Federal contractor · CHARLESTON, SC

THE CITADEL

THE CITADEL received $4.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (+25% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $25.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($4.8M). It also received $5.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$4.8M
New awards
2
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
XYZHM6HA92E5
Parent company
CITADEL BOARD OF VISITORS
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.1MFY2017
  2. 2.3MFY2018
  3. 2.4MFY2019
  4. 1.3MFY2020
  5. 1.6MFY2022
  6. 3.1MFY2023
  7. 3.6MFY2024
  8. 3.9MFY2025
  9. 4.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$4.8M100%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$4.8M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Charleston County, SC$4.8M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $4.8M
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $4.8M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Navy$4.8M
    Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. RATIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT AT FAULT RETROACTIVE TUITION FOR SPRING 2026 NROTC MIDN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES.$2.6M
    Department of the Navy· Charleston County, SC· Education & social services· Mar 18, 2026 – Mar 18, 2026· N3560A26FB174
  2. FALL 2025 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES$2.3M
    Department of the Navy· Charleston County, SC· Education & social services· Nov 28, 2025 – Dec 16, 2025· N3560A26FB013

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.

THE CITADEL received $5.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 102 actions (6 new awards), −55% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($3.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$5.2M
New awards
6
Actions
102
Since FY2021
$42.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 10.8MFY2021
  2. 4.2MFY2022
  3. 5.4MFY2023
  4. 5.9MFY2024
  5. 11.5MFY2025
  6. 5.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$3.4M64%
  2. Grants$1.9M36%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$3.1M60%
  2. 12.902 · Information Security Grants$1.4M26%
  3. 59.044 · Veterans Outreach Program$494.5K9.5%
  4. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$139.8K2.7%
  5. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$90.4K1.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$3.4M64%
  2. Washington Headquarters Services$1.4M26%
    Department of Defense
  3. Small Business Administration$494.5K9.5%

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$4.1M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 19, 2025 – Sep 9, 2026· P063P250375
  2. FISCAL YEAR 2025 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER CYBER SERVICE ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIPS: THE CITADEL$2.4M
    12.902 · Information Security Grants· Washington Headquarters Services· Project grant· Aug 27, 2025 – Jul 22, 2026· HQ0034251E004
  3. ENCOURAGING CIVIL ENGINEERING RETENTION BY INCREASING COMMUNITY AND SELF-EFFICACY$999.9K
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Oct 22, 2024 – Feb 3, 2026· 1741611
  4. VBOC 2025-2026 THE CITADEL$869.5K
    59.044 · Veterans Outreach Program· Small Business Administration· Grant· May 6, 2025 – Jul 22, 2026· SBAHQ25V0015
  5. FY24 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) CYBER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (CYSP) AND DOD CYBER AND DIGITAL SERVICES ACADEMY (DCDSA) GRANTS: THE CITADEL$786.4K
    12.902 · Information Security Grants· Washington Headquarters Services· Block grant· Aug 2, 2024 – May 18, 2026· HQ00342410033
  6. GRANT PROGRAM$607.4K
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026· P063P260375

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $74K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$74K100%
    CLEMSON, SC · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $622.5K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $675.2K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $67.5K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $594.5K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $74K 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

9 companies · $3M reported

  1. INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC$1.7M
    NEW YORK, NY · 3 subawards · Educational support services
  2. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$535.4K
    CLEMSON, SC · 2 subawards
  3. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$279.3K
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward

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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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE$11.7M−48% in FY2026
    LEXINGTON, VA · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. CIVILEON RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC$10.2M−65% in FY2026
    CENTREVILLE, VA · 83% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO$15.4M−2.2% in FY2026
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

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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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.