Recipient of federal assistance · SAINT PAUL, MN

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE MINNESOTA

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE MINNESOTA received $282.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 35 actions, −36% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $2.6B. Its largest awarding agency was Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ($167M).

Assistance · FY2026
$282.2M
New awards
2
Actions
35
Since FY2021
$2.6B
UEI
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Parent organization
MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Location
SAINT PAUL, MN
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. 454.9MFY2021
  2. 236.9MFY2022
  3. 350.8MFY2023
  4. 878.9MFY2024
  5. 441.5MFY2025
  6. 282.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$282.2M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.423 · 1332 State Innovation Waivers$167M59%
  2. 93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance$125.3M44%
  3. 81.041 · State Energy Program$1.2M0.4%
  4. 93.499 · Low Income Household Water Assistance Program-$99.9K0.0%
  5. 81.254 · Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience-$4.5M0.0%
  6. 81.042 · Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons-$6.7M0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$167M59%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Administration for Children and Families$125.2M44%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. STATE INNOVATION WAIVER UNDER SECTION 1332 OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT$1.1B
    93.423 · 1332 State Innovation Waivers· Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Grant· Apr 29, 2021 – Jul 9, 2026· SIWIW180002
  2. BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) GRID RESILIENCE AND INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS, GRIP - JOINT TARGETED INTERCONNECTION QUEUE (JTIQ)…$460M
    81.254 · Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 18, 2024 – Sep 15, 2026· DEGD0000931
  3. E5C6-2021$167.3M
    93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· May 4, 2021 – May 28, 2026· 2102MNE5C6
  4. LIHEAP-2024$123.9M
    93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· Oct 23, 2023 – Mar 23, 2026· 2402MNLIEA
  5. LIHEAP-2026 - LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE$123.5M
    93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· Nov 26, 2025 – Apr 17, 2026· 2603MNLIEA
  6. LIHEAP-2023$123.3M
    93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· Nov 1, 2022 – May 28, 2026· 2302MNLIEA

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: $205.5M (71 subawards)

44 sub-recipients

  1. OTTER TAIL POWER CO$124.9M61%
    FERGUS FALLS, MN · 1 subaward
  2. EVERGY, INC.$51.9M25%
    KANSAS CITY, MO · 1 subaward
  3. COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN COUNTY$3.2M1.5%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 2 subawards
  4. COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF RAMSEY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES$2.9M1.4%
    ST PAUL, MN · 2 subawards
  5. ARROWHEAD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$2M1.0%
    LUTSEN, MN · 1 subaward
  6. LAKE COUNTRY POWER$1.6M0.8%
    COHASSET, MN · 1 subaward
  7. EAST CENTRAL ENERGY$1.2M0.6%
    BRAHAM, MN · 1 subaward
  8. SCOTT-CARVER-DAKOTA CAP AGENCY, INC.$1.2M0.6%
    SHAKOPEE, MN · 2 subawards
  9. ARROWHEAD ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AGENCY INC$1.1M0.6%
    VIRGINIA, MN · 2 subawards
  10. TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC$1M0.5%
    WAITE PARK, MN · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $60M paid out · $66.2K received
  • FY2022: $29M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $164M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $188.5M paid out · $191.7K received
  • FY2025: $360.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $205.5M 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.