University profileAtlanta, GAFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Morehouse College get?
Morehouse College received $23.4 million in federal awards in FY2025, 495th of 998 institutions (top 50%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $23.4 million to Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 495th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Morehouse College.
| Camden County College #492 · NJ | $23M |
| University of Colorado (Colorado Springs) #493 · CO | $23M |
| Minnesota State University Mankato #494 · MN | $23M |
| Morehouse College #495 · GA | $23M |
| South Plains College #496 · TX | $23M |
| Morehead State University #497 · KY | $23M |
| Middle Georgia State University #498 · GA | $23M |
What the money is
That is up 4.0% from FY2024 ($22.5 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 110.7%. The largest share came as grants ($13.1 million, 56.2%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($21.4 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($8.8 million); Higher Education Institutional Aid ($6.9 million); TRIO Upward Bound ($2.6 million). It ranks 495th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names MOREHOUSE COLLEGE INC (UEI KTE2MFWTKAE5). 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
Morehouse College: $23M in FY2025, up 111% 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 | $11.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $11.0M |
| FY2019 | $0 | $11.1M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $11.1M |
| FY2020 | $0 | $18.4M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $18.4M |
| FY2021 | $0 | $37.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $37.2M |
| FY2022 | $15,000 | $17.5M | $3.0M | $0 | $0 | $20.6M |
| FY2023 | -$15,000 | $11.0M | $7.4M | $0 | $0 | $18.4M |
| FY2024 | $251,846 | $13.5M | $8.7M | $0 | $0 | $22.5M |
| FY2025 | $904,363 | $13.1M | $9.3M | $0 | $0 | $23.4M |
| FY2026* | $881,215 | $11.6M | $8.8M | $0 | $0 | $21.3M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Morehouse 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 | $21.4 million | 91.5% |
| Department of Defense | $904,363 | 3.9% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $709,000 | 3.0% |
| National Science Foundation | $349,994 | 1.5% |
| Corporation for National and Community Service | $28,255 | 0.1% |
| Department of the Interior | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of State | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of Energy | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $8.8 million | 37.6% |
| Higher Education Institutional Aid Assistance Listing 84.031 | $6.9 million | 29.7% |
| TRIO Upward Bound Assistance Listing 84.047 | $2.6 million | 11.2% |
| Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development Assistance Listing 84.428 | $1.1 million | 4.5% |
| TRIO McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Assistance Listing 84.217 | $587,530 | 2.5% |
| TRIO Talent Search Assistance Listing 84.044 | $570,018 | 2.4% |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Investigations and Technical Assistance Assistance Listing 93.283 | $566,143 | 2.4% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $350,000 | 1.5% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $349,994 | 1.5% |
| TRIO Student Support Services Assistance Listing 84.042 | $272,364 | 1.2% |
Other institutions in Georgia
- Emory University$672M
- Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp$478M
- Georgia Tech Research Corp$297M
- Georgia State University$159M
- Kennesaw State University$131M
- University of Georgia$83M
- Georgia State University Research Foundation$72M
- Georgia Southern University$67M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Morehouse College receive?
- $23.4 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Morehouse College's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($21.4 million, 91.5%). By type, grants were $13.1 million and contracts $904,363.
- Did Morehouse College's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $23.4 million; FY2024: $22.5 million (+4.0%).
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) ceb5e33a-9439-68f4-df14-dc9e965afd14-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.