Recipient of federal assistance · TRENTON, NJ

COUNTY OF MERCER

COUNTY OF MERCER received $56M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 13 actions, +522% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $182.6M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Highway Administration ($47M).

Assistance · FY2026
$56M
New awards
6
Actions
13
Since FY2021
$182.6M
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Location
TRENTON, NJ
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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. 104.5MFY2021
  2. 8.7MFY2022
  3. 7.3MFY2023
  4. -2.9MFY2024
  5. 9MFY2025
  6. 56MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$56M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.264 · Bridge Investment Program$47M84%
  2. 20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$5.1M9.1%
  3. 20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants$3.5M6.2%
  4. 14.239 · Home Investment Partnerships Program$665.9K1.2%
  5. 16.738 · Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program-$1,1440.0%
  6. 20.106 · Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs-$271.9K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Highway Administration$47M84%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Aviation Administration$8.3M15%
    Department of Transportation
  3. Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development$665.9K1.2%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development

Largest awards

  1. PROJECT TITLE: REPLACEMENT OF LINCOLN AVENUE BRIDGE OVER AMTRAK AND ASSUNPINK CREEK :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THIS MERCER COUNTY BRIDGE…$47M
    20.264 · Bridge Investment Program· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Sep 17, 2026 – Sep 17, 2026· 693JJ22640031Y180NJB260031BIPS
  2. PURPOSE: RECONSTRUCT TAXIWAY. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT RECONSTRUCTS 1,900 FEET OF EXISTING PAVED TAXIWAY…$4.1M
    20.116 · Airport Improvement Program· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Jul 29, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026· 33400420712026
  3. PURPOSE: RECONSTRUCT APRON. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT RECONSTRUCTS 9,000 SQUARE YARDS OF THE EXISTING…$2.5M
    20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Jul 29, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026· 33400420702026
  4. PURPOSE: RECONSTRUCT AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLE. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT REPLACES 1…$1M
    20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· 33400420722026
  5. PURPOSE: EXTEND/EXPAND TAXIWAY. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT EXTENDS EXISTING TAXIWAY B BY AN ADDITIONAL…$974.7K
    20.116 · Airport Improvement Program· Federal Aviation Administration· Formula grant· May 26, 2026 – May 26, 2026· 33400420732026
  6. PURPOSE: THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM (HOME) PROVIDES NEED-BASED FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE USED…$665.9K
    14.239 · Home Investment Partnerships Program· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Formula grant· Feb 6, 2026 – Feb 6, 2026· M25-DC340224

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: $6.6M (22 subawards)

5 primes

  1. HUMAN SERVICES, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF$2M30%
    TRENTON, NJ · 8 subawards
  2. COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, NEW JERSEY DEPT OF$2M30%
    TRENTON, NJ · 4 subawards
  3. LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF$1.4M21%
    TRENTON, NJ · 3 subawards
  4. LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF$742.6K11%
    TRENTON, NJ · 4 subawards
  5. HEALTH, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF$510.9K7.7%
    TRENTON, NJ · 3 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $8.3M received
  • FY2022: $456.8K paid out · $9.3M received
  • FY2023: $292.4K paid out · $13M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $12.3M received
  • FY2025: $1.4M paid out · $7.6M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $6.6M 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.