Federal contractor · SAN DIEGO, CA

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION received $2.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 34 awards (−16% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $29M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($1.5M). It also received $65.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2.2M
New awards
34
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
84%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1MFY2017
  2. 2.7MFY2018
  3. 2.5MFY2019
  4. 3.5MFY2020
  5. 3.3MFY2021
  6. 5MFY2022
  7. 3.8MFY2023
  8. 2.3MFY2024
  9. 2.6MFY2025
  10. 2.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$1.5M70%
    2 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$610.3K28%
    31 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$57.5K2.6%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$2.2M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Diego County, CA$2.2M100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition84%
    US 39% · $1.8M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions84%
    US 8.7% · $1.8M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. HISPANIC COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDY (STUDY OF LATINOS (HCHS-SOL))- FIELD CENTER$7.4M
    National Institutes of Health· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Nov 29, 2018 – Jun 5, 2026· 75N92019F00050
  2. HISPANIC COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDY - STUDY OF LATINOS (HCHS-SOL) SAN DIEGO FIELD CENTER - TASK AREA A - CORE STUDY OPERATIONS$3.1M
    National Institutes of Health· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Nov 27, 2024 – Apr 2, 2026· 75N92025F00001
  3. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR BENTHIC MICROBIAL FUEL CELL DESIGN$897.4K
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Sep 17, 2021 – Mar 27, 2026· N6600121F1347
  4. BENTHIC MICROBIAL FUEL CELL AND HYDROKINETIC SWITCHING ELECTRONICS STUDY$758.2K
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Sep 16, 2022 – Mar 3, 2026· N6600122F1115
  5. ACADEMIC RESEARCH: SYNCHRONIZATION OF NONLINEAR OSCILLATORS AND SIGNAL$575.1K
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Apr 19, 2023 – Apr 2, 2026· N6600123F0487
  6. DEEP TRANSFER LEARNING BASED COGNITION ENGINE FOR NETWORK ADAPTIVE-WAVEFORM DESIGN$350K
    Department of the Air Force· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Sep 5, 2023 – May 15, 2026· FA875023C0521
  7. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT 2 AND 3.$91.9K
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Sep 3, 2024 – Feb 26, 2026· N6600124F0994
  8. SEE ATTACHMENT 1 PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT$81.1K
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Dec 8, 2025 – Feb 5, 2026· N6600126F8514

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.

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION received $65.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 285 actions (42 new awards), −8.4% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.307 · Minority Health and Health Disparities Research ($6.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$65.8M
New awards
42
Actions
285
Since FY2021
$434.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 60.9MFY2021
  2. 67.3MFY2022
  3. 87.8MFY2023
  4. 80.8MFY2024
  5. 71.8MFY2025
  6. 65.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$65.9M100%
  2. Other assistance-$40.2K0.0%

Top programs

  1. 93.307 · Minority Health and Health Disparities Research$6.3M9.6%
  2. 84.264 · Rehabilitation Training Technical Assistance Centers$6M9.1%
  3. 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants$5.8M8.8%
  4. 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$5.8M8.8%
  5. 93.273 · Alcohol Research Programs$4.7M7.1%
  6. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$4M6.1%
  7. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$2.9M4.3%
  8. 93.866 · Aging Research$2.4M3.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$34.7M53%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$12.2M19%
  3. Department of Education$9M14%
  4. Department of the Navy$1.8M2.7%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of the Army$1.5M2.3%
    Department of Defense
  6. U.S. Geological Survey$1.4M2.1%
    Department of the Interior
  7. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.3M2.0%
  8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$1.1M1.7%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. SDSU HEALTHLINK CENTER FOR TRANSDISCIPLINARY HEALTH DISPARITIES RESEARCH$34.4M
    93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Oct 29, 2020 – Apr 7, 2026· U54MD012397
  2. SDSU FUERTE: FACULTY UNITED TOWARDS EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AND TRANSFORMATIONAL ENGAGEMENT - OVERALL – PROJECT SUMMARY SAN DIEGO STATE…$15.3M
    93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Sep 21, 2021 – Jul 24, 2026· U54CA267789
  3. ADMINISTRATIVE CORE OF THE CIFASD (U24)$11.4M
    93.273 · Alcohol Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Jan 12, 2021 – May 6, 2026· U24AA014811
  4. A MULTISITE NEUROBEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT OF FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS$10.6M
    93.273 · Alcohol Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Jan 22, 2021 – May 8, 2026· U01AA014834
  5. LANGUAGE MODALITY AND THE BRAIN$8.6M
    93.173 · Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Nov 24, 2020 – Jun 25, 2026· R01DC010997
  6. THE AUTISTIC BRAIN OVER 45: THE ANATOMIC, FUNCTIONAL, AND COGNITIVE PHENOTYPE$7M
    93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jan 27, 2021 – Feb 27, 2026· R01MH103494

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.

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

  • Sub-grants: $12.2M (39 subawards)

35 sub-recipients

  1. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)$1.7M14%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO$994.6K8.1%
    LA JOLLA, CA · 3 subawards
  3. BUTTE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION$890K7.3%
    OROVILLE, CA · 1 subaward
  4. THE RAND CORPORATION$885.9K7.3%
    SANTA MONICA, CA · 1 subaward
  5. THE HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE, INC.$696.5K5.7%
    BETHESDA, MD · 1 subaward
  6. SAN DIEGO YOUTH SERVICES$675K5.5%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 1 subaward
  7. FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO INC$528.8K4.3%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 1 subaward
  8. RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE$502.7K4.1%
    TROY, NY · 1 subaward
  9. RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$498.8K4.1%
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · 1 subaward
  10. MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH$401.7K3.3%
    KAMPALA, UGA · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $195.8K (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $9.1M (64 subawards)

28 primes

  1. PUBLIC HEALTH, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF$4.5M48%
    SACRAMENTO, CA · 16 subawards
  2. EMORY UNIVERSITY$770.1K8.3%
    ATLANTA, GA · 4 subawards
  3. AUBURN UNIVERSITY$608K6.6%
    AUBURN, AL · 2 subawards
  4. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$522.6K5.6%
    HOUSTON, TX · 2 subawards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO$458.4K5.0%
    LA JOLLA, CA · 8 subawards
  6. TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE$457.6K4.9%
    CHESTNUT HILL, MA · 2 subawards
  7. ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$382.5K4.1%
    BRONX, NY · 4 subawards
  8. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$314.9K3.4%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE$266.3K2.9%
    IRVINE, CA · 2 subawards
  10. THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$235.2K2.5%
    PRINCETON, NJ · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $4.2M paid out · $15.9M received
  • FY2022: $3.1M paid out · $22.5M received
  • FY2023: $7.2M paid out · $14.9M received
  • FY2024: $9.2M paid out · $17M received
  • FY2025: $17.5M paid out · $20.9M received
  • FY2026: $12.2M paid out · $9.3M 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.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

104 companies · $53.3M reported

  1. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)$9.1M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 7 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$4.1M
    LA JOLLA, CA · 14 subawards
  3. NATIONAL DISABILITY INSTITUTE INC$2.9M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 5 subawards

Primes that pay it

95 companies · $100.5M reported

  1. PUBLIC HEALTH, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF$30.1M
    SACRAMENTO, CA · 37 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$11.7M
    LA JOLLA, CA · 58 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC$9.8M
    NEW YORK, NY · 11 subawards · Educational support services

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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 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. IDT BIOLOGIKA GMBH$4M
    DESSAU-ROSSLAU, DEU · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services
  2. FEROMICS INC$4.1M−100% in FY2026
    BROOKLINE, MA · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services
  3. CALYX SYSTEMS LLC$4.1M
    NEW YORK, NY · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.