Where My Taxes Go

University profileTerre Haute, INFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does Indiana State University get?

Indiana State University received $19.1 million in federal awards in FY2025, 585th of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $19.1 million to Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$19M
$19.1 million
Grants
$820K
4% of total
Contracts
$0
0% of total
Rank
585th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 585th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Indiana State University.

Marshall University Research Corporation #582 · WV$19M
University of the Incarnate Word #583 · TX$19M
College of Central Florida #584 · FL$19M
Indiana State University #585 · IN$19M
University of Hawaii (Hilo) #586 · HI$19M
Eastern New Mexico University #587 · NM$19M
Quinsigamond Community College #588 · MA$19M

What the money is

That is up 0.8% from FY2024 ($18.9 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 1231.1%. The largest share came as direct payments ($18.3 million, 95.7%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($18.5 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($17.5 million); Federal Work-Study Program ($465,833); Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants ($320,082). It ranks 585th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (UEI KU3ZKBMNEJL3, WBLRF8Z4BEF6). 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

Indiana State University: $19M in FY2025, up 1231% 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$20M$40M$60MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$19M$0$20M$40M$60M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$19M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$0$2.2M$0$0$0$2.2M
FY2019$0$1.4M$0$0$0$1.4M
FY2020$0$10.9M$0$0$0$10.9M
FY2021$0$46.6M$0$0$0$46.6M
FY2022$0$2.1M$7.4M$0$0$9.6M
FY2023$0$863,689$15.5M$0$0$16.4M
FY2024$0$1.5M$17.5M$0$0$18.9M
FY2025$0$819,701$18.3M$0$0$19.1M
FY2026*$0$903,615$17.2M$0$0$18.1M

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 Indiana State University, 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$18.5 million96.9%
Department of Health and Human Services$299,2951.6%
National Science Foundation$291,6341.5%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$17.5 million91.6%
Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033$465,8332.4%
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007$320,0821.7%
Primary Care Training and Enhancement Assistance Listing 93.884$299,2951.6%
Biological Sciences Assistance Listing 47.074$291,6341.5%
Special Education Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities Assistance Listing 84.326$228,7721.2%
Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing 84.268$00.0%
Food and Drug Administration Research Assistance Listing 93.103$00.0%
Biomedical Research and Research Training Assistance Listing 93.859$00.0%

Other institutions in Indiana

All institutions in Indiana

Federal money to Indiana

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does Indiana State University receive?
$19.1 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does Indiana State University's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($18.5 million, 96.9%). By type, grants were $819,701 and contracts $0.
Did Indiana State University's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $19.1 million; FY2024: $18.9 million (+0.8%).

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) 50af665f-5e77-1e14-6dc4-f53b2e97fcba-C, dee9e40a-876e-2c03-4d34-fa2d2a7379b2-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.