Recipient of federal assistance · COLUMBIA, SC

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE received $546K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 2 actions, −97% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $146.2M. Its largest awarding agency was Small Business Administration ($546K).

Assistance · FY2026
$546K
New awards
2
Actions
2
Since FY2021
$146.2M
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Location
COLUMBIA, SC
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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. 65.1MFY2021
  2. 20.1MFY2022
  3. 20MFY2023
  4. 20.2MFY2024
  5. 20.3MFY2025
  6. 546KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$546K100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 59.061 · State Trade Expansion$546K100%

Awarding agencies

  1. Small Business Administration$546K100%

Largest awards

  1. SOUTH CAROLINA STEP$306K
    59.061 · State Trade Expansion· Small Business Administration· Grant· Jul 27, 2026 – Jul 27, 2026· SBAOITST260220
  2. SOUTH CAROLINA STEP$240K
    59.061 · State Trade Expansion· Small Business Administration· Grant· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· SBAOITST260259

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: $12.1M (28 subawards)

27 sub-recipients

  1. CHESTER COUNTY GOVERNMENT$1.1M8.7%
    CHESTER, SC · 2 subawards
  2. CITY OF UNION$1M8.2%
    UNION, SC · 1 subaward
  3. COUNTY OF UNION$1M8.2%
    UNION, SC · 1 subaward
  4. COUNTY OF GREENWOOD$923.9K7.6%
    GREENWOOD, SC · 1 subaward
  5. TOWN OF BLACKSBURG$852K7.0%
    BLACKSBURG, SC · 1 subaward
  6. COUNTY COUNCIL FOR DORCHESTER COUNTY$750K6.2%
    SAINT GEORGE, SC · 1 subaward
  7. TOWN OF ANDREWS$734.5K6.1%
    ANDREWS, SC · 1 subaward
  8. COUNTY OF FLORENCE$500K4.1%
    FLORENCE, SC · 1 subaward
  9. ABBEVILLE COUNTY$445.3K3.7%
    ABBEVILLE, SC · 1 subaward
  10. TOWN OF SAINT MATTHEWS$381K3.1%
    SAINT MATTHEWS, SC · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $20M paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2022: $29.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $29.7M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $12M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $15.4M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $12.1M paid out · $0 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.