University profileBirmingham, ALFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Lawson State Community College get?
Lawson State Community College received $26.2 million in federal awards in FY2025, 451st of 998 institutions (top 45%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $26.2 million to Lawson State Community College (Birmingham, AL), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 451st of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Lawson State Community College.
| Chapman University #448 · CA | $26M |
| Butte-Glenn Community College District #449 · CA | $26M |
| Kentucky Community & Tech College System (Louisville) #450 · KY | $26M |
| Lawson State Community College #451 · AL | $26M |
| Rio Hondo Community College District #452 · CA | $26M |
| Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez, Incorporado (Carolina) #453 · PR | $26M |
| University of Missouri System (Rolla) #454 · MO | $26M |
What the money is
That is up 36.6% from FY2024 ($19.2 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 378.8%. The largest share came as direct payments ($13.4 million, 51.0%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($26.2 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($12.9 million); Higher Education Institutional Aid ($10.9 million); TRIO Student Support Services ($1.5 million). It ranks 451st of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names LAWSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (UEI MNM8WLBH5DZ5). 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
Lawson State Community College: $26M in FY2025, up 379% 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 | $5.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5.3M |
| FY2019 | $0 | $5.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5.5M |
| FY2020 | $0 | $14.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $14.5M |
| FY2021 | $0 | $60.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $60.5M |
| FY2022 | $0 | $7.6M | $4.5M | $0 | $0 | $12.1M |
| FY2023 | $0 | $6.4M | $9.8M | $0 | $0 | $16.2M |
| FY2024 | $0 | $7.6M | $11.6M | $0 | $0 | $19.2M |
| FY2025 | $0 | $12.9M | $13.4M | $0 | $0 | $26.2M |
| FY2026* | $0 | $8.7M | $12.9M | $0 | $0 | $21.6M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Lawson State Community 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 | $26.2 million | 100.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $12.9 million | 49.2% |
| Higher Education Institutional Aid Assistance Listing 84.031 | $10.9 million | 41.6% |
| TRIO Student Support Services Assistance Listing 84.042 | $1.5 million | 5.8% |
| TRIO Upward Bound Assistance Listing 84.047 | $417,831 | 1.6% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $249,714 | 1.0% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $220,000 | 0.8% |
Other institutions in Alabama
- University of Alabama at Birmingham$398M
- Auburn University$164M
- University of Alabama$149M
- University of Alabama in Huntsville$89M
- University of South Alabama$69M
- Alabama A & M University$66M
- Tuskegee University$49M
- Alabama State University$43M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Lawson State Community College receive?
- $26.2 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Lawson State Community College's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($26.2 million, 100.0%). By type, grants were $12.9 million and contracts $0.
- Did Lawson State Community College's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $26.2 million; FY2024: $19.2 million (+36.6%).
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) a843a3ee-5ce8-b8a8-313e-d2c17e76a689-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.