Recipient of federal assistance · BIRMINGHAM, AL

LAWSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

LAWSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE received $21.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 212 actions, −18% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $155.9M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($19.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$21.6M
New awards
5
Actions
212
Since FY2021
$155.9M
UEI
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Parent organization
ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
Location
BIRMINGHAM, AL
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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. 60.5MFY2021
  2. 12.1MFY2022
  3. 16.2MFY2023
  4. 19.2MFY2024
  5. 26.2MFY2025
  6. 21.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$12.9M60%
  2. Grants$8.7M40%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$12.5M58%
  2. 84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid$6.7M31%
  3. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$2M9.3%
  4. 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound$417.8K1.9%
  5. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$240K1.1%
  6. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$220.1K1.0%
  7. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services-$437.3K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$19.6M91%
  2. National Science Foundation$2M9.3%

Largest awards

  1. HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM$23.5M
    84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid· Department of Education· Project grant· Aug 3, 2022 – Sep 8, 2026· P031B220026
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$12.9M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 12, 2024 – May 19, 2026· P063P241058
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$12.8M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 26, 2025 – Sep 14, 2026· P063P251058
  4. GRANT PROGRAM$10.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 29, 2023 – Aug 11, 2026· P063P231058
  5. GRANT PROGRAM$8.8M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 8, 2022 – Apr 23, 2026· P063P221058
  6. GRANT PROGRAM$8.5M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Apr 23, 2026· P063P201058

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 · $54K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $25K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $205K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $2.3M 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 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.