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Asheville, City of
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Asheville, City of, of Asheville, NC, was obligated $262M 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 $4.1M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is down 98% on FY2025 ($243M).
Asheville, City of ranks 37 of 650 listed organisations located in NC by five-year obligations, and 2,492 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportation and Department of Homeland Security: 14 awards worth $254M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $10,561,028 | under $1.0M | $10,561,028 | — |
| FY2024 | $4,076,795 | under $1.0M | $4,076,795 | -61% |
| FY2025 | $243,298,547 | under $1.0M | $243,298,547 | +5868% |
| FY2026 | $4,107,007 | under $1.0M | $4,107,007 | -98% |
| 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 NC | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $262M | $114B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $4.1M | $33B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | $4.9M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $262M | $114B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 2,492 of 30,989 | 1 of 650 in NC | 1 |
Largest in state: North Carolina Department of Health & 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 | Department of Housing and Urban Development | 8 | $234M | 92% |
| 2 | Department of Transportation | 5 | $16M | 6% |
| 3 | Department of Homeland Security | 1 | $5.0M | 2% |
Loans are shown separately: $5.0M in loan face value across the listed awards. Face value is not an obligation; the fiscal-year totals count the loan subsidy cost.
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Buncombe County, NC $239M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAssistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 14.228 Community Development Block Grants/State's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii | $225M | 7 Mar 2025 | NC | USAspending |
| Department of Homeland SecurityFederal Emergency Management Agency | LoanDirect Loan (e) | 97.030 Community Disaster Loans | $5.0Mloan face value | 2 Jul 2025 | NC | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 20.526 Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs | $4.3M | 9 Jul 2025 | NC | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $4.3M | 10 Jul 2023 | NC | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $4.1M | 10 Dec 2024 | NC | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $1.8M | 8 Aug 2024 | NC | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAssistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 14.218 Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | $1.7M | 23 Dec 2024 | NC | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAssistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 14.239 Home Investment Partnerships Program | $1.4M | 15 Nov 2022 | NC | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAssistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 14.239 Home Investment Partnerships Program | $1.3M | 6 Sep 2023 | NC | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAssistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 14.239 Home Investment Partnerships Program | $1.1M | 29 Jan 2026 | NC | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAssistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 14.218 Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | $1.0M | 14 Nov 2022 | NC | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAssistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 14.239 Home Investment Partnerships Program | $1.0M | 20 Sep 2024 | NC | 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.
- $225M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 7 Mar 2025: PURPOSE: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY (CDBG-DR) AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MITIGATION (CDBG-MIT) GRANT FUNDS ARE APPROPRIATED
- $5.0M, Department of Homeland Security, 2 Jul 2025: COMMUNITY DISASTER LOANS
- $4.3M, Department of Transportation, 9 Jul 2025: APPLICATION PURPOSE: ACQUIRE FUNDING WITH THE INTENTION OF PURCHASING HYBRID ELECTRIC BUSES FOR THE EXISTING ASHEVILLE RIDES TRANSIT (ART) SYSTEM.; ACTIVITIES P
- $4.3M, Department of Transportation, 10 Jul 2023: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE 2 YEARS OF OPERATING ASSISTANCE TO THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE AND ITS SUBRECIPIENTS NOTED BELOW TO ASSIS
- $4.1M, Department of Transportation, 10 Dec 2024: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT OF OPERATING EXPENSES THROUGH CAPITAL COST OF CONTRACTING.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: FUN
- $1.8M, Department of Transportation, 8 Aug 2024: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE PROJECT ADMINISTRATION OPERATING ASSISTANCE CAPITAL COST OF CONTRACTING AND THE PURCHASE OF TRANSIT
- $1.7M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 23 Dec 2024: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS/ENTITLEMENT GRANTS
- $1.4M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 15 Nov 2022: HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Asheville, City of receive?
$262M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $11M; FY2024: $4.1M; FY2025: $243M; FY2026: $4.1M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Asheville, City of?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Housing and Urban Development ($234M), Department of Transportation ($16M) and Department of Homeland Security ($5.0M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Community Development Block Grants/State's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii (14.228), Federal Transit Formula Grants (20.507) and Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (20.526).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: NC ($254M).
Is Asheville, City of a large federal recipient?
It ranks 2,492 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 37 of 650 located in NC. 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.