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University profilePuyallup, WAFiscal year 2025

How much federal money does Washington State University (Puyallup) get?

Washington State University (Puyallup) received $10.8 million in federal awards in FY2025, 822nd of 998 institutions.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $10.8 million to Washington State University (Puyallup) (Puyallup, WA), counting grants, contracts, loans and other awards.

FY2025 total
$11M
$10.8 million
Grants
$11M
100% of total
Contracts
$0
0% of total
Rank
822nd
of 998 institutions

Ranked 822nd of 998 by federal awards

FY2025 federal awards, institutions ranked either side of Washington State University (Puyallup).

Auburn University Montgomery #819 · AL$11M
Western Oregon University #820 · OR$11M
Walters State Community College #821 · TN$11M
Washington State University (Puyallup) #822 · WA$11M
Cameron University #823 · OK$11M
Quinnipiac University #824 · CT$11M
Loyola University Maryland #825 · MD$11M

What the money is

That is down 4.5% from FY2024 ($11.3 million). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is down 4.5%. The largest share came as grants ($10.8 million, 100.0%). The Department of Agriculture was the biggest funder ($10.8 million). Its largest programs were Smith-Lever Extension Funding ($4.8 million); Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act ($4.7 million); Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program ($822,570). It ranks 822nd of the 998 institutions on this site by FY2025 total.

What is counted: awards made directly to this institution, under the registered names WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (UEI MRKLS79DJBD9). 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

Washington State University (Puyallup): $11M in FY2025, down 5% 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$5M$10M$15MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$11M$0$5M$10M$15M'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$11M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoansInsurance and otherTotal
FY2018$0$10.4M$0$0$0$10.4M
FY2019$0$11.3M$0$0$0$11.3M
FY2020$0$11.2M$0$0$0$11.2M
FY2021$0$11.2M$0$0$0$11.2M
FY2022$0$11.2M$0$0$0$11.2M
FY2023$0$12.1M$0$0$0$12.1M
FY2024$0$11.3M$0$0$0$11.3M
FY2025$0$10.8M$0$0$0$10.8M
FY2026*$0$10.8M$0$0$0$10.8M

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 Washington State University (Puyallup), 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 Agriculture$10.8 million100.0%

Top programs

ProgramFY2025Share
Smith-Lever Extension Funding Assistance Listing 10.511$4.8 million44.1%
Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act Assistance Listing 10.203$4.7 million43.3%
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Assistance Listing 10.514$822,5707.6%
Cooperative Forestry Research Assistance Listing 10.202$463,5054.3%
Renewable Resources Extension Act Assistance Listing 10.515$80,5690.7%
Animal Health and Disease Research Assistance Listing 10.207$00.0%

Other institutions in Washington

All institutions in Washington

Federal money to Washington

Questions and answers

How much federal funding does Washington State University receive?
$10.8 million in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.gov award data for its registered UEI(s).
Where does Washington State University's federal money come from?
The largest funder in FY2025 was the Department of Agriculture ($10.8 million, 100.0%). By type, grants were $10.8 million and contracts $0.
Did Washington State University's federal funding go up or down?
FY2025: $10.8 million; FY2024: $11.3 million (-4.5%).

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) 947e1206-493b-234a-ae92-ccd4d15bae0b-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.