City profileNevadaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Reno get?
Reno received $654.1 million in federal awards in FY2025: $2,306 per resident, 74th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $654.1 million in awards whose place of performance is Reno, NV, about $2,306 per resident.
Reno is 65th 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 18.5% from FY2024 ($551.8 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 111.4%. The largest share came as grants ($282.5 million). The Department of Energy obligated the most ($226.2 million), and the largest program was Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications ($123.2 million). By this measure Reno ranks 74th 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 RENO, state NV). 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 Nevada page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to Reno by year
Reno: $654M in FY2025, up 111% 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 | $97.0M | $114.6M | $65.5M | $14,633 | $429,258 | $277.5M | – |
| FY2019 | $112.8M | $134.1M | $61.9M | -$21,460 | $540,339 | $309.3M | – |
| FY2020 | $170.0M | $260.6M | $66.6M | $2.3M | $976,643 | $500.4M | $1,888 |
| FY2021 | $127.1M | $284.3M | $134.9M | $306,835 | $813,533 | $547.4M | $2,026 |
| FY2022 | $230.8M | $170.7M | $68.8M | -$82,602 | $4.0M | $474.3M | $1,735 |
| FY2023 | $124.0M | $273.5M | $78.6M | $51.3M | $668,399 | $528.0M | $1,915 |
| FY2024 | $92.5M | $180.1M | $86.3M | $191.3M | $1.6M | $551.8M | $1,966 |
| FY2025 | $178.5M | $282.5M | $100.9M | $91.4M | $654,472 | $654.1M | $2,306 |
| FY2026* | $180.4M | $189.4M | $91.4M | $284,692 | $558,939 | $462.0M | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
Reno and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Chesapeake, VA | $696.3 million |
| Fresno, CA | $665.0 million |
| Reno, NV (this page) | $654.1 million |
| Riverside, CA | $583.9 million |
| Arlington, TX | $574.4 million |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Reno, 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 Energy | $226.2 million | 34.6% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $112.1 million | 17.1% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $63.1 million | 9.7% |
| Department of Education | $56.4 million | 8.6% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $43.5 million | 6.7% |
| Department of Defense | $32.8 million | 5.0% |
| Department of Transportation | $31.0 million | 4.7% |
| National Science Foundation | $30.0 million | 4.6% |
| Department of Labor | $16.4 million | 2.5% |
| Department of Agriculture | $13.9 million | 2.1% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications Assistance Listing 81.253 | $123.2 million | 18.8% |
| Federal Loan Guarantees for Innovative Energy Technologies Assistance Listing 81.126 | $90.0 million | 13.8% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $48.7 million | 7.4% |
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $38.7 million | 5.9% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $22.8 million | 3.5% |
| Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859 | $9.7 million | 1.5% |
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Assistance Listing 81.049 | $8.4 million | 1.3% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $8.1 million | 1.2% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $7.9 million | 1.2% |
| Integrative Activities Assistance Listing 47.083 | $5.8 million | 0.9% |
Nearby on this site
Universities in Reno
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does Reno get?
- $654.1 million in FY2025 in awards performed in Reno, NV, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $2,306 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 283,621 people.
- Which agency spends the most in Reno?
- The Department of Energy, with $226.2 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 (RENO) in NV, 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 (Reno city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.