Recipient of federal assistance · MORGANTON, NC

THE INDUSTRIAL COMMONS

THE INDUSTRIAL COMMONS received $17M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 9 actions, +8,422% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $45.4M. Its largest awarding agency was National Science Foundation ($17M).

Assistance · FY2026
$17M
New awards
1
Actions
9
Since FY2021
$45.4M
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Location
MORGANTON, NC
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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. 200KFY2021
  2. 700KFY2022
  3. 11.3MFY2023
  4. 16MFY2024
  5. 199.5KFY2025
  6. 17MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$17M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$17M99.9%
  2. 45.024 · Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals$25K0.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$17M99.9%
  2. National Endowment for the Arts$25K0.1%

Largest awards

  1. NSF ENGINES: NORTH CAROLINA TEXTILE INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY ENGINE -THE NSF ENGINES AWARD TO THE NORTH CAROLINA TEXTILE INNOVATION…$32M
    47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Jan 29, 2024 – Jul 9, 2026· 2315305
  2. AWARD PURPOSE.WORC PURPOSE: IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE JUSTICE40 INITIATIVE, THE PURPOSE OF THE WORC INITIATIVE GRANTS IS TO CREATE ECONOMIC…$1.2M
    17.280 · Wioa Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Sep 14, 2023 – Sep 16, 2026· 23A60WO000007
  3. PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS.$25K
    45.024 · Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals· National Endowment for the Arts· Grant· Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· 1950750-51-26

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: $224.9K (3 subawards)

3 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE$75K33%
    KNOXVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE$75K33%
    CHARLOTTE, NC · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO$74.9K33%
    GREENSBORO, NC · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $358K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$358K100%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2024: $6.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $224.9K paid out · $358K 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.