Recipient of federal assistance · NEW BEDFORD, MA

CITY OF NEW BEDFORD

CITY OF NEW BEDFORD received $6.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 23 actions, +31% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $116.8M. Its largest awarding agency was Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development ($6.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$6.7M
New awards
10
Actions
23
Since FY2021
$116.8M
UEI
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Parent organization
NEW BEDFORD, CITY OF (INC)
Location
NEW BEDFORD, MA
State and local governments
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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. 77.5MFY2021
  2. 8.8MFY2022
  3. 7.1MFY2023
  4. 11.6MFY2024
  5. 5.1MFY2025
  6. 6.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$6.7M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 14.267 · Continuum of Care Program$2.8M42%
  2. 14.218 · Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants$2.6M38%
  3. 20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants$1M15%
  4. 14.239 · Home Investment Partnerships Program$876.2K13%
  5. 20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$263.1K3.9%
  6. 14.231 · Emergency Solutions Grant Program$231.2K3.5%
  7. 14.900 · Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program-$1.1M0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development$6.5M97%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development
  2. Federal Aviation Administration$1.3M19%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO…$2.6M
    14.218 · Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Formula grant· Dec 8, 2025 – Dec 8, 2025· B-25-MC-25-0018
  2. TRAIN (TEACH-REACH AND INITIATE NALOXONE) PROJECT - IN COLLABORATION WITH ACUSHNET, DARTMOUTH, FAIRHAVEN, AND FREETOWN, NEW BEDFORD WILL…$2M
    93.243 · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Aug 7, 2023 – Aug 19, 2026· H79TI086360
  3. LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL IN PRIVATELY-OWNED HOUSING$1.3M
    14.900 · Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program· Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes· Project grant· Dec 2, 2025 – Dec 2, 2025· MALHD0428-20
  4. PURPOSE: ACQUIRE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT ACQUIRES 1 CARRIER VEHICLE WITH…$1M
    20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Jul 15, 2026 – Jul 15, 2026· 32500340732026
  5. DESCRIPTION:THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING TO CITY OF NEW BEDFORD TO IMPLEMENT ITS PROJECT TO REPLACE TWO WASH WATER PUMPS AT THE…$959.8K
    66.202 · Congressionally Mandated Projects· Environmental Protection Agency· Cooperative agreement· Sep 10, 2025 – Apr 7, 2026· 00A01918
  6. PURPOSE: THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM (HOME) PROVIDES NEED-BASED FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE USED…$876.2K
    14.239 · Home Investment Partnerships Program· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Formula grant· Dec 8, 2025 – Dec 8, 2025· M25-MC250207

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

  • Sub-grants: $3.8M (12 subawards)

7 sub-recipients

  1. COMMUNITY COUNSELING OF BRISTOL COUNTY, INCORPORATED$888.9K23%
    TAUNTON, MA · 2 subawards
  2. CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, INC.$800.4K21%
    FALL RIVER, MA · 2 subawards
  3. SEMCOA INC.$487K13%
    NEW BEDFORD, MA · 1 subaward
  4. POSITIVE ACTION AGAINST CHEMICAL ADDICTION INC$455.2K12%
    NEW BEDFORD, MA · 2 subawards
  5. NEW BEDFORD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, INC.$440K12%
    NEW BEDFORD, MA · 1 subaward
  6. STEPPING STONE INC$422.9K11%
    FALL RIVER, MA · 1 subaward
  7. PEOPLE ACTING IN COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS INC$292.7K7.7%
    NEW BEDFORD, MA · 3 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $37M (46 subawards)

4 primes

  1. MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION$36.3M98%
    MALDEN, MA · 42 subawards
  2. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$642.8K1.7%
    BOSTON, MA · 2 subawards
  3. RESTORE AMERICA'S ESTUARIES$50K0.1%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  4. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY MASSACHUSETTS$35.6K0.1%
    FRAMINGHAM, MA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $3.6M paid out · $47.3M received
  • FY2022: $2.6M paid out · $72.4M received
  • FY2023: $3.4M paid out · $26.9M received
  • FY2024: $5.7M paid out · $66.6M received
  • FY2025: $651.5K paid out · $52.5M received
  • FY2026: $3.8M paid out · $37M 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.