Recipient of federal assistance · SWARTHMORE, PA

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE received $4.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 50 actions, −5.1% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $28.6M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($2.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$4.8M
New awards
10
Actions
50
Since FY2021
$28.6M
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Location
SWARTHMORE, 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. 6.9MFY2021
  2. 2.5MFY2022
  3. 5.3MFY2023
  4. 4.1MFY2024
  5. 5.1MFY2025
  6. 4.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$3M62%
  2. Grants$1.9M38%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$2.5M53%
  2. 47.074 · Biological Sciences$1.2M25%
  3. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$704.6K15%
  4. 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$277.5K5.7%
  5. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$235.7K4.9%
  6. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$202.3K4.2%
  7. 43.001 · Science$201.3K4.2%
  8. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$20K0.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$2.7M55%
  2. National Science Foundation$2.2M46%
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$201.3K4.2%

Largest awards

  1. N/A$3M
    84.425 · Education Stabilization Fund· Department of Education· Formula grant· Jan 17, 2021 – May 1, 2026· P425F201069
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$2.6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 25, 2025 – Jun 3, 2026· P063P252155
  3. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: AGE STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL GROUPS AS A CRITICAL DEMOGRAPHIC FACTOR IN THE EVOLUTION OF BEHAVIOR -THIS PROJECT…$1.2M
    47.074 · Biological Sciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· May 7, 2026 – May 7, 2026· 2548290
  4. VIBRATIONAL DYNAMICS AND RELAXATIONS IN GLASS-FORMING LIQUIDS$874.6K
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Sep 6, 2023 – May 14, 2026· DESC0024300
  5. COMPARATIVE MECHANISTIC STUDY OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROTOXICITY OF ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDES$764.4K
    93.113 · Environmental Health· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 31, 2023 – Sep 29, 2026· R15ES031354
  6. CAREER: COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE PATHWAYS OF CHILDREN'S ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE LEARNING -SOME CHILDREN IN THE U.S. GROW UP RELATIVELY…$704.6K
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 3, 2026 – Aug 3, 2026· 2541436

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: $276.9K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. THE MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, INC.$150.9K54%
    MADISON, WI · 1 subaward
  2. THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY$126K46%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $156.9K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $2.3M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $443K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $128.2K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $290K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $276.9K 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.