University profileGreenvale, NYFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Long Island University get?
Long Island University received $22.4 million in federal awards in FY2025, 512th of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $22.4 million to Long Island University (Greenvale, NY), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 512th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Long Island University.
| South Louisiana Community College #509 · LA | $23M |
| Savannah College of Art and Design #510 · GA | $23M |
| Utah Tech University #511 · UT | $22M |
| Long Island University #512 · NY | $22M |
| Eastern Washington University #513 · WA | $22M |
| Northeastern Illinois University #514 · IL | $22M |
| Charles Stewart Mott Community College #515 · MI | $22M |
What the money is
That is up 17.2% from FY2024 ($19.1 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 734.1%. The largest share came as direct payments ($18.8 million, 83.7%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($22.4 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($14.6 million); Federal Work-Study Program ($2.7 million); American History and Civics Education ($2.3 million). It ranks 512th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY (UEI QNAVQDR2HN55). 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
Long Island University: $22M in FY2025, up 734% 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 | $1.7M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1.7M |
| FY2019 | $0 | $2.7M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2.7M |
| FY2020 | $70,000 | $9.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $9.5M |
| FY2021 | $0 | $36.3M | $2.3M | $0 | $0 | $38.6M |
| FY2022 | $0 | $1.6M | $7.0M | $0 | $0 | $8.5M |
| FY2023 | $0 | $4.2M | $17.0M | $0 | $0 | $21.2M |
| FY2024 | $0 | $1.4M | $17.7M | $0 | $0 | $19.1M |
| FY2025 | $0 | $3.6M | $18.8M | $0 | $0 | $22.4M |
| FY2026* | $0 | $992,184 | $16.7M | $0 | $0 | $17.7M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Long Island 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
| Agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | $22.4 million | 100.1% |
| Department of Agriculture | $46,124 | 0.2% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $0 | 0.0% |
| National Science Foundation | -$75,797 | -0.3% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $14.6 million | 65.2% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $2.7 million | 11.9% |
| American History and Civics Education Assistance Listing 84.422 | $2.3 million | 10.4% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $1.5 million | 6.7% |
| School Safely National Activities Assistance Listing 84.184 | $1.4 million | 6.0% |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences Assistance Listing 47.049 | $479,880 | 2.1% |
| Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Assistance Listing 47.075 | $35,000 | 0.2% |
| Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Assistance Listing 10.310 | $28,200 | 0.1% |
| Animal Health and Disease Research Assistance Listing 10.207 | $17,924 | 0.1% |
| Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing 84.268 | $0 | 0.0% |
Other institutions in New York
- Columbia University in the City of New York$964M
- New York University$688M
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$606M
- Cornell University$351M
- University of Rochester$346M
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University$322M
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine$194M
- Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Stony Brook)$190M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Long Island University receive?
- $22.4 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Long Island University's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($22.4 million, 100.1%). By type, grants were $3.6 million and contracts $0.
- Did Long Island University's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $22.4 million; FY2024: $19.1 million (+17.2%).
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) b28666d5-9774-5d9c-7d62-9dafda915296-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.