Recipient of federal assistance · KANSAS CITY, MO
KANSAS CITY AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
KANSAS CITY AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY received $50.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 31 actions, −35% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $369.6M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Transit Administration ($50.3M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $50.3M
- New awards
- 7
- Actions
- 31
- Since FY2021
- $369.6M
- UEI
- DADDJ2EKZ5L8
- Location
- KANSAS CITY, MO
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
- 64.5MFY2021
- 112.9MFY2022
- 20.4MFY2023
- 43.9MFY2024
- 77.6MFY2025
- 50.3MFY2026
By type
- Grants$50.3M100%
Top programs · Awarding agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
Top programs
- 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$41.9M83%
- 20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$4.5M8.9%
- 20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs$4.1M8.2%
- 20.513 · Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities$439.9K0.9%
- 20.530 · Public Transportation Innovation-$25.8K0.0%
- 20.500 · Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants-$226K0.0%
- 20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program-$380.3K0.0%
Awarding agencies
- Federal Transit Administration$50.3M100%Department of Transportation
Largest awards
- 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jul 22, 2022 – Sep 1, 2026· MO-2022-021
- 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Aug 14, 2025 – Aug 11, 2026· MO-2025-025
- 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Aug 3, 2026 – Aug 3, 2026· MO-2017-026
- 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Mar 12, 2026 – Apr 28, 2026· MO-2016-013
- 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jun 15, 2026 – Jun 15, 2026· MO-2026-011
- 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jul 28, 2026 – Jul 28, 2026· MO-2026-014
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: $21.4M (10 subawards)
7 sub-recipients
- COUNTY OF JOHNSON$18.8M87%OLATHE, KS · 3 subawards
- UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY K$827.4K3.9%KANSAS CITY, KS · 2 subawards
- KANSAS CITY STREETCAR AUTHORITY$630K2.9%KANSAS CITY, MO · 1 subaward
- LIFE UNLIMITED INC$528K2.5%KANSAS CITY, MO · 1 subaward
- DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES OF JACKSON COUNTY - EITAS$419.4K2.0%KANSAS CITY, MO · 1 subaward
- COUNTY OF JOHNSON$187.5K0.9%MISSION, KS · 1 subaward
- DOWN SYNDROME INNOVATIONS INC$90K0.4%MISSION, KS · 1 subaward
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
No subawards reported to it in FY2026.
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $6.6M paid out · $0 received
- FY2022: $11.5M paid out · $0 received
- FY2023: $9.7M paid out · $0 received
- FY2025: $20.8M paid out · $0 received
- FY2026: $21.4M 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.