Recipient of federal assistance · MECHANICSBURG, PA

MESSIAH UNIV

MESSIAH UNIV received $4.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 109 actions, −4.2% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $26.9M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($4.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$4.9M
New awards
6
Actions
109
Since FY2021
$26.9M
UEI
JJDGH986C9M5
Location
MECHANICSBURG, PA
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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. 8.6MFY2021
  2. 1.4MFY2022
  3. 3MFY2023
  4. 3.9MFY2024
  5. 5.1MFY2025
  6. 4.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$4.5M93%
  2. Grants$354.1K7.2%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$3.9M79%
  2. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$465.1K9.5%
  3. 93.364 · Nursing Student Loans$255.4K5.2%
  4. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$100.5K2.1%
  5. 12.902 · Information Security Grants$98.7K2.0%
  6. 84.379 · Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (Teach GRANTS)$97K2.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$4.5M93%
  2. Health Resources and Services Administration$255.4K5.2%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Washington Headquarters Services$98.7K2.0%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$3.7M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 31, 2024 – Nov 24, 2025· P063P240369
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$3.7M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jun 24, 2025 – Sep 17, 2026· P063P250369
  3. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$465.1K
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P033A263644
  4. FISCAL YEAR 2025 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER CYBER SERVICE ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIPS: MESSIAH UNIVERSITY$347.1K
    12.902 · Information Security Grants· Washington Headquarters Services· Project grant· Jul 30, 2025 – Aug 28, 2026· HQ00342510030
  5. NSL - BACCALAUREATE NURSING - OTHER ADMIN CHANGES$319.7K
    93.364 · Nursing Student Loans· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Feb 22, 2023 – Sep 25, 2026· E4C19107
  6. CAMPUS BASED-FSEOG$100.5K
    84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P007A263644

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 · $87.3K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.2M 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 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.