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Calstart, Inc.
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Calstart, Inc., of Pasadena, CA, was obligated $16M in federal awards across the 2 fiscal years in which it reached the $1.0M listing floor (2023, 2024).
Calstart, Inc. ranks 1,894 of 2,836 listed organisations located in CA by five-year obligations, and 20,836 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Transportation and Department of Energy: 5 awards worth $15M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $4,403,100 | under $1.0M | $4,403,100 | — |
| FY2024 | $11,483,133 | under $1.0M | $11,483,133 | +161% |
| FY2025 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2026 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| 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 CA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $16M | $416B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | under $1.0M | $118B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $16M | $416B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 20,836 of 30,000 | 1 of 2,836 in CA | 1 |
Largest in state: Health Care Services, California Department of. 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 | $10M | 70% |
| 2 | Department of Energy | 3 | $4.5M | 30% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Los Angeles County, CA $3.3M · Kings County, NY $1.3M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 20.530 Public Transportation Innovation | $9.0M | 16 Jul 2024 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of Energy | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 81.086 Conservation Research and Development | $1.8M | 31 Aug 2023 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of Energy | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 81.086 Conservation Research and Development | $1.5M | 23 Aug 2024 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 20.530 Public Transportation Innovation | $1.4M | 12 Jan 2023 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of Energy | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 81.086 Conservation Research and Development | $1.3M | 7 Sep 2023 | NY | 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.
- $9.0M, Department of Transportation, 16 Jul 2024: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO RESEARCH AND ASSESS THE BARRIERS TO ADOPTION FOR ZERO-EMISSION TRANSIT BUSES. THIS WORK WILL ENCOMPASS TH
- $1.8M, Department of Energy, 31 Aug 2023: COLORADO CLEAN MOBILITY STRATEGIC PLANNING. THE RECIPIENT AND ITS PARTNERS WILL ENGAGE COMMUNITIES ACROSS COLORADO THAT FACE HIGHER OBSTACLES TO ZERO-EMISSION M
- $1.5M, Department of Energy, 23 Aug 2024: THE RECIPIENT WILL SUPPORT A REGIONAL EFFORT TO EXPAND PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) MOBILITY PROGRAMS AND NEIGHBORHOOD-SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
- $1.4M, Department of Transportation, 12 Jan 2023: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO RESEARCH AND ASSESS THE BARRIERS TO ADOPTION FOR ZERO-EMISSION TRANSIT BUSES. THIS WORK WILL ENCOMPASS VE
- $1.3M, Department of Energy, 7 Sep 2023: EAST COAST COMMERCIAL ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLE (ZEV) CORRIDOR PLANNING PARTNERSHIP. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A REPLICABLE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL ZEV CORRIDOR INFRAS
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Calstart, Inc. receive?
$16M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $4.4M; FY2024: $11M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Calstart, Inc.?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Transportation ($10M) and Department of Energy ($4.5M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Public Transportation Innovation (20.530) and Conservation Research and Development (81.086).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: CA ($14M) and NY ($1.3M).
Is Calstart, Inc. a large federal recipient?
It ranks 20,836 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 1,894 of 2,836 located in CA. 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.