Recipient of federal assistance · ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL

PACE, THE SUBURBAN BUS DIVISION OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

PACE, THE SUBURBAN BUS DIVISION OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY received $143.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 39 actions, +60% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $602.7M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Transit Administration ($143.8M).

Assistance · FY2026
$143.8M
New awards
3
Actions
39
Since FY2021
$602.7M
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Location
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL
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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. 84.6MFY2021
  2. 117.6MFY2022
  3. 88.8MFY2023
  4. 78.1MFY2024
  5. 89.7MFY2025
  6. 143.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$143.8M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$77.3M54%
  2. 20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs$41.6M29%
  3. 20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$20M14%
  4. 20.534 · Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending$2.5M1.8%
  5. 20.513 · Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities$2.5M1.7%
  6. 20.500 · Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants-$25.3K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Transit Administration$143.8M100%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF VEHICLES THAT ARE BEYOND THEIR USEFUL LIFE AND…$70.7M
    20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Mar 26, 2025 – Jul 27, 2026· IL-2025-006
  2. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF VEHICLES AND VARIOUS EQUIPMENT THAT ARE BEYOND…$57.9M
    20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· IL-2026-009
  3. SECTION 5307 SECTION 5339 AND CMAQ$41.2M
    20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jan 22, 2026 – May 20, 2026· IL-2018-008
  4. APPLICATION PURPOSE: N/A; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: N/A; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: N/A; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: N/A; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: N/A$20.4M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jun 29, 2026 – Jun 29, 2026· IL-2020-051
  5. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERMODAL HARVEY TRANSPORTATION CENTER…$20M
    20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jul 13, 2026 – Jul 13, 2026· IL-2026-004
  6. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES RELATED TO PACES PULSE 95TH…$17.1M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· May 28, 2024 – Jul 13, 2026· IL-2024-006

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.

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.