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Worcester Regional Transit Authority
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Federal agencies obligated $55M to Worcester Regional Transit Authority, Worcester, MA, in the listed fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $4.4M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 79% on FY2025 ($21M).
Worcester Regional Transit Authority ranks 244 of 969 listed organisations located in MA by five-year obligations, and 8,934 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Transportation: 2 awards worth $50M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $17,146,808 | under $1.0M | $17,146,808 | — |
| FY2024 | $12,346,077 | under $1.0M | $12,346,077 | -28% |
| FY2025 | $21,033,977 | under $1.0M | $21,033,977 | +70% |
| FY2026 | $4,361,466 | under $1.0M | $4,361,466 | -79% |
| 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 MA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $55M | $70B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $4.4M | $16B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $55M | $70B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 8,934 of 30,989 | 1 of 969 in MA | 1 |
Largest in state: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 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 | 2 | $50M | 100% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $45M | 18 Jul 2023 | MA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.525 State of Good Repair Grants Program | $4.6M | 28 Aug 2026 | MA | 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.
- $45M, Department of Transportation, 18 Jul 2023: APPLICATION PURPOSE: PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE OVER ONE YEAR OF OPERATING ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATED CAPITAL MAINTENANCE MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORT
- $4.6M, Department of Transportation, 28 Aug 2026: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE WORCESTER REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (WRTA) IS REQUESTING $4503849 IN FFY 2023 AND $80000 IN FFY 2024 OF SECTION 5337 STATE OF GOOD REP
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Worcester Regional Transit Authority receive?
$55M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $17M; FY2024: $12M; FY2025: $21M; FY2026: $4.4M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Worcester Regional Transit Authority?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Transportation ($50M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Federal Transit Formula Grants (20.507) and State of Good Repair Grants Program (20.525).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: MA ($50M).
Is Worcester Regional Transit Authority a large federal recipient?
It ranks 8,934 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 244 of 969 located in MA. 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.