University profilePasco, WAFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Columbia Basin College get?
Columbia Basin College received $16.2 million in federal awards in FY2025, 644th of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $16.2 million to Columbia Basin College (Pasco, WA), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 644th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Columbia Basin College.
| West Virginia State University Research and Development Corporation #641 · WV | $16M |
| College of Western Idaho #642 · ID | $16M |
| Wallace State Community College #643 · AL | $16M |
| Columbia Basin College #644 · WA | $16M |
| Piedmont Technical College #645 · SC | $16M |
| Mississippi Valley State University #646 · MS | $16M |
| Pierce College #647 · WA | $16M |
What the money is
That is down 1.9% from FY2024 ($16.5 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 570.6%. The largest share came as direct payments ($14.6 million, 90.4%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($16.3 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($14.3 million); Migrant Education College Assistance Migrant Program ($876,976); TRIO Upward Bound ($442,695). It ranks 644th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names COLUMBIA BASIN COLLEGE (UEI SNENTKJ774A5). Money that reaches it as a subaward through another organization is not included. Separately incorporated foundations, hospitals and laboratories have their own records and are not added in. Grouping rules are explained in the methodology.
Federal awards by year
Columbia Basin College: $16M in FY2025, up 571% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | $0 | $2.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2.3M |
| FY2019 | $0 | $2.4M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2.4M |
| FY2020 | $0 | $5.8M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5.8M |
| FY2021 | $0 | $24.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $24.3M |
| FY2022 | $0 | $2.3M | $4.1M | $0 | $0 | $6.4M |
| FY2023 | $0 | $2.3M | $9.1M | $0 | $0 | $11.5M |
| FY2024 | $0 | $4.7M | $11.8M | $0 | $0 | $16.5M |
| FY2025 | $0 | $1.5M | $14.6M | $0 | $0 | $16.2M |
| FY2026* | $0 | $745,350 | $13.0M | $0 | $0 | $13.7M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Columbia Basin College, 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 Education | $16.3 million | 100.8% |
| National Science Foundation | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of Energy | $0 | 0.0% |
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission | -$133,651 | -0.8% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $14.3 million | 88.2% |
| Migrant Education College Assistance Migrant Program Assistance Listing 84.149 | $876,976 | 5.4% |
| TRIO Upward Bound Assistance Listing 84.047 | $442,695 | 2.7% |
| TRIO Student Support Services Assistance Listing 84.042 | $361,507 | 2.2% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $210,000 | 1.3% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $160,000 | 1.0% |
| Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing 84.268 | $0 | 0.0% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $0 | 0.0% |
| Environmental Monitoring/Cleanup, Cultural and Resource Mgmt., Emergency Response Research, Outreach, Technical Analysis Assistance Listing 81.214 | $0 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Scholarship and Fellowship Program Assistance Listing 77.008 | -$133,651 | -0.8% |
Other institutions in Washington
- University of Washington$1B
- Washington State University (Pullman)$163M
- Washington State Community College District 17$47M
- Western Washington University$29M
- Corporation of Gonzaga University$28M
- Central Washington University$26M
- Eastern Washington University$22M
- Skagit Valley College Foundation$18M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Columbia Basin College receive?
- $16.2 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Columbia Basin College's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($16.3 million, 100.8%). By type, grants were $1.5 million and contracts $0.
- Did Columbia Basin College's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $16.2 million; FY2024: $16.5 million (-1.9%).
Sources and notes
- USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient ID(s) 5b47b99c-72cd-d60f-989e-2f829391eab3-C, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.