Recipient of federal assistance · RICHMOND, TX

FORT BEND COUNTY

FORT BEND COUNTY received $16.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 25 actions, +44% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $302.5M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Transit Administration ($8.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$16.4M
New awards
8
Actions
25
Since FY2021
$302.5M
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Location
RICHMOND, TX
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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. 224.7MFY2021
  2. 21MFY2022
  3. 12.6MFY2023
  4. 16.4MFY2024
  5. 11.4MFY2025
  6. 16.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$16.4M100%
  2. Direct payments-$43.3K0.0%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$8.3M51%
  2. 14.218 · Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants$3.7M22%
  3. 95.001 · High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program$1.4M8.4%
  4. 16.068 · Cops Hiring Program$1.3M7.6%
  5. 14.239 · Home Investment Partnerships Program$991.2K6.1%
  6. 16.058 · Demonstration Program on Trauma-Informed, Victim Centered Training for Law Enforcement$500K3.1%
  7. 14.231 · Emergency Solutions Grant Program$314.8K1.9%
  8. 21.023 · Emergency Rental Assistance Program-$43.3K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Transit Administration$8.3M51%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development$5M30%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development
  3. Offices, Boards and Divisions$1.8M11%
    Department of Justice
  4. Office of the National Drug Control Policy$1.4M8.4%
    Executive Office of the President

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: THROUGH THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, ELIGIBLE GRANTEES WILL DESIGNATE THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TOWARDS PAYMENT OF…$15.3M
    21.023 · Emergency Rental Assistance Program· Departmental Offices· Direct payment for specified use· May 7, 2021 – Jul 22, 2026· ERAE0492
  2. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO SUPPORT CAPITAL OPERATIONAL AND PLANNING NEEDS THAT IMPROVE SAFETY AND ACCESS TO…$6.6M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 8, 2026· TX-2026-002
  3. APPLICATION PURPOSE: FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR: BUS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT PLANNING CAPITAL COST OF CONTRACTING PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND PLANNING…$4.6M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· TX-2020-169
  4. APPLICATION PURPOSE: FORT BEND COUNTY IS REQUESTING FUNDS TO PURCHASE BUSES FOR THE NEW DOWNTOWN COMMUTER SERVICE.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED…$4.5M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jun 11, 2021 – Jun 12, 2026· TX-2021-035
  5. PURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO…$3.7M
    14.218 · Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Formula grant· May 18, 2026 – May 18, 2026· B-25-UC-48-0004
  6. FORT BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT EWPP PROJECT # 5118 IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOVERY MEASURES$1.8M
    10.923 · Emergency Watershed Protection Program· Natural Resources Conservation Service· Cooperative agreement· Sep 25, 2025 – Dec 17, 2025· NR257442XXXXC010

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: $10.2M (32 subawards)

6 primes

  1. TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT$5.1M49%
    DEL VALLE, TX · 5 subawards
  2. GOVERNOR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE$3M29%
    AUSTIN, TX · 20 subawards
  3. TEXAS DOT - AVIATION$1.8M18%
    AUSTIN, TX · 3 subawards
  4. DEPT FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SER$180.1K1.8%
    AUSTIN, TX · 2 subawards
  5. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES$94.4K0.9%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward
  6. LIBRARY & ARCHIVES COMMISSION, TEXAS STATE$72.4K0.7%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $23.5M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $7.8M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $38.8M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $64.1M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $10.5M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $10.2M 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.