Federal contractor · CHICAGO, IL

ADLER UNIVERSITY

ADLER UNIVERSITY received $48.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (−60% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $599.3K. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($48.7K). It also received $1.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$48.7K
New awards
2
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
T7KFFP948AF8
Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 41.5KFY2017
  2. 5.7KFY2018
  3. 22KFY2019
  4. 47.5KFY2020
  5. 37.6KFY2021
  6. 59.4KFY2022
  7. 116.5KFY2023
  8. 97.9KFY2024
  9. 122.5KFY2025
  10. 48.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$48.7K100%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$48.7K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Cook County, IL$48.7K100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $48.7K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $48.7K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications52%
    US 5.1% · $25.5K

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Navy$48.7K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. TUITION AND FEES$25.5K
    Department of the Navy· Cook County, IL· Education & social services· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· N0622A26FA206
  2. IL, ADLER UNIVERSITY SUM 1301349315$23.2K
    Department of the Navy· Cook County, IL· Education & social services· Apr 13, 2026 – Apr 13, 2026· N0622A26FA303

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

ADLER UNIVERSITY received $1.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 12 actions (4 new awards), +410% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program ($686.5K).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.1M
New awards
4
Actions
12
Since FY2021
$4.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.9MFY2021
  2. 540.5KFY2022
  3. 945KFY2023
  4. 197.2KFY2024
  5. 223.6KFY2025
  6. 1.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$691.5K61%
  2. Grants$449.2K39%

Top programs

  1. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$686.5K60%
  2. 93.191 · Graduate Psychology Education$449.2K39%
  3. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$5,0000.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$691.5K61%
  2. Health Resources and Services Administration$449.2K39%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. GRADUATE PSYCHOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAMS$1.8M
    93.191 · Graduate Psychology Education· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· May 24, 2023 – Jun 23, 2026· D4049225
  2. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$400K
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 1, 2026 – May 1, 2026· P033A257482
  3. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$305.1K
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 29, 2023 – Nov 25, 2025· P033A237482
  4. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$300K
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P033A267482
  5. CAMPUS BASED-FSEOG$5,000
    84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 1, 2026 – May 1, 2026· P007A257482

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $174.4K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $265.2K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $121.7K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $791K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

1 company · $1.4M reported

  1. ILLINOIS CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION AUTHORITY$1.4M
    CHICAGO, IL · 6 subawards

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF DENVER$202.7K−53% in FY2026
    DENVER, CO · 74% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Administration of human resource programs
  2. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY$265.6K−56% in FY2026
    MIAMI, FL · 70% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Administration of human resource programsNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI$295.6K−82% in FY2026
    COLUMBIA, MO · 74% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Administration of human resource programs

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.