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University profileMuscle Shoals, ALFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does Northwest Shoals Community College get?

Northwest Shoals Community College received $10.0 million in federal awards in FY2025, 863rd of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $10.0 million to Northwest Shoals Community College (Muscle Shoals, AL), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$10M
$10.0 million
Grants
$2.4M
24% of total
Contracts
$0
0% of total
Rank
863rd
of 998 institutions

Ranked 863rd of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Northwest Shoals Community College.

University of Maine at Presque Isle #860 · ME$10M
Orange County Community College #861 · NY$10M
Niagara County Community College #862 · NY$10M
Northwest Shoals Community College #863 · AL$10M
Rogers State University Foundation #864 · OK$10M
Rust College #865 · MS$10M
Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (Bemidji) #866 · MN$10M

What the money is

That is down 7.7% from FY2024 ($10.9 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 196.2%. The largest share came as direct payments ($7.6 million, 75.8%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($10.0 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($7.4 million); TRIO Student Support Services ($1.3 million); TRIO Upward Bound ($1.1 million). It ranks 863rd of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names NORTHWEST SHOALS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (UEI JHVHEY5LU6C7). 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

Northwest Shoals Community College: $10M in FY2025, up 196% 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
$0$5M$10M$15M$20MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$10M$0$5M$10M$15M$20M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$10M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$0$3.4M$0$0$0$3.4M
FY2019$0$3.4M$0$0$0$3.4M
FY2020$0$5.5M$0$0$0$5.5M
FY2021$0$16.0M$0$0$0$16.0M
FY2022$0$2.9M$3.3M$0$0$6.2M
FY2023$0$3.9M$6.0M$0$0$9.9M
FY2024$0$4.1M$6.7M$0$0$10.9M
FY2025$0$2.4M$7.6M$0$0$10.0M
FY2026*$0$1.8M$7.6M$0$0$9.3M

B = billion, M = million. Loans are the subsidy cost the government records. * FY2026 (October 2025 to September 2026) is preliminary: agencies keep reporting after the year ends, and Department of Defense contract data is published with a 90-day delay. Negative amounts are net de-obligations (money taken back from earlier awards).

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).

Who pays and for what, FY2025

The agencies that obligated the most to Northwest Shoals 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

AgencyFY2025Share
Department of Education$10.0 million100.0%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$7.4 million73.5%
TRIO Student Support Services Assistance Listing 84.042$1.3 million13.1%
TRIO Upward Bound Assistance Listing 84.047$1.1 million11.0%
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007$128,7321.3%
Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033$106,8611.1%
TRIO Talent Search Assistance Listing 84.044$30.0%
Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing 84.268$00.0%

Other institutions in Alabama

All institutions in Alabama

Federal money to Alabama

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does Northwest Shoals Community College receive?
$10.0 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does Northwest Shoals Community College's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($10.0 million, 100.0%). By type, grants were $2.4 million and contracts $0.
Did Northwest Shoals Community College's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $10.0 million; FY2024: $10.9 million (-7.7%).

Sources and notes

  1. USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient ID(s) 7900c779-e014-1c3d-7a44-edece6f8bc9c-C, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
  2. How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.