University profileMemphis, TNFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Southwest Tn Community College get?
Southwest Tn Community College received $20.8 million in federal awards in FY2025, 541st of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $20.8 million to Southwest Tn Community College (Memphis, TN), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 541st of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Southwest Tn Community College.
| Clayton State University #538 · GA | $21M |
| Citrus Community College Distr. #539 · CA | $21M |
| University of Wisconsin System (Oshkosh) #540 · WI | $21M |
| Southwest Tn Community College #541 · TN | $21M |
| College of William and Mary #542 · VA | $21M |
| Louisiana State University Alexandria #543 · LA | $21M |
| Regent University #544 · VA | $21M |
What the money is
That is up 8.0% from FY2024 ($19.3 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 1364.6%. The largest share came as direct payments ($18.9 million, 90.8%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($21.0 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($18.2 million); Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education ($885,504); Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions ($761,425). It ranks 541st of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names SOUTHWEST TN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (UEI KF3UUJ1M69B9). 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
Southwest Tn Community College: $21M in FY2025, up 1365% 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 | $257,400 | -$1.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$907,687 |
| FY2019 | $127,550 | $1.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1.4M |
| FY2020 | $293,942 | $10.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10.5M |
| FY2021 | $83,593 | $47.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $47.6M |
| FY2022 | $146,685 | $4.8M | $7.1M | $0 | $0 | $12.1M |
| FY2023 | $42,676 | $1.5M | $15.8M | $0 | $0 | $17.4M |
| FY2024 | $0 | $1.4M | $17.9M | $0 | $0 | $19.3M |
| FY2025 | $0 | $1.9M | $18.9M | $0 | $0 | $20.8M |
| FY2026* | $0 | $162,646 | $11.9M | $0 | $0 | $12.1M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Southwest Tn 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 | $21.0 million | 100.8% |
| Department of Labor | -$167,421 | -0.8% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $18.2 million | 87.6% |
| Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Assistance Listing 84.116 | $885,504 | 4.2% |
| Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions Assistance Listing 84.382 | $761,425 | 3.7% |
| TRIO Upward Bound Assistance Listing 84.047 | $437,211 | 2.1% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $419,548 | 2.0% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $249,498 | 1.2% |
| H-1B Job Training Grants Assistance Listing 17.268 | -$167,421 | -0.8% |
Other institutions in Tennessee
- Vanderbilt University$218M
- University of Tennessee (Knoxville)$180M
- Tennessee State University$74M
- University of Memphis$69M
- University of Tennessee (Memphis)$58M
- Meharry Medical College$56M
- Middle Tennessee State University$54M
- East Tennessee State University$51M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Southwest Tn Community College receive?
- $20.8 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Southwest Tn Community College's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($21.0 million, 100.8%). By type, grants were $1.9 million and contracts $0.
- Did Southwest Tn Community College's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $20.8 million; FY2024: $19.3 million (+8.0%).
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) a3a204b6-765d-ac06-7e6d-9c031d969cd6-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.