University profileHouston, TXFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Texas Southern University get?
Texas Southern University received $130.1 million in federal awards in FY2025, 146th of 998 institutions (top 15%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $130.1 million to Texas Southern University (Houston, TX), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 146th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Texas Southern University.
| University of California Santa Cruz #143 · CA | $132M |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks #144 · AK | $131M |
| Kennesaw State University #145 · GA | $131M |
| Texas Southern University #146 · TX | $130M |
| New Mexico State University #147 · NM | $130M |
| Medical College of Wisconsin #148 · WI | $129M |
| University of Connecticut (Storrs) #149 · CT | $129M |
What the money is
That is up 91.6% from FY2024 ($67.9 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 609.5%. The largest share came as grants ($92.4 million, 71.0%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($69.0 million). Its largest programs were Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program (EJ TCGM) ($55.1 million); Federal Pell Grant Program ($36.1 million); Higher Education Institutional Aid ($28.7 million). It ranks 146th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (UEI HYYJJ5ZP7CR9). 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 Southern University: $130M in FY2025, up 610% 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 | $20,000 | $22.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $22.0M |
| FY2019 | $0 | $18.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $18.3M |
| FY2020 | $0 | $57.8M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $57.8M |
| FY2021 | $128,250 | $167.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $167.2M |
| FY2022 | $114,960 | $25.5M | $15.0M | $0 | $0 | $40.6M |
| FY2023 | -$11,700 | $29.8M | $28.1M | $0 | $0 | $57.9M |
| FY2024 | $57,358 | $34.7M | $33.2M | $0 | $0 | $67.9M |
| FY2025 | $27,400 | $92.4M | $37.7M | $0 | $0 | $130.1M |
| FY2026* | $0 | $41.7M | $38.1M | $0 | $0 | $79.8M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Texas Southern 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 | $69.0 million | 53.1% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $55.1 million | 42.3% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $4.7 million | 3.6% |
| National Science Foundation | $984,927 | 0.8% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $250,000 | 0.2% |
| Department of Transportation | $32,000 | 0.0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $27,400 | 0.0% |
| Department of Energy | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program (EJ TCGM) Assistance Listing 66.615 | $55.1 million | 42.3% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $36.1 million | 27.7% |
| Higher Education Institutional Aid Assistance Listing 84.031 | $28.7 million | 22.0% |
| Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Assistance Listing 93.307 | $3.5 million | 2.7% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $984,927 | 0.8% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $920,729 | 0.7% |
| TRIO Upward Bound Assistance Listing 84.047 | $822,701 | 0.6% |
| Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Assistance Listing 84.116 | $740,988 | 0.6% |
| Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007 | $660,885 | 0.5% |
| TRIO Talent Search Assistance Listing 84.044 | $560,211 | 0.4% |
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 Southern University receive?
- $130.1 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Texas Southern University's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($69.0 million, 53.1%). By type, grants were $92.4 million and contracts $27,400.
- Did Texas Southern University's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $130.1 million; FY2024: $67.9 million (+91.6%).
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) 40b9c06c-142a-222f-01c6-5daf4fe81e3c-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.