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University profileJacksonville, FLFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does Jacksonville University get?

Jacksonville University received $15.3 million in federal awards in FY2025, 676th of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $15.3 million to Jacksonville University (Jacksonville, FL), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$15M
$15.3 million
Grants
-$17K
-0% of total
Contracts
$8.4M
55% of total
Rank
676th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 676th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Jacksonville University.

Florida Memorial University #673 · FL$15M
Everglades College #674 · FL$15M
Shelton State Community College #675 · AL$15M
Jacksonville University #676 · FL$15M
Howard Community College #677 · MD$15M
Saint Xavier University #678 · IL$15M
Southeastern Oklahoma State University #679 · OK$15M

What the money is

That is up 140.4% from FY2024 ($6.3 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 1453.0%. The largest share came as contracts ($8.4 million, 55.3%). The Department of Defense was the biggest funder ($8.4 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($6.1 million); Federal Work-Study Program ($500,000); Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants ($183,973). It ranks 676th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

55% of the FY2025 total is contracts rather than grants. Universities that run large research laboratories or centers for a federal agency usually show this pattern.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY (UEI CHZKP2RC6HA7). 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

Jacksonville University: $15M in FY2025, up 1453% 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*$15M$0$5M$10M$15M$20M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$15M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$1.6M$168,841$0$0$0$1.7M
FY2019$957,057$24,946$0$0$0$982,003
FY2020$1.8M$2.4M$0$0$0$4.2M
FY2021$3.2M$12.0M$0$0$0$15.2M
FY2022$3.4M$114,529$2.1M$0$0$5.6M
FY2023$4.3M$10,894$5.3M$0$0$9.6M
FY2024-$19,104$16,666$6.3M$0$0$6.3M
FY2025$8.4M-$16,666$6.8M$0$0$15.3M
FY2026*$7.4M-$250$6.0M$0$0$13.4M

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 Jacksonville 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 Defense$8.4 million55.3%
Department of Education$6.8 million44.8%
National Science Foundation$00.0%
Department of Health and Human Services-$16,666-0.1%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$6.1 million40.3%
Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033$500,0003.3%
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007$183,9731.2%
Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing 84.268$00.0%
Polar Programs Assistance Listing 47.078$00.0%
Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) Assistance Listing 93.264-$16,666-0.1%

Other institutions in Florida

All institutions in Florida

Federal money to Florida

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does Jacksonville University receive?
$15.3 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does Jacksonville University's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Defense ($8.4 million, 55.3%). By type, grants were -$16,666 and contracts $8.4 million.
Did Jacksonville University's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $15.3 million; FY2024: $6.3 million (+140.4%).

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) 3cd7d0de-8e28-e3ef-3d92-e64da38858d2-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.