Recipient of federal assistance · MAGNOLIA, AR

SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY

SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY received $14M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 171 actions, −20% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2022: $47.9M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($13.8M).

Assistance · FY2026
$14M
New awards
5
Actions
171
Since FY2022
$47.9M
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Location
MAGNOLIA, 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. 2.4MFY2022
  2. 4.3MFY2023
  3. 9.7MFY2024
  4. 17.5MFY2025
  5. 14MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$13.8M99%
  2. Grants$110.8K0.8%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$13.3M95%
  2. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$474K3.4%
  3. 94.013 · Americorps Volunteers in Service to America 94.013$110.8K0.8%
  4. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$80K0.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$13.8M99%
  2. Corporation for National and Community Service$110.8K0.8%

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$9.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 8, 2025 – Sep 2, 2026· P063P251087
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$8.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 15, 2020 – Jan 21, 2026· P063P191087
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$7.8M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 24, 2020 – Mar 14, 2026· P063P201087
  4. GRANT PROGRAM$7.1M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 30, 2021 – Jan 29, 2026· P063P211087
  5. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE MISSION OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY IS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS FOR PRODUCTIVE AND FULFILLING LIVES IN A GLOBAL…$580.5K
    94.013 · Americorps Volunteers in Service to America 94.013· Corporation for National and Community Service· Project grant· Feb 12, 2021 – Apr 1, 2026· 19VSWAR012
  6. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$474K
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P033A260194

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: $126.7K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. STATE OF ARKANSAS$126.7K100%
    LITTLE ROCK, AR · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $176.5K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $126.7K 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 · FY2022–FY2026.