Recipient of federal assistance · LEBANON, TN

CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY

CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY received $9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 45 actions, +112% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $34.3M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$9M
New awards
6
Actions
45
Since FY2021
$34.3M
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Location
LEBANON, TN
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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. 8.6MFY2021
  2. 427.3KFY2022
  3. 4.9MFY2023
  4. 7.2MFY2024
  5. 4.2MFY2025
  6. 9MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$5.6M62%
  2. Grants$3.4M38%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$5.4M61%
  2. 45.161 · Promotion of the Humanities Research$3M33%
  3. 84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid$449.6K5.0%
  4. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$88.4K1.0%
  5. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$28.3K0.3%
  6. 89.003 · National Historical Publications and Records Grants-$5510.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$6M67%
  2. National Endowment for the Humanities$3M33%

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$5.7M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 26, 2024 – Feb 13, 2026· P063P242224
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$5.5M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 14, 2025 – Aug 17, 2026· P063P252224
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$4.4M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 24, 2023 – Feb 13, 2026· P063P232224
  4. THE PAPERS OF MARTIN VAN BUREN [THE PAPERS OF MARTIN VAN BUREN IS MAKING ACCESSIBLE THE EIGHTH U.S. PRESIDENT'S PAPERS IN PRINT AND DIGITAL…$3M
    45.161 · Promotion of the Humanities Research· National Endowment for the Humanities· Project grant· Mar 13, 2026 – Mar 13, 2026· RQ30967726
  5. PROJECT RISING PHOENIX$608.6K
    84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid· Department of Education· Project grant· Sep 29, 2025 – Sep 9, 2026· P031A250057
  6. THE PAPERS OF MARTIN VAN BUREN [THE PAPERS OF MARTIN VAN BUREN IS MAKING THE EIGHTH PRESIDENT'S PAPERS ACCESSIBLE IN DIGITAL AND PRINT…$230.5K
    45.161 · Promotion of the Humanities Research· National Endowment for the Humanities· Project grant· Sep 1, 2022 – May 28, 2026· RQ28685022

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.