University profileWheeling, ILFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does National Louis University get?
National Louis University received $24.0 million in federal awards in FY2025, 481st of 998 institutions (top 48%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $24.0 million to National Louis University (Wheeling, IL), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 481st of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of National Louis University.
| Northwest Miss Community College #478 · MS | $24M |
| University of North Carolina at Pembroke #479 · NC | $24M |
| Southern University Shreveport #480 · LA | $24M |
| National Louis University #481 · IL | $24M |
| Louisiana Tech University #482 · LA | $24M |
| Rhode Island College #483 · RI | $24M |
| Bellevue University #484 · NE | $24M |
What the money is
That is up 38.4% from FY2024 ($17.3 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 2079.2%. The largest share came as direct payments ($19.3 million, 80.6%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($23.4 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($17.2 million); Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education ($3.2 million); Federal Work-Study Program ($1.2 million). It ranks 481st of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY (UEI N1XKNBG56BM5). 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
National Louis University: $24M in FY2025, up 2079% 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 | $806,918 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $806,918 |
| FY2019 | $0 | $1.1M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1.1M |
| FY2020 | $0 | $4.8M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4.8M |
| FY2021 | $0 | $21.1M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $21.1M |
| FY2022 | $0 | $2.2M | $4.4M | $0 | $0 | $6.6M |
| FY2023 | $0 | $4.2M | $14.3M | $0 | $0 | $18.5M |
| FY2024 | $0 | $1.5M | $15.9M | $0 | $0 | $17.3M |
| FY2025 | $0 | $4.6M | $19.3M | $0 | $0 | $24.0M |
| FY2026* | $0 | $0 | $19.7M | $0 | $0 | $19.7M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to National Louis 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 | $23.4 million | 97.6% |
| National Science Foundation | $329,821 | 1.4% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $238,044 | 1.0% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $17.2 million | 71.6% |
| Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Assistance Listing 84.116 | $3.2 million | 13.5% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $1.2 million | 5.2% |
| Higher Education Institutional Aid Assistance Listing 84.031 | $828,708 | 3.5% |
| Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (TEACH Grants) Assistance Listing 84.379 | $469,807 | 2.0% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $458,882 | 1.9% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $329,821 | 1.4% |
| Science Assistance Listing 43.001 | $238,044 | 1.0% |
| Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing 84.268 | $0 | 0.0% |
| Congressional Directives Assistance Listing 93.493 | $0 | 0.0% |
Other institutions in Illinois
- Northwestern University$582M
- University of Illinois (Urbana)$429M
- University of Chicago$426M
- University of Illinois (Chicago)$338M
- Northern Illinois University$53M
- Illinois State University$52M
- Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville)$43M
- Depaul University$38M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does National Louis University receive?
- $24.0 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does National Louis University's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($23.4 million, 97.6%). By type, grants were $4.6 million and contracts $0.
- Did National Louis University's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $24.0 million; FY2024: $17.3 million (+38.4%).
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) 2b760fd1-4181-5498-c1c4-cc4c2e2c28c3-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.