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University profileWhitewater, WIFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does University of Wisconsin System (Whitewater) get?

University of Wisconsin System (Whitewater) received $20.2 million in federal awards in FY2025, 555th of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $20.2 million to University of Wisconsin System (Whitewater) (Whitewater, WI), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$20M
$20.2 million
Grants
$1.7M
8% of total
Contracts
$0
0% of total
Rank
555th
of 998 institutions

Ranked 555th of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of University of Wisconsin System (Whitewater).

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico #552 · PR$20M
Colorado Christian University #553 · CO$20M
Florida National University #554 · FL$20M
University of Wisconsin System (Whitewater) #555 · WI$20M
Southern University and A&M College System (New Orleans) #556 · LA$20M
Salish Kootenai College #557 · MT$20M
Winthrop University #558 · SC$20M

What the money is

That is up 17.7% from FY2024 ($17.1 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is up 1086.2%. The largest share came as direct payments ($18.5 million, 91.6%). The Department of Education was the biggest funder ($19.4 million). Its largest programs were Federal Pell Grant Program ($17.3 million); Biological Sciences ($700,000); Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants ($637,133). It ranks 555th of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM (UEI M73MZJWBNZN5). 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

University of Wisconsin System (Whitewater): $20M in FY2025, up 1086% 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
$0$10M$20M$30M$40MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$20M$0$10M$20M$30M$40M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$20M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$0$1.4M$0$0$0$1.4M
FY2019$0$1.7M$0$0$0$1.7M
FY2020$0$12.1M$0$0$0$12.1M
FY2021$0$36.8M$0$0$0$36.8M
FY2022$0$1.7M$6.0M$0$0$7.6M
FY2023$0$1.2M$13.3M$0$0$14.5M
FY2024$0$843,430$16.3M$0$0$17.1M
FY2025$0$1.7M$18.5M$0$0$20.2M
FY2026*$0$612,219$18.1M$0$0$18.7M

B = billion, M = million. Loans are the subsidy cost the government records. * FY2026 (October 2025 to September 2026) is preliminary: agencies keep reporting after the year ends, and Department of Defense contract data is published with a 90-day delay. Negative amounts are net de-obligations (money taken back from earlier awards).

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).

Who pays and for what, FY2025

The agencies that obligated the most to University of Wisconsin System (Whitewater), 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

AgencyFY2025Share
Department of Education$19.4 million96.2%
National Science Foundation$700,0003.5%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$69,9610.3%
Department of Justice$00.0%
Department of Health and Human Services-$0-0.0%
Department of the Treasury-$292-0.0%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063$17.3 million85.7%
Biological Sciences Assistance Listing 47.074$700,0003.5%
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Assistance Listing 84.007$637,1333.2%
Federal Work-Study Program Assistance Listing 84.033$553,1712.7%
TRIO Upward Bound Assistance Listing 84.047$350,2431.7%
TRIO McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Assistance Listing 84.217$301,4981.5%
TRIO Student Support Services Assistance Listing 84.042$272,3641.4%
Science Assistance Listing 43.001$69,9610.3%
Federal Direct Student Loans Assistance Listing 84.268$00.0%
Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants Assistance Listing 16.710$00.0%

Other institutions in Wisconsin

All institutions in Wisconsin

Federal money to Wisconsin

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does University of Wisconsin System receive?
$20.2 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does University of Wisconsin System's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Education ($19.4 million, 96.2%). By type, grants were $1.7 million and contracts $0.
Did University of Wisconsin System's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $20.2 million; FY2024: $17.1 million (+17.7%).

Sources and notes

  1. USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by recipient ID(s) 3f3cecef-433a-b0df-7223-980ab80563b4-C, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
  2. How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.