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Groundswell Inc
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Groundswell Inc, of Washington, DC, was obligated $177M in federal awards across the 3 fiscal years in which it reached the $1.0M listing floor (2023, 2024, 2025).
Groundswell Inc ranks 76 of 527 listed organisations located in DC by five-year obligations, and 3,439 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Environmental Protection Agency: 2 awards worth $176M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $1,023,418 | under $1.0M | $1,023,418 | — |
| FY2024 | $156,264,639 | under $1.0M | $156,264,639 | +15169% |
| FY2025 | $19,832,446 | under $1.0M | $19,832,446 | -87% |
| 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 DC | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $177M | $36B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | under $1.0M | $7.3B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $177M | $36B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 3,439 of 30,000 | 1 of 527 in DC | 1 |
Largest in state: National Railroad Passenger Corporation. 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 | Environmental Protection Agency | 2 | $176M | 100% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: District of Columbia, DC $176M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Protection Agency | GrantProject Grant (B) | 66.959 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Section 134(A)(1) - Zero Emission Technologies Grant Program | $156M | 12 Jul 2024 | DC | USAspending |
| Environmental Protection Agency | GrantProject Grant (B) | 66.616 Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program | $20M | 10 Dec 2024 | DC | 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.
- $156M, Environmental Protection Agency, 12 Jul 2024: DESCRIPTION:NOTE: A SPECIAL PAYMENT CONDITION APPLIES TO THIS AWARD. THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING UNDER THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. THE RECIPIENT WILL PROVI
- $20M, Environmental Protection Agency, 10 Dec 2024: DESCRIPTION:THIS ACTION APPROVES FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 20,000,000.00 UNDER THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) TO GROUNDSWELL, INC. SPECIFICALLY, THE PROJECT W
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Groundswell Inc receive?
$177M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $1.0M; FY2024: $156M; FY2025: $20M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Groundswell Inc?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Environmental Protection Agency ($176M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Section 134(A)(1) - Zero Emission Technologies Grant Program (66.959) and Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (66.616).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: DC ($176M).
Is Groundswell Inc a large federal recipient?
It ranks 3,439 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 76 of 527 located in DC. 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.