Recipient of federal assistance · DAYTONA BEACH, FL

BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY, INC.

BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY, INC. received $25.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 162 actions, −15% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $167.3M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($23.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$25.6M
New awards
8
Actions
162
Since FY2021
$167.3M
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Location
DAYTONA BEACH, FL
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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.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 57MFY2021
  2. 12.1MFY2022
  3. 21.1MFY2023
  4. 21.4MFY2024
  5. 30.2MFY2025
  6. 25.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$18.9M74%
  2. Grants$6.7M26%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$17.6M69%
  2. 84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid$4.8M19%
  3. 93.359 · Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants$752.6K2.9%
  4. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$723.2K2.8%
  5. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$605.9K2.4%
  6. 93.178 · Nursing Workforce Development$556.2K2.2%
  7. 12.630 · Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering$385K1.5%
  8. 93.866 · Aging Research$151.1K0.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$23.7M93%
  2. Health Resources and Services Administration$1.3M5.1%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Department of the Army$385K1.5%
    Department of Defense
  4. National Institutes of Health$151.1K0.6%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM$22.8M
    84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid· Department of Education· Project grant· Aug 3, 2022 – Aug 29, 2026· P031B220081
  2. UNKNOWN TITLE$19.2M
    84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid· Department of Education· Project grant· Jul 20, 2021 – Jan 12, 2026· P031B170091
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$17.5M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jun 17, 2025 – Sep 14, 2026· P063P250069
  4. GRANT PROGRAM$16.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 15, 2024 – Nov 28, 2025· P063P240069
  5. B-CU TITLE III PART F: FUTURE- ALL OF US , ALL IN$1.9M
    84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid· Department of Education· Project grant· Sep 26, 2025 – Aug 28, 2026· P031E250096
  6. THE PROJECT GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH A DEAP INSTITUTE AND PARTNERSHIP IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE NUMBER AND RESEARCH CAPACITY OF STEM STUDENTS AT…$1.5M
    43.008 · Office of Stem Engagement (OSTEM)· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· May 16, 2023 – Feb 27, 2026· 80NSSC23M0053

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

  • Sub-grants: $904.5K (7 subawards)

2 primes

  1. STATE OF FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY M$648.6K72%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 4 subawards
  2. FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY$255.8K28%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 3 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $504.1K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $244.9K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $429.5K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $408.4K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $904.5K 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.

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.