Recipients › Maryland › Howard County, Maryland
Recipient organisation · UEI LJPAM296M118
Howard County, Maryland
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Federal agencies obligated $91M to Howard County, Maryland, Ellicott City, MD, in the listed fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $22M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 11% on FY2025 ($25M).
Howard County, Maryland ranks 302 of 1,357 listed organisations located in MD by five-year obligations, and 5,981 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Housing and Urban Development and Environmental Protection Agency: 5 awards worth $6.7M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $21,616,321 | under $1.0M | $21,616,321 | — |
| FY2024 | $22,634,367 | under $1.0M | $22,634,367 | +5% |
| FY2025 | $24,538,144 | under $1.0M | $24,538,144 | +8% |
| FY2026 | $21,889,608 | under $1.0M | $21,889,608 | -11% |
| 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 MD | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $91M | $48B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $22M | $13B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $91M | $48B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 5,981 of 30,989 | 1 of 1,357 in MD | 1 |
Largest in state: Maryland Department of Health. 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 | 4 | $5.2M | 78% |
| 2 | Environmental Protection Agency | 1 | $1.4M | 22% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Howard County, MD $6.7M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Protection Agency | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 66.202 Congressionally Mandated Projects | $1.4M | 12 May 2026 | MD | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAssistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 14.218 Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | $1.3M | 22 Dec 2025 | MD | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAssistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 14.218 Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | $1.3M | 21 Nov 2022 | MD | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAssistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 14.218 Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | $1.3M | 8 Nov 2024 | MD | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentOffice of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 14.900 Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program | $1.3M | 10 Jun 2024 | MD | 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.
- $1.4M, Environmental Protection Agency, 12 May 2026: DESCRIPTION:THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING TO HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND TO IMPLEMENT ITS PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT A HAULED GREASE ACCEPTANCE FACILITY AT THE LITTLE P
- $1.3M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 22 Dec 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
- $1.3M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 21 Nov 2022: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS/ENTITLEMENT GRANTS
- $1.3M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 8 Nov 2024: PURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO DEVELOP VIABLE URBAN
- $1.3M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 10 Jun 2024: 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
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Howard County, Maryland receive?
$91M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $22M; FY2024: $23M; FY2025: $25M; FY2026: $22M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Howard County, Maryland?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Housing and Urban Development ($5.2M) and Environmental Protection Agency ($1.4M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants (14.218), Congressionally Mandated Projects (66.202) and Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program (14.900).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: MD ($6.7M).
Is Howard County, Maryland a large federal recipient?
It ranks 5,981 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 302 of 1,357 located in MD. 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.