University profileTougaloo, MSFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does Tougaloo College get?
Tougaloo College received $23.6 million in federal awards in FY2025, 486th of 998 institutions (top 49%).In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $23.6 million to Tougaloo College (Tougaloo, MS), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.
Ranked 486th of 998 by federal awards
FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Tougaloo College.
| Rhode Island College #483 · RI | $24M |
| Bellevue University #484 · NE | $24M |
| Texas Christian University #485 · TX | $24M |
| Tougaloo College #486 · MS | $24M |
| Bowie State University Foundation #487 · MD | $24M |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania #488 · PA | $24M |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell #489 · MA | $24M |
What the money is
That is down 2.4% from FY2024 ($24.2 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 172.1%. The largest share came as grants ($16.6 million, 70.1%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($16.2 million). Its largest programs were Higher Education Institutional Aid ($10.4 million); Federal Pell Grant Program ($2.9 million); STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) ($2.2 million). It ranks 486th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.
What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names TOUGALOO COLLEGE (UEI XELUC5A4AJQ7). 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
Tougaloo College: $24M in FY2025, up 172% 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 | $1.2M | $8.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $9.4M |
| FY2019 | $1.2M | $7.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8.7M |
| FY2020 | $1.3M | $11.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $12.3M |
| FY2021 | $1.1M | $21.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $22.6M |
| FY2022 | $1.1M | $10.0M | $1.1M | $0 | $0 | $12.2M |
| FY2023 | $2.7M | $9.6M | $3.3M | $0 | $0 | $15.5M |
| FY2024 | -$442,400 | $20.9M | $3.8M | $0 | $0 | $24.2M |
| FY2025 | $1.4M | $16.6M | $5.6M | $0 | $0 | $23.6M |
| FY2026* | $1.5M | $7.4M | $2.7M | $0 | $0 | $11.6M |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to Tougaloo 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 | $16.2 million | 68.5% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $3.0 million | 12.6% |
| National Science Foundation | $2.2 million | 9.5% |
| Delta Regional Authority | $2.2 million | 9.5% |
| Department of the Interior | $0 | 0.0% |
| Department of Energy | $0 | 0.0% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Higher Education Institutional Aid Assistance Listing 84.031 | $10.4 million | 43.8% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $2.9 million | 12.3% |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) Assistance Listing 47.076 | $2.2 million | 9.5% |
| Delta Area Economic Development Assistance Listing 90.201 | $2.2 million | 9.5% |
| TRIO Upward Bound Assistance Listing 84.047 | $1.7 million | 7.3% |
| Healthy Start Initiative Assistance Listing 93.926 | $1.1 million | 4.7% |
| TRIO Talent Search Assistance Listing 84.044 | $454,053 | 1.9% |
| Special Projects of Regional and National Significance Assistance Listing 93.110 | $450,000 | 1.9% |
| Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033 | $264,623 | 1.1% |
| TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers Assistance Listing 84.066 | $242,216 | 1.0% |
Other institutions in Mississippi
- Mississippi State University$160M
- University of Mississippi$79M
- Jackson State University$73M
- University of Southern Mississippi$67M
- University of Mississippi Medical Center$48M
- Alcorn State University$42M
- Northwest Miss Community College$24M
- Mississippi Valley State University$16M
Questions and answers
- How much federal funding does Tougaloo College receive?
- $23.6 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
- Where does Tougaloo College's federal money come from?
- The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($16.2 million, 68.5%). By type, grants were $16.6 million and contracts $1.4 million.
- Did Tougaloo College's federal funding go up or down?
- FY2025: $23.6 million; FY2024: $24.2 million (-2.4%).
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) eb210a08-4c36-c196-b89f-0627f5aa8e4f-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.