City profileIndianaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Fort Wayne get?
Fort Wayne received $493.0 million in federal awards in FY2025: $1,791 per resident, 81st of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $493.0 million in awards whose place of performance is Fort Wayne, IN, about $1,791 per resident.
Fort Wayne is 70th 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 up 5.1% from FY2024 ($469.2 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 10.1%. The largest share came as contracts ($379.8 million). The Department of Defense obligated the most ($258.7 million), and the largest program was Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers ($32.4 million). By this measure Fort Wayne ranks 81st 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 FORT WAYNE, state IN). 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 Indiana page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Fort Wayne by year
Fort Wayne: $493M in FY2025, up 10% 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 | $406.9M | $33.6M | $65.4M | -$2.9M | $229,352 | $503.2M | – |
| FY2019 | $331.9M | $53.2M | $67.8M | -$5.4M | $190,932 | $447.8M | – |
| FY2020 | $356.0M | $74.9M | $58.7M | -$9.2M | $38,494 | $480.4M | $1,817 |
| FY2021 | $328.3M | $98.3M | $127.9M | -$18.5M | $89,272 | $536.1M | $2,013 |
| FY2022 | $231.1M | $36.4M | $65.5M | -$12.5M | $6.7M | $327.3M | $1,221 |
| FY2023 | $389.3M | $61.2M | $50.6M | -$6.8M | $441,609 | $494.8M | $1,831 |
| FY2024 | $363.4M | $44.7M | $63.2M | -$2.5M | $308,785 | $469.2M | $1,718 |
| FY2025 | $379.8M | $40.9M | $75.7M | -$4.1M | $495,251 | $493.0M | $1,791 |
| FY2026* | $160.7M | $58.6M | $71.7M | -$4.7M | $245,780 | $286.6M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Fort Wayne and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Santa Ana, CA | $547.4 million |
| Omaha, NE | $535.4 million |
| Fort Wayne, IN (this page) | $493.0 million |
| Chandler, AZ | $486.5 million |
| Bakersfield, CA | $480.8 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Fort Wayne, 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 | $258.7 million | 52.5% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $116.0 million | 23.5% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $40.8 million | 8.3% |
| Department of Education | $36.5 million | 7.4% |
| Department of Transportation | $11.3 million | 2.3% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $10.8 million | 2.2% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $6.3 million | 1.3% |
| Federal Communications Commission | $4.2 million | 0.8% |
| Department of Agriculture | $4.0 million | 0.8% |
| General Services Administration | $1.7 million | 0.3% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $32.4 million | 6.6% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $31.2 million | 6.3% |
| National Guard Military Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Projects Assistance Listing 12.401 | $8.0 million | 1.6% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $7.1 million | 1.4% |
| National Infrastructure Investments Assistance Listing 20.933 | $3.8 million | 0.8% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $3.5 million | 0.7% |
| Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs Assistance Listing 84.334 | $2.8 million | 0.6% |
| Public Housing Operating Fund Assistance Listing 14.850 | $2.7 million | 0.6% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $2.6 million | 0.5% |
| UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - RURAL HEALTH CARE Assistance Listing 32.005 | $2.5 million | 0.5% |
Nearby on this site
Universities in Fort Wayne
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Fort Wayne get?
- $493.0 million in FY2025 in awards performed in Fort Wayne, IN, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $1,791 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 275,203 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Fort Wayne?
- The Department of Defense, with $258.7 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 (FORT WAYNE) in IN, 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 (Fort Wayne city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.