Federal contractor · CHESTNUT HILL, MA

TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE

TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE received $2.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (−15% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $34.9M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($1.8M). It also received $43.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2.5M
New awards
5
Sole-source
28%
Single offer
72%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.5MFY2017
  2. 2.7MFY2018
  3. 4.2MFY2019
  4. 4.5MFY2020
  5. 5.7MFY2021
  6. 4.2MFY2022
  7. 3MFY2023
  8. 2.7MFY2024
  9. 2.9MFY2025
  10. 2.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$1.8M72%
    3 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$702K28%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.8M72%
  2. Education & social services$702K28%

Where the work was performed

  1. Middlesex County, MA$2.5M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $2.5M
  • Sole-source awards28%
    US 30% · $702K
  • Single-offer competitions72%
    US 8.7% · $1.8M
  • 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$702K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SPACE CHEMISTRY, REACTIVITY AND MODELING (SCRAM) - ROSET CALL 010$5.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Sep 21, 2020 – Jun 9, 2026· FA945320C0048
  2. GEOSPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES AND SCIENCE (GETS) PROGRAM BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) - SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES AND SCIENCE (SETS) CALL 002 AWARD 01$2.6M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· May 30, 2025 – May 22, 2026· FA945325CX038
  3. COMMERCIAL WEATHER DATA PILOT PROGRAM: BOSTON COLLEGE-UTILIZING DATA FROM SCINTILLATION NETWORK DECISION AID SENSOR NETWORK FOR ASSURED COMMUNICATION SUPPORT$1.3M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jan 4, 2021 – Oct 24, 2025· FA873021C0010
  4. FALL 2025 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES$369.1K
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Education & social services· Sep 30, 2025 – Dec 9, 2025· N3560A25FB275
  5. SPRING 2026 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES.$332.9K
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Education & social services· Feb 26, 2026 – Feb 26, 2026· N3560A26FB136

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.

TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE received $43.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 281 actions (37 new awards), −29% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($7.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$43.2M
New awards
37
Actions
281
Since FY2021
$300.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 65.2MFY2021
  2. 31.7MFY2022
  3. 52.7MFY2023
  4. 47MFY2024
  5. 60.5MFY2025
  6. 43.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$32M74%
  2. Direct payments$11.3M26%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$7.7M18%
  2. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$6.6M15%
  3. 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants$3.5M8.2%
  4. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$3.1M7.1%
  5. 43.001 · Science$2.5M5.8%
  6. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$2.1M5.0%
  7. 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research$2.1M4.7%
  8. 93.361 · Nursing Research$1.9M4.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$21M48%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Education$12.1M28%
  3. National Science Foundation$5.8M13%
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$2.5M5.8%
  5. Department of the Army$939.4K2.2%
    Department of Defense
  6. Department of the Air Force$883.9K2.0%
    Department of Defense
  7. Department of the Navy$237.9K0.6%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$11.7M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 14, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P251577
  2. CENTER FOR RETIREMENT RESEARCH AT BOSTON COLLEGE AND AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS: RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM$10.6M
    96.007 · Social Security Research and Demonstration· Social Security Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jan 29, 2021 – Dec 9, 2025· RDR18000004
  3. MONOCYTE TRAFFIC AND NEUROPATHOGENESIS OF AIDS$8.8M
    93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Dec 18, 2020 – Aug 11, 2026· R01NS040237
  4. COMPARATIVE SYSTEMS BIOLOGY OF APICOMPLEXAN CELL DIVISION - SUMMARY APICOMPLEXAN PARASITES HAVE MAJOR IMPACTS ON HUMAN HEALTH E.G…$6.5M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 21, 2022 – Jul 3, 2026· R01AI167570
  5. 22-SWXC22_2-0019 SPACE WEATHER RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS (SPARTA) CENTER OF EXCELLENCE$5.7M
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Sep 24, 2023 – Aug 27, 2026· 80NSSC23M0193
  6. NEW STRATEGIES IN CATALYTIC ORGANIC SYNTHESIS WITH ORGANOBORON REAGENTS$5.1M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 23, 2021 – Aug 11, 2026· R35GM127140

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.

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: $5.8M (34 subawards)

29 sub-recipients

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$1M18%
    BOULDER, CO · 2 subawards
  2. SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$457.6K8.0%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 2 subawards
  3. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$446.5K7.8%
    ITHACA, NY · 1 subaward
  4. CONCORD CONSORTIUM INC$393.4K6.8%
    CONCORD, MA · 1 subaward
  5. TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$388.3K6.7%
    BOSTON, MA · 3 subawards
  6. AQUITY INNOVATIONS$292.2K5.1%
    PRETORIA, ZA · 1 subaward
  7. THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$257.3K4.5%
    EL SEGUNDO, CA · 1 subaward
  8. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$248K4.3%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward
  9. MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH$224.6K3.9%
    KAMPALA, UGA · 1 subaward
  10. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$211.5K3.7%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $20K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $1.8M (19 subawards)

16 primes

  1. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$516.4K28%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$398.2K22%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 3 subawards
  3. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE$252.7K14%
    BERKELEY, CA · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$243.6K13%
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 1 subaward
  5. THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$53.5K2.9%
    BOSTON, MA · 2 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$48.4K2.7%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward
  7. DUKE UNIVERSITY$45K2.5%
    DURHAM, NC · 1 subaward
  8. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$40.8K2.2%
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 1 subaward
  9. EMORY UNIVERSITY$39.8K2.2%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
  10. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$39K2.1%
    AURORA, CO · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $8.8M paid out · $3.7M received
  • FY2022: $5.4M paid out · $5.2M received
  • FY2023: $13.8M paid out · $17.1M received
  • FY2024: $4.1M paid out · $7.5M received
  • FY2025: $5.4M paid out · $4M received
  • FY2026: $5.8M paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2027: $0 paid out · $78.2K 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.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

81 companies · $43.3M reported

  1. THE ADMINISTRATORS OF TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND$14M
    NEW ORLEANS, LA · 10 subawards
  2. TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE$1.8M
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  3. MATHEMATICA INC.$1.8M
    PRINCETON, NJ · 3 subawards

Primes that pay it

71 companies · $39.4M reported

  1. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY MASSACHUSETTS$7.7M
    FRAMINGHAM, MA · 5 subawards
  2. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$3.3M
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 13 subawards
  3. MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY$2.3M
    MONTCLAIR, NJ · 4 subawards

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CLOUDSTONE INNOVATIONS INC$6.1M−60% in FY2026
    KIHEI, HI · 74% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  2. NALEJ CORP$6.1M−100% in FY2026
    NEW YORK, NY · 75% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  3. QUINDAR INC.$6.3M−100% in FY2026
    LAFAYETTE, CO · 75% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.