Recipient of federal assistance · HARRISBURG, PA

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION received $11.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 21 actions, −52% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $7.5B. Its largest awarding agency was Institute of Museum and Library Services ($5.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$11.9M
New awards
4
Actions
21
Since FY2021
$7.5B
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Parent organization
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Location
HARRISBURG, PA
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. 7.4BFY2021
  2. -3.3MFY2022
  3. 26.7MFY2023
  4. 25.7MFY2024
  5. 24.9MFY2025
  6. 11.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$11.9M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.184 · School Safely National Activities$7M59%
  2. 45.310 · Grants to States$5.7M48%
  3. 84.323 · Special Education - State Personnel Development$1.8M15%
  4. 84.206 · Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education$1.4M12%
  5. 10.541 · Child Nutrition-Technology Innovation Grant$423.5K3.6%
  6. 84.144 · Migrant Education Coordination Program$57.5K0.5%
  7. 93.988 · Cooperative Agreements for Diabetes Control Programs-$95.4K0.0%
  8. 84.425 · Education Stabilization Fund-$4.4M0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Institute of Museum and Library Services$5.9M49%
  2. Department of Education$5.9M49%
  3. Food and Nutrition Service$423.5K3.6%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND$523.8M
    84.425 · Education Stabilization Fund· Department of Education· Formula grant· Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026· S425D200028
  2. PRESCHOOL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS BIRTH TO FIVE (PDG B-5) RENEWAL GRANT - PENNSYLVANIA$48M
    93.434 · Every Student Succeeds Act/Preschool Development Grants· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Dec 9, 2022 – Dec 19, 2025· 90TP0096
  3. SUCCESS FOR PA EARLY LEARNERS (SPEL)$8.3M
    84.323 · Special Education - State Personnel Development· Department of Education· Project grant· Sep 22, 2022 – Aug 5, 2026· H323A220008
  4. OESE OFFICE OF SCHOOL CLIMATE AND WELL-BEING: PRIORITIZING ATTRACTING, PREPARING, AND RETAINING SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS: DELIVERING MENTAL…$7M
    84.184 · School Safely National Activities· Department of Education· Project grant· Dec 11, 2025 – Dec 11, 2025· S184H250157
  5. THE PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF COMMONWEALTH LIBRARIES WILL USE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE GOALS OF THEIR FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR FY 2023-2027, WHICH…$5.9M
    45.310 · Grants to States· Institute of Museum and Library Services· Formula grant· Mar 25, 2026 – Mar 25, 2026· LS-260842-OLS-26
  6. THE PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF COMMONWEALTH LIBRARIES WILL USE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE GOALS OF THEIR FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR FY 2023-2027, WHICH…$5.7M
    45.310 · Grants to States· Institute of Museum and Library Services· Formula grant· Feb 13, 2024 – Jun 12, 2026· LS-256357-OLS-24

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: $3.5M (10 subawards)

8 sub-recipients

  1. BUCKS COUNTY INTERMEDIATE UNIT 22$2.2M62%
    DOYLESTOWN, PA · 1 subaward
  2. PENNSYLVANIA INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM CONSORTIUM$425.5K12%
    SCRANTON, PA · 1 subaward
  3. HOSTING SOLUTIONS AND LIBRARY CONSULTING$300K8.5%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  4. PENNSYLVANIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL$233.2K6.6%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  5. PENNSYLVANIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION$216.7K6.1%
    MECHANICSBURG, PA · 3 subawards
  6. PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION$97K2.7%
    HUMMELSTOWN, PA · 1 subaward
  7. CHESTER COUNTY INTERMEDIATE UNIT 24$58.8K1.7%
    DOWNINGTOWN, PA · 1 subaward
  8. DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$20K0.6%
    MEDIA, PA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $1.5B paid out · $350.8K received
  • FY2022: $2.9B paid out · $166.6K received
  • FY2023: $126.4M paid out · $511.2K received
  • FY2024: $4.2M paid out · $19.7K received
  • FY2025: $597.5K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $3.5M 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 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.