University profileGardner, MAFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Mount Wachusett Community College get?
Mount Wachusett Community College received $14.8 million in federal awards in FY2025, 685th of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $14.8 million to Mount Wachusett Community College (Gardner, MA), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 685th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Mount Wachusett Community College.
| Aurora University #682 · IL | $15M |
| Texas Southmost College District #683 · TX | $15M |
| Harris-Stowe State University #684 · MO | $15M |
| Mount Wachusett Community College #685 · MA | $15M |
| Sinte Gleska University #686 · SD | $15M |
| University of Arkansas Grantham #687 · AR | $15M |
| Cheyney University of Pennsylvania #688 · PA | $15M |
What the money is
That is up 112.3% from FY2024 ($7.0 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 271.0%. The largest share came as direct payments ($10.3 million, 69.7%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($14.8 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($9.9 million); TRIO Student Support Services ($1.0 million); Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education ($874,420). It ranks 685th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names MOUNT WACHUSETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (UEI H14SHCN3NFK6). 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
Mount Wachusett Community College: $15M in FY2025, up 271% 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 | $4.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4.0M |
| FY2019 | $0 | $4.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4.0M |
| FY2020 | $0 | $6.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $6.2M |
| FY2021 | $0 | $18.8M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $18.8M |
| FY2022 | $0 | $4.5M | $610,074 | $0 | $0 | $5.1M |
| FY2023 | $0 | $3.8M | $7.3M | $0 | $0 | $11.0M |
| FY2024 | $0 | $2.6M | $4.3M | $0 | $0 | $7.0M |
| FY2025 | $0 | $4.5M | $10.3M | $0 | $0 | $14.8M |
| FY2026* | $0 | $3.1M | $12.1M | $0 | $0 | $15.2M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Mount Wachusett 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 | $14.8 million | 100.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $9.9 million | 67.2% |
| TRIO Student Support Services Assistance Listing 84.042 | $1.0 million | 6.9% |
| Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Assistance Listing 84.116 | $874,420 | 5.9% |
| TRIO Talent Search Assistance Listing 84.044 | $689,443 | 4.7% |
| Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs Assistance Listing 84.334 | $665,600 | 4.5% |
| Higher Education Institutional Aid Assistance Listing 84.031 | $619,027 | 4.2% |
| TRIO Upward Bound Assistance Listing 84.047 | $324,979 | 2.2% |
| TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers Assistance Listing 84.066 | $284,745 | 1.9% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $197,355 | 1.3% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $165,450 | 1.1% |
Other institutions in Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Lexington)$1.4B
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge)$443M
- Boston University$420M
- University of Massachusetts Medical School$276M
- Harvard University (Cambridge)$254M
- University of Massachusetts (Amherst)$165M
- Harvard University (Boston)$156M
- Northeastern University$149M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Mount Wachusett Community College receive?
- $14.8 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Mount Wachusett Community College's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($14.8 million, 100.0%). By type, grants were $4.5 million and contracts $0.
- Did Mount Wachusett Community College's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $14.8 million; FY2024: $7.0 million (+112.3%).
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) ed2d098b-26a8-9763-fd5d-83e9522c440e-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.