Recipient of federal assistance · PONCE, PR

PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO

PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO received $31.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 161 actions, −2.8% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $197.1M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($30.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$31.7M
New awards
8
Actions
161
Since FY2021
$197.1M
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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. 62.4MFY2021
  2. 14.8MFY2022
  3. 28.4MFY2023
  4. 27.3MFY2024
  5. 32.6MFY2025
  6. 31.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$29.7M94%
  2. Grants$2M6.2%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$27.8M88%
  2. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$1.4M4.6%
  3. 94.026 · Americorps National Service and Civic Engagement Research Competition 94.026$1.1M3.3%
  4. 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound$729.7K2.3%
  5. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$444.6K1.4%
  6. 84.129 · Rehabilitation Long-Term Training$188.5K0.6%
  7. 45.024 · Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals$20K0.1%
  8. 84.379 · Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (Teach GRANTS)$15.1K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$30.6M97%
  2. Corporation for National and Community Service$1.1M3.3%
  3. National Endowment for the Arts$20K0.1%

Largest awards

  1. PCUPR COVID-19 EMERGENCY RELIEF INSTITUTIONAL FUND$39.3M
    84.425 · Education Stabilization Fund· Department of Education· Formula grant· Jan 17, 2021 – May 1, 2026· P425F202225
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$28.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 15, 2024 – Dec 16, 2025· P063P240442
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$27.3M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 16, 2025 – Sep 9, 2026· P063P250442
  4. PCUPR UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM$2.1M
    84.047 · Trio Upward Bound· Department of Education· Project grant· May 23, 2022 – Jul 29, 2026· P047A221149
  5. PCUPR UB SITE$1.5M
    84.047 · Trio Upward Bound· Department of Education· Project grant· May 23, 2022 – Jul 29, 2026· P047A221172
  6. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$1.4M
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P033A264589

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: $175.9K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. ADMINISTRACION DE COMPENSACIONES POR ACCIDENTES DE AUTOMOVILES$175.9K100%
    SAN JUAN, PR · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $413.6K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $4.6M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $5.9M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $5M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $175.9K 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 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.