University profileBristol, RIFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Roger Williams University get?
Roger Williams University received $9.5 million in federal awards in FY2025, 894th of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $9.5 million to Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 894th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Roger Williams University.
| South Puget Sound Community College #891 · WA | $9.6M |
| Caribbean University #892 · PR | $9.6M |
| College of the Mainland Foundation #893 · TX | $9.6M |
| Roger Williams University #894 · RI | $9.5M |
| Texas College #895 · TX | $9.5M |
| Texas A&M University - Victoria #896 · TX | $9.5M |
| Bellevue College #897 · WA | $9.5M |
What the money is
That is down 1.4% from FY2024 ($9.7 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 3145.5%. The largest share came as direct payments ($6.6 million, 68.8%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($6.6 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($5.2 million); National Estuary Program ($2.0 million); Federal Work-Study Program ($1.1 million). It ranks 894th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY (UEI FHMPFKBX8FL4, PJMWVZFPFMY4). 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
Roger Williams University: $9.5M in FY2025, up 3146% 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 | $798,413 | $1.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1.9M |
| FY2019 | $413,739 | -$119,491 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $294,248 |
| FY2020 | $367,784 | $3.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3.4M |
| FY2021 | $288,000 | $13.4M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $13.6M |
| FY2022 | $243,750 | $3.6M | $1.5M | $0 | $0 | $5.4M |
| FY2023 | $382,500 | $3.7M | $4.7M | $0 | $0 | $8.7M |
| FY2024 | $431,802 | $3.5M | $5.7M | $0 | $0 | $9.7M |
| FY2025 | $322,500 | $2.7M | $6.6M | $0 | $0 | $9.5M |
| FY2026* | $750 | $4.4M | $5.9M | $0 | $0 | $10.3M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Roger Williams 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 | $6.6 million | 68.8% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $2.0 million | 21.0% |
| National Science Foundation | $645,248 | 6.8% |
| Department of Defense | $322,500 | 3.4% |
| Department of Commerce | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of Agriculture | $0 | 0.0% |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | $0 | 0.0% |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | -$48 | -0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $5.2 million | 54.7% |
| National Estuary Program Assistance Listing 66.456 | $2.0 million | 21.0% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $1.1 million | 11.4% |
| Geosciences Assistance Listing 47.050 | $349,587 | 3.7% |
| Biological Sciences Assistance Listing 47.074 | $295,661 | 3.1% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $260,049 | 2.7% |
| Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing 84.268 | $0 | 0.0% |
| Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects Assistance Listing 11.469 | $0 | 0.0% |
| Animal Disease and Animal Care Assistance Listing 10.025 | $0 | 0.0% |
| Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development Assistance Listing 45.162 | $0 | 0.0% |
Other institutions in Rhode Island
- Brown University$213M
- University of Rhode Island$135M
- Community College of Rhode Island$38M
- Rhode Island College$24M
- Johnson & Wales University$21M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Roger Williams University receive?
- $9.5 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Roger Williams University's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($6.6 million, 68.8%). By type, grants were $2.7 million and contracts $322,500.
- Did Roger Williams University's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $9.5 million; FY2024: $9.7 million (-1.4%).
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) 717292d7-0020-7126-c235-385d955983d0-C, b49acd53-28d8-9221-0dfc-d022cef38785-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.