Recipient of federal assistance · AKRON, OH

CITY OF AKRON

CITY OF AKRON received $4.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 6 actions, −3.9% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $165.7M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Aviation Administration ($3.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$4.5M
New awards
4
Actions
6
Since FY2021
$165.7M
UEI
FKGWK7FAHHE9
Location
AKRON, OH
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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. 148.2MFY2021
  2. 3.1MFY2022
  3. -197.8KFY2023
  4. 5.3MFY2024
  5. 4.7MFY2025
  6. 4.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$4.5M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$3.2M70%
  2. 20.939 · Safe Streets and Roads for All$744K16%
  3. 66.469 · Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative$509.3K11%
  4. 20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants$84.6K1.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Aviation Administration$3.3M72%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Highway Administration$744K16%
    Department of Transportation
  3. Environmental Protection Agency$509.3K11%

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: REHABILITATE TAXIWAY. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT REHABILITATES 6,000 FEET OF EXISTING PAVED…$3.2M
    20.116 · Airport Improvement Program· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Jul 15, 2026 – Jul 15, 2026· 33900020292026
  2. DESCRIPTION:THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING TO CITY OF AKRON. SPECIFICALLY, THE RECIPIENT WILL REMOVE FISH PASSAGE BARRIERS AND RESTORE…$3.1M
    66.469 · Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative· Environmental Protection Agency· Cooperative agreement· Jul 2, 2025 – Jul 30, 2026· 00E03834
  3. THE CITY OF AKRON WILL COMPLETE DESIGN AND PERMITING TO REMOVE THE GORGE DAM AT THE UPPER BOUNDARY OF THE CUYAHOGA RIVER AREA OF CONCERN…$2.9M
    66.469 · Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative· Environmental Protection Agency· Cooperative agreement· Sep 29, 2021 – Jan 12, 2026· 00E02825
  4. CITY OF AKRON, OH FOR THE PROJECT 'AKRON CITYWIDE SAFETY STUDIES'; UEI#-FKGWK7FAHHE9.$464K
    20.939 · Safe Streets and Roads for All· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Aug 18, 2026 – Aug 18, 2026· 693JJ32640762
  5. PROJECT DESCRIPTION FOR USASPENDING.GOV: SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL PLANNING GRANT FOR CITY OF AKRON, OHIO$280K
    20.939 · Safe Streets and Roads for All· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Dec 9, 2025 – Dec 9, 2025· 693JJ32640012
  6. PURPOSE: ACQUIRE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT ACQUIRES ONE (1) CARRIER VEHICLE WITH…$84.6K
    20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Apr 20, 2026 – Apr 20, 2026· 33900020282026

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: $13.3M (16 subawards)

4 primes

  1. TRANSPORTATION OHIO DEPARTMENT OF$13M97%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 13 subawards
  2. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$149.1K1.1%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward
  3. NATURAL RESOURCES, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF$112.6K0.8%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward
  4. SUPREME COURT OF OHIO$90.3K0.7%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $216.3K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $3.4M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $24.9M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $8.6M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $9.5M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $13.3M 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.