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County of Boulder
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USAspending records $45M in award obligations to County of Boulder (Boulder, CO) over the fiscal years it is listed for (2023, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $2.8M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 43% on FY2025 ($4.8M).
County of Boulder ranks 257 of 657 listed organisations located in CO by five-year obligations, and 10,331 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Transportation and Department of Justice: 5 awards worth $39M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $37,838,161 | under $1.0M | $37,838,161 | — |
| FY2024 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2025 | $4,845,140 | under $1.0M | $4,845,140 | — |
| FY2026 | $2,769,689 | under $1.0M | $2,769,689 | -43% |
| 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) | $45M | $39B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $2.8M | $12B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $45M | $39B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 10,331 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 Transportation | 4 | $38M | 97% |
| 2 | Department of Justice | 1 | $1.1M | 3% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Boulder County, CO $1.1M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $34M | 30 May 2023 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $1.5M | 17 Apr 2026 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $1.2M | 24 Jan 2025 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of JusticeOffices, Boards and Divisions | GrantProject Grant (B) | 16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants | $1.1M | 20 Sep 2023 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 20.534 Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending | $1.0M | 26 Mar 2025 | 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.
- $34M, Department of Transportation, 30 May 2023: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS APPLICATION UTILIZES ARP FUNDING TO PREVENT PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO CORONAVIRUS.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: THIS WILL FUND FIXED ROUTE
- $1.5M, Department of Transportation, 17 Apr 2026: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT AWARD IS TO FUND AN ON-DEMAND TRANSIT SERVICE PILOT IN SOUTHEAST BOULDER COUNTY.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: THIS GRAN
- $1.2M, Department of Transportation, 24 Jan 2025: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS GRANT USES SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT (STBG) FUNDS FLEXED FROM FHWA TO FTA SECTION 5307 FOR A COUNTYWIDE TRANSIT PLAN.; ACTIVI
- $1.1M, Department of Justice, 20 Sep 2023: THE FY 2023 COPS OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT PROGRAM (TEP) IS AN INVITATION-ONLY GRANT PROGRAM DESIGNED TO DEVELOP AND ACQUIRE EFFECTIVE EQUIPMENT, TECHNOLO
- $1.0M, Department of Transportation, 26 Mar 2025: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS GRANT USES CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING FUNDS AWARDED IN FY24 FOR MICRO TRANSIT SERVICES IN LONGMONT COLORADO.; ACTIVITIES PERFOR
Questions and answers
How much federal money does County of Boulder receive?
$45M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $38M; FY2025: $4.8M; FY2026: $2.8M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to County of Boulder?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Transportation ($38M) and Department of Justice ($1.1M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Federal Transit Formula Grants (20.507), Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (16.710) and Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending (20.534).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: CO ($39M).
Is County of Boulder a large federal recipient?
It ranks 10,331 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 257 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.