Recipient of federal assistance · LITTLE ROCK, AR

PHILANDER SMITH UNIVERSITY

PHILANDER SMITH UNIVERSITY received $12.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 176 actions, +50% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $69.2M. Its largest awarding agency was Health Resources and Services Administration ($7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$12.9M
New awards
8
Actions
176
Since FY2021
$69.2M
UEI
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Parent organization
PHILANDER SMITH COLLEGE
Location
LITTLE ROCK, AR
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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. 24.4MFY2021
  2. 4.7MFY2022
  3. 11.1MFY2023
  4. 7.4MFY2024
  5. 8.6MFY2025
  6. 12.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$9.8M76%
  2. Direct payments$3.1M24%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.493 · Congressional Directives$7M54%
  2. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$3M23%
  3. 84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid$2.8M21%
  4. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$158.1K1.2%
  5. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$18.2K0.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. Health Resources and Services Administration$7M54%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Education$5.9M46%

Largest awards

  1. HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM$13M
    84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid· Department of Education· Project grant· Aug 3, 2022 – Aug 29, 2026· P031B220064
  2. PHILANDER SMITH UNIVERSITY HEALTH AND SCIENCES PROJECT - PHILANDER SMITH UNIVERSITY REQUESTS $7 MILLION IN CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING…$7M
    93.493 · Congressional Directives· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· CE160101
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$3.8M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 30, 2023 – Jul 22, 2026· P063P230014
  4. GRANT PROGRAM$3.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 23, 2022 – Jul 27, 2026· P063P220014
  5. GRANT PROGRAM$3.4M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 30, 2025 – Sep 16, 2026· P063P250014
  6. GRANT PROGRAM$3.4M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 8, 2024 – Aug 13, 2026· P063P240014

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: $93.4K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES$57.5K62%
    LITTLE ROCK, AR · 2 subawards
  2. ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$35.8K38%
    ROCHESTER, NY · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $149.1K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $34K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $34K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $49.7K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $150K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $93.4K 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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.