University profileCollege Station, TXFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Texas A&M Forest Service get?
Texas A&M Forest Service received $51.9 million in federal awards in FY2025, 278th of 998 institutions (top 28%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $51.9 million to Texas A&M Forest Service (College Station, TX), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 278th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Texas A&M Forest Service.
| Texas A & M University System Health Science Center (College Station) #275 · TX | $53M |
| Clark Atlanta University #276 · GA | $52M |
| Illinois State University #277 · IL | $52M |
| Texas A&M Forest Service #278 · TX | $52M |
| University of Toledo #279 · OH | $52M |
| Texas State Technical College #280 · TX | $51M |
| Cerritos Community College District #281 · CA | $51M |
What the money is
That is down 3.0% from FY2024 ($53.5 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 471.0%. The largest share came as grants ($49.8 million, 96.0%). The Department of Agriculture was the biggest funder ($51.9 million). Its largest programs were Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program ($28.9 million); Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration ($9.0 million); Cooperative Forestry Assistance ($7.6 million). It ranks 278th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE (UEI FL2TDZMNL4T1). 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
Texas A&M Forest Service: $52M in FY2025, up 471% 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 | $5,000 | $5.9M | $0 | $0 | $1.1M | $7.0M |
| FY2019 | $0 | $6.6M | $0 | $0 | $2.5M | $9.1M |
| FY2020 | $5,000 | $8.8M | $0 | $0 | $1.7M | $10.6M |
| FY2021 | $0 | $8.0M | $0 | $0 | $1.1M | $9.2M |
| FY2022 | $5,000 | $10.3M | $0 | $0 | $1.6M | $12.0M |
| FY2023 | $5,000 | $36.7M | $0 | $0 | $7.7M | $44.4M |
| FY2024 | $0 | $51.0M | $0 | $0 | $2.5M | $53.5M |
| FY2025 | $0 | $49.8M | $0 | $0 | $2.1M | $51.9M |
| FY2026* | $10,000 | $26.7M | $0 | $0 | $3.1M | $29.8M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Texas A&M Forest Service, 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 Agriculture | $51.9 million | 100.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program Assistance Listing 10.734 | $28.9 million | 55.7% |
| Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration Assistance Listing 10.731 | $9.0 million | 17.4% |
| Cooperative Forestry Assistance Assistance Listing 10.664 | $7.6 million | 14.6% |
| Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement Assistance Listing 10.703 | $1.3 million | 2.5% |
| Bipartisan Infrastructure Act Nursery Vegetation Assistance Listing 10.736 | $1.0 million | 1.9% |
| Forest Legacy Program Assistance Listing 10.676 | $895,000 | 1.7% |
| State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance Assistance Listing 10.698 | $887,286 | 1.7% |
| Forest Health Protection Assistance Listing 10.680 | $854,313 | 1.6% |
| Partnership Agreements Assistance Listing 10.699 | $565,776 | 1.1% |
| Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Temporary Bridge Program Assistance Listing 10.721 | $400,000 | 0.8% |
Other institutions in Texas
- University of Texas at Austin$800M
- Baylor College of Medicine$355M
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center$351M
- University of Houston System (Houston)$337M
- University of Texas M.d. Anderson Cancer Center$289M
- Texas A & M University$204M
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston$201M
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$197M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Texas A&M Forest Service receive?
- $51.9 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Texas A&M Forest Service's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Agriculture ($51.9 million, 100.0%). By type, grants were $49.8 million and contracts $0.
- Did Texas A&M Forest Service's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $51.9 million; FY2024: $53.5 million (-3.0%).
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) 00f8d30c-ea0b-4cef-c30a-aede38ca1a94-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.