Recipient of federal assistance · MORRISTOWN, TN

DOUGLAS-CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY, INC.

DOUGLAS-CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY, INC. received $11.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 15 actions, −14% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $77.7M. Its largest awarding agency was Administration for Children and Families ($10.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$11.1M
New awards
0
Actions
15
Since FY2021
$77.7M
UEI
PT74Q7MKNP78
Location
MORRISTOWN, TN
Nonprofits
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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. 12.7MFY2021
  2. 15.2MFY2022
  3. 12.9MFY2023
  4. 13MFY2024
  5. 12.9MFY2025
  6. 11.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$11.1M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.600 · Head Start$10.5M95%
  2. 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound$763.7K6.9%
  3. 93.060 · Sexual Risk Avoidance Education-$222.2K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Administration for Children and Families$10.3M93%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Education$763.7K6.9%

Largest awards

  1. HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START$52.2M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Apr 1, 2021 – May 28, 2026· 04CH011603
  2. HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START$23M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Jun 25, 2025 – Jun 13, 2026· 04CH013275
  3. HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START$3.2M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Dec 16, 2021 – Jan 7, 2026· 04WH000009
  4. UPWARD BOUND: INCREASING POSTSECONDARY ACCESS AND COMPLETION IN RURAL EASTERN TENNESSEE (MORGAN/SCOTT COUNTIES)$1.8M
    84.047 · Trio Upward Bound· Department of Education· Project grant· May 12, 2023 – Jul 28, 2026· P047A230961
  5. UPWARD BOUND: INCREASING POSTSECONDARY ACCESS AND COMPLETION FOR LOW-INCOME, FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS IN RURAL EASTERN TN…$1.6M
    84.047 · Trio Upward Bound· Department of Education· Project grant· May 23, 2022 – Jul 30, 2026· P047A220960
  6. SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION TEEN OUTREACH PROGRAM$761.3K
    93.060 · Sexual Risk Avoidance Education· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Sep 22, 2021 – Jan 22, 2026· 90SR0155

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: $4.3M (25 subawards)

3 primes

  1. TENNESSEE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AGENCY$2.7M63%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  2. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$1.3M31%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 23 subawards
  3. TN DEPT OF EDUCATION$261.3K6.1%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $5.4M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $9.5M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $6.8M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $2.6M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $11.7M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $4.3M 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.