Recipient of federal assistance · HELENA, MT

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE MONTANA

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE MONTANA received $51M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 89 actions, −94% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $1.3B. Its largest awarding agency was Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing ($28.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$51M
New awards
34
Actions
89
Since FY2021
$1.3B
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Location
HELENA, MT
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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. 486.8MFY2021
  2. -125.9MFY2022
  3. 9.1MFY2023
  4. 55.5MFY2024
  5. 793.8MFY2025
  6. 51MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$31.3M61%
  2. Grants$19.7M39%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$28.6M56%
  2. 14.228 · Community Development Block Grants/State's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii$12.4M24%
  3. 14.239 · Home Investment Partnerships Program$6M12%
  4. 14.275 · Housing Trust Fund$3.1M6.1%
  5. 14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$2.7M5.4%
  6. 59.061 · State Trade Expansion$1.3M2.6%
  7. 59.037 · Small Business Development Centers$833.3K1.6%
  8. 93.630 · Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants$527.6K1.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$28.6M56%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development
  2. Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development$21.5M42%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development
  3. Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner$2.7M5.4%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development
  4. Small Business Administration$2.2M4.2%
  5. Administration for Community Living$527.6K1.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW - NORTH PLAINS CONNECTOR INTERREGIONAL INNOVATION (NPCII) THE OBJECTIVES OF NORTH PLAINS CONNECTOR…$695.5M
    81.254 · Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Dec 11, 2024 – Sep 24, 2026· DEGD0000964
  2. INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) - SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA TRANSMISSION SITING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (SM-TSED) INITIATIVE THIS PROJECT AIMS TO…$47.5M
    81.254 · Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Dec 30, 2024 – Nov 12, 2025· DEGD0000975
  3. CONT RENEW CONS$23.1M
    14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)· Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 30, 2021 – May 14, 2026· MT800CC0001
  4. PURPOSE: THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER (HCV) PROGRAM IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING VERY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, THE…$10.4M
    14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· May 22, 2026 – May 22, 2026· MT901VO0526
  5. PURPOSE: THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER (HCV) PROGRAM IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING VERY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, THE…$6.6M
    14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 22, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· MT901VO0516
  6. PURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO…$6.2M
    14.228 · Community Development Block Grants/State's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Formula grant· Dec 1, 2025 – Dec 1, 2025· B-25-DC-30-0001

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: $7.9M (36 subawards)

24 sub-recipients

  1. COUNTY OF FERGUS$1.8M23%
    LEWISTOWN, MT · 2 subawards
  2. TOWN OF ENNIS$750K9.5%
    ENNIS, MT · 6 subawards
  3. ROUNDUP CITY OFFICES$750K9.5%
    ROUNDUP, MT · 1 subaward
  4. RAVALLI, COUNTY OF$750K9.5%
    HAMILTON, MT · 1 subaward
  5. CITY OF WOLF POINT$728K9.2%
    WOLF POINT, MT · 2 subawards
  6. CITY OF SHELBY$700K8.9%
    SHELBY, MT · 1 subaward
  7. MADISON COUNTY$700K8.9%
    VIRGINIA CITY, MT · 1 subaward
  8. MISSOULA COUNTY$526.3K6.7%
    MISSOULA, MT · 3 subawards
  9. MINERAL COUNTY OF$500K6.3%
    SUPERIOR, MT · 2 subawards
  10. DISTRICT XI HUMAN RESOURCE COUNCIL, INC.$116.2K1.5%
    MISSOULA, MT · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $9.4M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $21M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $11.4M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $24.3M paid out · $325K received
  • FY2025: $22.5M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $7.9M 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.