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Mercyhurst University
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Mercyhurst University, of Erie, PA, was obligated $76M 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 $18M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 10% on FY2025 ($20M).
Mercyhurst University ranks 176 of 911 listed organisations located in PA by five-year obligations, and 6,896 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Executive Office of the President: 4 awards worth $27M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $18,874,862 | under $1.0M | $18,874,862 | — |
| FY2024 | $20,016,614 | under $1.0M | $20,016,614 | +6% |
| FY2025 | $19,622,437 | under $1.0M | $19,622,437 | -2% |
| FY2026 | $17,627,946 | under $1.0M | $17,627,946 | -10% |
| 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 PA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $76M | $148B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $18M | $40B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $76M | $148B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 6,896 of 30,989 | 1 of 911 in PA | 1 |
Largest in state: PA 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 | Executive Office of the President | 4 | $27M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Office of the PresidentOffice of the National Drug Control Policy | GrantProject Grant (B) | 95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program | $8.9M | 10 Mar 2023 | — | USAspending |
| Executive Office of the PresidentOffice of the National Drug Control Policy | GrantProject Grant (B) | 95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program | $8.7M | 29 Apr 2024 | — | USAspending |
| Executive Office of the PresidentOffice of the National Drug Control Policy | GrantProject Grant (B) | 95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program | $4.8M | 29 Apr 2024 | PA | USAspending |
| Executive Office of the PresidentOffice of the National Drug Control Policy | GrantProject Grant (B) | 95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program | $4.4M | 10 Mar 2023 | PA | 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.
- $8.9M, Executive Office of the President, 10 Mar 2023: THE HIDTA PROGRAM REDUCES ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY BY AIDING FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED BY DISMANTLING/DISRUPTING DRUG
- $8.7M, Executive Office of the President, 29 Apr 2024: THE HIDTA PROGRAM REDUCES ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY BY AIDING FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED BY DISMANTLING/DISRUPTING DRUG
- $4.8M, Executive Office of the President, 29 Apr 2024: THE HIDTA PROGRAM REDUCES ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY BY AIDING FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED BY DISMANTLING/DISRUPTING DRUG
- $4.4M, Executive Office of the President, 10 Mar 2023: THE HIDTA PROGRAM REDUCES ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY BY AIDING FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED BY DISMANTLING/DISRUPTING DRUG
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Mercyhurst University receive?
$76M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $19M; FY2024: $20M; FY2025: $20M; FY2026: $18M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Mercyhurst University?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Executive Office of the President ($27M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program (95.001).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: PA ($9.2M).
Is Mercyhurst University a large federal recipient?
It ranks 6,896 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 176 of 911 located in PA. 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.