Recipient of federal assistance · OPELIKA, AL

LEE RUSSELL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS

LEE RUSSELL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS received $2.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 5 actions, +49% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $9.4M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Transit Administration ($1.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$2.1M
New awards
3
Actions
5
Since FY2021
$9.4M
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Location
OPELIKA, 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. 735KFY2021
  2. 1.6MFY2022
  3. 891.6KFY2023
  4. 2.5MFY2024
  5. 1.4MFY2025
  6. 2.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$2.1M99.5%
  2. Direct payments$10.5K0.5%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$1.7M81%
  2. 20.939 · Safe Streets and Roads for All$403.2K19%
  3. 90.201 · Delta Area Economic Development$10.5K0.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Transit Administration$1.7M81%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Highway Administration$403.2K19%
    Department of Transportation
  3. Delta Regional Authority$10.5K0.5%

Largest awards

  1. APPLICATION PURPOSE: CONTINUE TO OPERATE LRPT TRANSIT SYSTEM. COVER OPERATING AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE COSTS. WE WILL UTILIZE REMAINING…$1.1M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Aug 25, 2026 – Aug 25, 2026· AL-2026-019
  2. APPLICATION PURPOSE: CONTINUE TO OPERATE PEX TRANSIT SYSTEM. COVER OPERATING AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCEL COSTS.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED…$620.3K
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Aug 21, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026· AL-2026-018
  3. LEE-RUSSELL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS COORDINATING AND DEMONSTRATING SAFE STREETS PLANNING IN ALABAMA$403.2K
    20.939 · Safe Streets and Roads for All· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 693JJ32640786
  4. APPLICATION PURPOSE: REQUEST $75000 ADDITIONAL OPERATING FUNDING FROM LAPSING FUNDS 5307 PHENIX CITY. REQUEST ADDITIONAL $30000 ADDITIONAL…$105K
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Sep 13, 2023 – May 11, 2026· AL-2023-025
  5. PROJECT WILL DELIVER LOCAL GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE STRATEGIC PLANNING SUPPORT AND HANDS ON GRANT READINESS WORKSHOPS TO COMMUNITIES…$10.5K
    90.201 · Delta Area Economic Development· Delta Regional Authority· Direct payment with unrestricted use· Feb 3, 2026 – Feb 3, 2026· DRA26AL10713

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: $1.8M (10 subawards)

2 primes

  1. ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$922.1K52%
    MONTGOMERY, AL · 5 subawards
  2. ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF SENIOR SERVICES$862.4K48%
    MONTGOMERY, AL · 5 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $5.5M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $5.4M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.9M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.8M 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.