City profileArizonaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Chandler get?
Chandler received $486.5 million in federal awards in FY2025: $1,745 per resident, 82nd of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $486.5 million in awards whose place of performance is Chandler, AZ, about $1,745 per resident.
Chandler is 74th of 99 large cities per resident
Federal awards per resident, FY2025, the 99 largest US cities on this site. Dashed line: median city.
What the money is
That is down 65.4% from FY2024 ($1.4 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 6.4%. The largest share came as contracts ($318.9 million). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($271.6 million), and the largest program was Federal Pell Grant Program ($144.7 million). By this measure Chandler ranks 82nd of the 99 large US cities on this site.
What is counted: contracts, grants, loans and payments that agencies report with this city as the place of performance (USAspending.gov city name CHANDLER, state AZ). Payments to individuals, such as Social Security, are published only as county totals to protect privacy, so most of them do not show up at city level. For the full picture see the Arizona page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Chandler by year
Chandler: $486M in FY2025, up 6% on FY2019
Federal award obligations by fiscal year and type, FY2018–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is preliminary and still filling in.
- Insurance and other
- Loans (subsidy cost)
- Direct payments
- Grants
- Contracts
View every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Contracts | Grants | Direct payments | Loans | Insurance and other | Total | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | $471.6M | $12.6M | $17.5M | -$572,312 | -$205,820 | $500.9M | – |
| FY2019 | $434.8M | $7.0M | $19.0M | -$3.6M | $158 | $457.3M | – |
| FY2020 | $361.6M | $9.1M | $19.6M | -$7.3M | $41,952 | $383.1M | $1,381 |
| FY2021 | $1.0B | $41.2M | $157.1M | -$15.6M | -$675 | $1.2B | $4,362 |
| FY2022 | $818.5M | $7.9M | $142.3M | -$14.3M | $20,533 | $954.4M | $3,404 |
| FY2023 | $1.3B | $9.7M | $157.9M | -$10.0M | $20,480 | $1.5B | $5,234 |
| FY2024 | $1.2B | $32.2M | $149.2M | -$5.3M | $59,815 | $1.4B | $5,022 |
| FY2025 | $318.9M | $11.1M | $163.3M | -$6.8M | $93,174 | $486.5M | $1,745 |
| FY2026* | $428.0M | $11.9M | $163.2M | -$8.6M | $34,245 | $594.5M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Chandler and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Omaha, NE | $535.4 million |
| Fort Wayne, IN | $493.0 million |
| Chandler, AZ (this page) | $486.5 million |
| Bakersfield, CA | $480.8 million |
| Winston-Salem, NC | $386.9 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Chandler, and the largest federal programs. Programs are federal Assistance Listings (formerly CFDA numbers); contracts have no listing number, so they do not appear there.
Top awarding agencies
| Agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $271.6 million | 55.8% |
| Department of Education | $149.1 million | 30.7% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $24.1 million | 4.9% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $11.9 million | 2.4% |
| Department of Transportation | $10.5 million | 2.2% |
| Department of Commerce | $6.7 million | 1.4% |
| Government Accountability Office | $4.4 million | 0.9% |
| Department of Agriculture | $2.5 million | 0.5% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $2.3 million | 0.5% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $1.1 million | 0.2% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $144.7 million | 29.7% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $12.3 million | 2.5% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $3.3 million | 0.7% |
| Impact Aid Assistance Listing 84.041 | $2.7 million | 0.6% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $1.8 million | 0.4% |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $1.5 million | 0.3% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $1.4 million | 0.3% |
| Public Housing Operating Fund Assistance Listing 14.850 | $1.1 million | 0.2% |
| Public Housing Capital Fund Assistance Listing 14.872 | $945,760 | 0.2% |
| Veterans Housing Direct Loans for Certain Disabled Veterans Assistance Listing 64.118 | $922,818 | 0.2% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in Arizona
Federal money to ArizonaUniversities in Chandler
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Chandler get?
- $486.5 million in FY2025 in awards performed in Chandler, AZ, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $1,745 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 278,748 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Chandler?
- The Department of Defense, with $271.6 million in FY2025.
Sources and notes
- USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by place of performance city (CHANDLER) in AZ, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city estimates (Chandler city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.