Recipient of federal assistance · CHICAGO, IL

CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY received $898.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 23 actions, −47% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $6.1B. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Transit Administration ($905.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$898.7M
New awards
8
Actions
23
Since FY2021
$6.1B
UEI
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Location
CHICAGO, IL
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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. 842MFY2021
  2. 1.7BFY2022
  3. 460.6MFY2023
  4. 445.9MFY2024
  5. 1.7BFY2025
  6. 898.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$898.7M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.500 · Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants$346.7M39%
  2. 20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program$290.1M32%
  3. 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$151.3M17%
  4. 20.533 · All Stations Accessibility Program$118.5M13%
  5. 20.505 · Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research$778.5K0.1%
  6. 20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs$70K0.0%
  7. 20.514 · Public Transportation Research, Technical Assistance, and Training-$251K0.0%
  8. 20.522 · Alternatives Analysis-$1.3M0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Transit Administration$905.7M100%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE PROJECT. THIS FUNDING WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY ASSISTANCE IN…$1.4B
    20.500 · Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Jan 11, 2025 – Sep 15, 2026· IL-2025-001
  2. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS AWARD IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT A SERIES OF INITIATIVES AIMED AT MODERNIZING AND IMPROVING CTAS FLEET AND FACILITIES…$344.8M
    20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· IL-2026-013
  3. FY2016 SECTION 5337$149.6M
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jan 27, 2026 – Jan 27, 2026· IL-2016-023
  4. FY 2016 SECTION 5307$125.7M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jan 22, 2026 – May 7, 2026· IL-2016-025
  5. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO SUPPORT DESIGN FOR CTAS PULASKI IRVING PARK BELMONT STATIONS ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM…$118.5M
    20.533 · All Stations Accessibility Program· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· IL-2026-008
  6. APPLICATION PURPOSE: CTA IS COMMITTED TO REPLACING ITS OLDER RAILCARS (CURRENTLY IN SERVICE) WITH RAILCARS THAT INCREASE SAFETY REDUCE…$96.9M
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· IL-2026-011

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

  • FY2021: $17.9M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $9.6M paid out · $0 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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.