Recipient of federal assistance · DES MOINES, IA

DES MOINES REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY

DES MOINES REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY received $4.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 4 actions, −78% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $90.9M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Transit Administration ($4.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$4.4M
New awards
2
Actions
4
Since FY2021
$90.9M
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Location
DES MOINES, IA
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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. 0FY2021
  2. 27.2MFY2022
  3. 24.3MFY2023
  4. 14.7MFY2024
  5. 20.3MFY2025
  6. 4.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$4.4M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$3.8M86%
  2. 20.513 · Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities$620.9K14%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Transit Administration$4.4M100%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS FOR THE DES MOINES AREA REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (DART) TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THE…$17.3M
    20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Aug 24, 2023 – May 19, 2026· IA-2023-036
  2. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS APPLICATION IS REQUESTING A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $4744380. THIS AMOUNT IS SPLIT BETWEEN FEDERAL AND LOCAL (SOME…$3.8M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Apr 17, 2026 – Apr 17, 2026· IA-2026-007
  3. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS FOR THE DES MOINES AREA REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (DART) TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THE…$791.2K
    20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Sep 5, 2024 – May 13, 2026· IA-2024-025
  4. APPLICATION PURPOSE: DART IS APPLYING FOR FY2025 APPORTIONED 5310 FUNDING FOR FUNDS FOR CONTRACTED 3RD PARTY FUNDING TO PROVIDE…$620.9K
    20.513 · Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jun 1, 2026 – Jun 1, 2026· IA-2026-013

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

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $19.5K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $265K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $77.5K 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.