Recipient of federal assistance · PONCE, PR

MUNICIPIO DE PONCE

MUNICIPIO DE PONCE received $17.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 36 actions, −20% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $224.8M. Its largest awarding agency was Administration for Children and Families ($8.8M).

Assistance · FY2026
$17.6M
New awards
18
Actions
36
Since FY2021
$224.8M
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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. 117.6MFY2021
  2. 18MFY2022
  3. 18.5MFY2023
  4. 31.2MFY2024
  5. 22MFY2025
  6. 17.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$11.4M65%
  2. Direct payments$6.2M35%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.600 · Head Start$8.8M50%
  2. 14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$5.9M34%
  3. 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$2.6M15%
  4. 14.856 · Lower Income Housing Assistance Program Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation$269.8K1.5%
  5. 14.896 · Family Self-Sufficiency Program$34.5K0.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. Administration for Children and Families$8.8M50%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$6.2M36%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development
  3. Federal Transit Administration$2.6M15%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START$45.6M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Jun 14, 2021 – Aug 14, 2026· 02CH012035
  2. HEAD START FIONA AND IAN DISASTER RECOVERY$6.9M
    93.356 · Head Start Disaster Recovery· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Feb 1, 2024 – Feb 19, 2026· 02ND000054
  3. MR EXTENSIONS$4.8M
    14.856 · Lower Income Housing Assistance Program Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 12, 2021 – Aug 19, 2026· RQ008MR0002
  4. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO COVER OPERATING COSTS FOR ONE YEAR (JULY 1 2025- JUNE 30 2026). ALSO TO COVER…$2.6M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jun 6, 2026 – Jun 6, 2026· PR-2026-012
  5. AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN$2.1M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Aug 3, 2021 – Nov 24, 2025· 02HE001401
  6. SITRAS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE GRANT$2M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Dec 3, 2025 – Dec 3, 2025· PR-2016-003

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: $6.5M (10 subawards)

4 primes

  1. GOVERNORS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE$5.1M78%
    SAN JUAN, PR · 1 subaward
  2. DEPARTAMENTO DE DESARROLLO ECONOMICO Y COMERCIO$674.8K10%
    SAN JUAN, PR · 1 subaward
  3. OFICINA DEL PROCURADOR DE LAS PERSONAS DE EDAD AVANZADA$417K6.4%
    SAN JUAN, PR · 6 subawards
  4. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF$309K4.8%
    SAN JUAN, PR · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $100K paid out · $5.4M received
  • FY2022: $340.8K paid out · $72.2M received
  • FY2023: $155.4K paid out · $7.5M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $45.3M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $114.1M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $6.5M 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.