENT GRANTS
- $2.7M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 13 Mar 2026: PURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO DEVELOP VIABLE URBAN
- $2.7M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 5 Feb 2025: PURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO DEVELOP VIABLE URBAN
- $2.6M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 22 Sep 2023: PURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO DEVELOP VIABLE URBAN
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Aurora, City of receive?
$42M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $12M; FY2024: $14M; FY2025: $11M; FY2026: $5.2M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Aurora, City of?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Housing and Urban Development ($26M), Department of Agriculture ($5.0M), Environmental Protection Agency ($4.8M) and Department of Justice ($2.0M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants (14.218), Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants (14.251) and Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (10.727).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: CO ($38M).
Is Aurora, City of a large federal recipient?
It ranks 10,883 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 271 of 657 located in CO. 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.