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University profileChicago Heights, ILFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does Illinois Community College District No 515 get?

Illinois Community College District No 515 received $8.6 million in federal awards in FY2025, 938th of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $8.6 million to Illinois Community College District No 515 (Chicago Heights, IL), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$8.6M
$8.6 million
Grants
$598K
7% of total
Contracts
$0
0% of total
Rank
938th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 938th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Illinois Community College District No 515.

Hawai`i Pacific University #935 · HI$8.6M
Fairmont State University #936 · WV$8.6M
West Valley-Mission Community College District #937 · CA$8.6M
Illinois Community College District No 515 #938 · IL$8.6M
University of Hawaii (Pearl City) #939 · HI$8.4M
Florida Gateway College #940 · FL$8.4M
Cal State la University Auxiliary Services #941 · CA$8.4M

What the money is

That is up 27.7% from FY2024 ($6.7 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 961.5%. The largest share came as direct payments ($8.0 million, 93.0%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($8.6 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($7.8 million); TRIO Upward Bound ($309,504); TRIO Talent Search ($288,470). It ranks 938th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names ILLINOIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT NO 515 (UEI TB9JTHKWXYJ7). 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

Illinois Community College District No 515: $8.6M in FY2025, up 961% 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
$0$5M$10M$15M$20MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$8.6M$0$5M$10M$15M$20M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$8.6M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$0$1.7M$0$0$0$1.7M
FY2019$0$808,183$0$0$0$808,183
FY2020$0$3.5M$0$0$0$3.5M
FY2021$0$18.6M$0$0$0$18.6M
FY2022$0$806,788$2.4M$0$0$3.2M
FY2023$0$1.8M$5.0M$0$0$6.7M
FY2024$0$847,355$5.9M$0$0$6.7M
FY2025$0$597,974$8.0M$0$0$8.6M
FY2026*$0$599,504$8.2M$0$0$8.8M

B = billion, M = million. Loans are the subsidy cost the government records. * FY2026 (October 2025 to September 2026) is preliminary: agencies keep reporting after the year ends, and Department of Defense contract data is published with a 90-day delay. Negative amounts are net de-obligations (money taken back from earlier awards).

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).

Who pays and for what, FY2025

The agencies that obligated the most to Illinois Community College District No 515, 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

AgencyFY2025Share
Department of Education$8.6 million100.0%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$7.8 million90.4%
TRIO Upward Bound Assistance Listing 84.047$309,5043.6%
TRIO Talent Search Assistance Listing 84.044$288,4703.4%
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007$116,5701.4%
Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033$107,7031.3%
Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing 84.268$00.0%

Other institutions in Illinois

All institutions in Illinois

Federal money to Illinois

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does Illinois Community College District No 515 receive?
$8.6 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does Illinois Community College District No 515's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($8.6 million, 100.0%). By type, grants were $597,974 and contracts $0.
Did Illinois Community College District No 515's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $8.6 million; FY2024: $6.7 million (+27.7%).

Sources and notes

  1. USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient ID(s) 4eff1b39-a3cf-ba60-2631-b3fce1953a6e-C, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
  2. How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.