University profileAugusta, GAFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Paine College get?
Paine College received $11.5 million in federal awards in FY2025, 796th of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $11.5 million to Paine College (Augusta, GA), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 796th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Paine College.
| Talladega College #793 · AL | $12M |
| Pennsylvania College of Technology #794 · PA | $12M |
| Edward Waters University #795 · FL | $12M |
| Paine College #796 · GA | $12M |
| Iona University #797 · NY | $11M |
| Holyoke Community College #798 · MA | $11M |
| Livingstone College #799 · NC | $11M |
What the money is
That is up 36.9% from FY2024 ($8.4 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 275.1%. The largest share came as grants ($9.3 million, 81.2%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($8.4 million). Its largest programs were Higher Education Institutional Aid ($5.5 million); Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). ($3.1 million); Federal Pell Grant Program ($1.7 million). It ranks 796th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names PAINE COLLEGE (UEI EF36PJXL9658). 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
Paine College: $12M in FY2025, up 275% 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 | $2.7M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2.7M |
| FY2019 | $0 | $3.1M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3.1M |
| FY2020 | $0 | $5.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5.2M |
| FY2021 | $0 | $12.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $12.0M |
| FY2022 | $0 | $2.4M | $652,613 | $0 | $0 | $3.0M |
| FY2023 | $0 | $2.9M | $1.8M | $0 | $0 | $4.7M |
| FY2024 | $0 | $6.1M | $2.3M | $0 | $0 | $8.4M |
| FY2025 | $0 | $9.3M | $2.2M | $0 | $0 | $11.5M |
| FY2026* | $0 | $5.6M | $2.2M | $0 | $0 | $7.8M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Paine 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 | $8.4 million | 73.3% |
| Department of the Interior | $3.1 million | 26.7% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Higher Education Institutional Aid Assistance Listing 84.031 | $5.5 million | 47.6% |
| Preservation of Historic Structures on the Campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Assistance Listing 15.932 | $3.1 million | 26.7% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $1.7 million | 15.0% |
| TRIO Upward Bound Assistance Listing 84.047 | $550,864 | 4.8% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $351,074 | 3.1% |
| TRIO Student Support Services Assistance Listing 84.042 | $233,400 | 2.0% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $89,984 | 0.8% |
| Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing 84.268 | $0 | 0.0% |
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 Paine College receive?
- $11.5 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Paine College's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($8.4 million, 73.3%). By type, grants were $9.3 million and contracts $0.
- Did Paine College's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $11.5 million; FY2024: $8.4 million (+36.9%).
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) 09f202f7-cb7d-1d60-feb0-94b5b2d0c508-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.