Recipient of federal assistance · PHILADELPHIA, PA

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA received $51.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 31 actions, −8% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $362M. Its largest awarding agency was Administration for Children and Families ($52M).

Assistance · FY2026
$51.2M
New awards
1
Actions
31
Since FY2021
$362M
UEI
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Location
PHILADELPHIA, PA
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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. 57.9MFY2021
  2. 54.9MFY2022
  3. 68.6MFY2023
  4. 73.7MFY2024
  5. 55.7MFY2025
  6. 51.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$51.2M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.600 · Head Start$52M100%
  2. 93.079 · Cooperative Agreements to Promote Adolescent Health Through School-Based Surveillance and Risk Behavior Reduction$384.9K0.8%
  3. 93.136 · Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs$67.5K0.1%
  4. 45.024 · Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals$30K0.1%
  5. 84.334 · Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs$1.000.0%
  6. 84.184 · School Safely National Activities-$1.2M0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Administration for Children and Families$52M100%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$452.4K0.9%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. National Endowment for the Arts$30K0.1%

Largest awards

  1. HEAD START$243.5M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Jun 28, 2021 – Jul 13, 2026· 03CH011619
  2. HEAD START$104.2M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Jun 23, 2025 – Sep 14, 2026· 03CH013215
  3. GEAR UP READY (REIMAGINING EDUCATIONAL ACCESS FOR DESERVING YOUTH) PHILADELPHIA$20M
    84.334 · Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs· Department of Education· Project grant· Sep 28, 2021 – Aug 31, 2026· P334A210108
  4. DESCRIPTION:THIS BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (ALSO KNOWN AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT) FUNDED GRANT PROVIDES FUNDING TO…$7.9M
    66.045 · Clean School Bus Program· Environmental Protection Agency· Project grant· May 29, 2024 – May 15, 2026· 95340301
  5. DESCRIPTION:THIS ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT PROJECTS THAT WILL…$5M
    66.443 · Reducing Lead in Drinking Water (Sdwa 1459B)· Environmental Protection Agency· Grant· Jul 12, 2023 – Jun 24, 2026· 95310901
  6. NEXT STEPS: EXPANDING SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH TEAMS IN PHILLY$2.4M
    84.184 · School Safely National Activities· Department of Education· Project grant· Mar 30, 2023 – Sep 11, 2026· S184X230154

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: $17.9M (13 subawards)

13 sub-recipients

  1. BRIGHTSIDE ACADEMY PHILADELPHIA LLC$3.5M20%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 1 subaward
  2. KENCREST SERVICES$2.8M15%
    BLUE BELL, PA · 1 subaward
  3. XIENTE$2.3M13%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  4. ASOCIACION PUERTORRIQUENOS EN MARCHA INC$2.1M12%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  5. MERCY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES, INC.$1.5M8.3%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  6. COMMUNITY EDUCATION ALLIANCE OF WEST PHILADELPHIA$1.1M6.1%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  7. SPECIAL PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST, INC.$967.5K5.4%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  8. THE CHILDREN'S PLAYHOUSE EARLY LEARNING CENTER, LLC$967.5K5.4%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  9. CREATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS INC$774K4.3%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  10. TODAYS CHILD LEARNING CENTERS. INC.$580.5K3.2%
    LANSDOWNE, PA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $337.3M (83 subawards)

3 primes

  1. PA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OMB$337.4M100%
    HARRISBURG, PA · 81 subawards
  2. LABOR & INDUSTRY, PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF$184K0.1%
    HARRISBURG, PA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $293.3M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.5B received
  • FY2023: $8.5M paid out · $283.2M received
  • FY2024: $17.1M paid out · $338.3M received
  • FY2025: $17.3M paid out · $144.8M received
  • FY2026: $17.9M paid out · $337.3M 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.

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.