Federal contractor · SOMERVILLE, MA

TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE

TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE received $191.3K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (−84% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $11.5M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($448.5K). It also received $37.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$191.3K
New awards
5
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE company family: 2 registered entities, $960K in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGEBOSTON, MA · Family page
    $768.7K

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-30

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 487.5KFY2017
  2. 2.4MFY2018
  3. 2MFY2019
  4. 2MFY2020
  5. 1.3MFY2021
  6. 400.2KFY2022
  7. 350KFY2023
  8. 1.1MFY2024
  9. 1.2MFY2025
  10. 191.3KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$448.5K100%
    3 awards
  2. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$00.0%
    1 awards
  3. Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response-$257.2K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$448.5K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Middlesex County, MA$191.3K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $191.3K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $448.5K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · -$257.2K
  • 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$448.5K
    Department of Defense · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. DARPA RESEARCH PROJECT$997.2K
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Dec 31, 2024 – Mar 9, 2026· HR001125C0039
  2. TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE - AOI#16(LAB AT HOME) R&D FOR DISTANCE-BASED PAPER ANALYTICAL DEVICE (DPAD) FOR MULTIPLEXED QUANTIFICATION OF CYTOKINES, HORMONES, LIPIDS, PROTEINS AND SMALL MOLECULES INFECTIONS$492.7K
    Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· May 30, 2024 – Nov 17, 2025· 75A50124C00021
  3. SPRING 2026 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES.$200.6K
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Education & social services· Feb 27, 2026 – Feb 27, 2026· N3560A26FB140
  4. RATIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT-AT-FALUT RETROACTIVE TUITION FOR FALL 2025 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES.$188.1K
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Education & social services· Dec 19, 2025 – Dec 19, 2025· N3560A26FB057
  5. ESA ORDER FOR 2 STUDENTS ATTENDING TUFTS UNIVERSITY DURING THE SPRING SEMESTER 2026$59.8K
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Education & social services· Feb 18, 2026 – Feb 18, 2026· N0024426FS035

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 TUFTS COLLEGE received $37.6M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 156 actions (37 new awards), −4% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training ($6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$37.6M
New awards
37
Actions
156
Since FY2021
$247.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 54.8MFY2021
  2. 42.8MFY2022
  3. 30.3MFY2023
  4. 43.1MFY2024
  5. 39.2MFY2025
  6. 37.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$35.1M93%
  2. Other assistance$2.5M6.6%

Top programs

  1. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$6M16%
  2. 12.431 · Basic Scientific Research$2.7M7.3%
  3. 12.910 · Research and Technology Development$2.5M6.6%
  4. 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$2.2M5.8%
  5. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$1.8M4.8%
  6. 47.041 · Engineering$1.8M4.7%
  7. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$1.7M4.6%
  8. 64.054 · Research and Development$1.6M4.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$16.9M45%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$9.4M25%
  3. Department of the Army$4.3M11%
    Department of Defense
  4. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$2.5M6.6%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of Energy$1.8M4.8%
  6. Department of the Navy$838.3K2.2%
    Department of Defense
  7. Department of the Air Force$659K1.8%
    Department of Defense
  8. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$633.8K1.7%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IS TO BRING TOGETHER A MULTIDISCIPLINARY GROUP OF SCIENTISTS TO ADVANCE THE STATE OF THE ART IN…$23.4M
    64.054 · Research and Development· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Nov 23, 2020 – Jul 21, 2026· W911QY1920003
  2. ** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF…$10M
    10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Project grant· Sep 9, 2021 – May 6, 2026· 20216901235978
  3. HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY$6.3M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Aug 27, 2021 – May 13, 2026· DESC0019032
  4. BEHAVIORAL NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGGRESSION: ALCOHOL, GABA, AND 5-HT$5.7M
    93.273 · Alcohol Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 26, 2021 – Dec 5, 2025· R01AA013983
  5. MECHANISMS OF GENOME INSTABILITY MEDIATED BY SIMPLE DNA REPEATS$4.6M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Feb 18, 2021 – Feb 13, 2026· R35GM130322
  6. NEW MURI GRANT$4.3M
    12.431 · Basic Scientific Research· Department of the Army· Project grant· Jun 12, 2023 – Jun 18, 2026· W911NF2310276

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.

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: $3.9M (30 subawards)

24 sub-recipients

  1. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$1.2M30%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 4 subawards
  2. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$345.6K8.9%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 2 subawards
  3. BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSPITAL INC$262.5K6.8%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  4. ULTRA ASSIMILATION INC$255.4K6.6%
    VESTAVIA, AL · 1 subaward
  5. HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM POTSDAM - DEUTSCHES GEOFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GFZ$250K6.4%
    POTSDAM, DEU · 1 subaward
  6. THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$223.2K5.8%
    BOSTON, MA · 2 subawards
  7. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$202.8K5.2%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward
  8. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$138.2K3.6%
    CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
  9. AMHERST COLLEGE, TRUSTEES OF$137.9K3.6%
    AMHERST, MA · 1 subaward
  10. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$131.3K3.4%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $5.5M (31 subawards)

25 primes

  1. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$629.9K11%
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE$571.1K10%
    BURLINGTON, VT · 2 subawards
  3. WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY$555.1K10%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  4. MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY$479.1K8.7%
    MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS · 1 subaward
  5. THE HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE, INC.$356.2K6.5%
    BETHESDA, MD · 2 subawards
  6. DUKE UNIVERSITY$349.4K6.4%
    DURHAM, NC · 1 subaward
  7. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$337.8K6.2%
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward
  8. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$308.6K5.6%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  9. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$276K5.0%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$274.6K5.0%
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $7.1M paid out · $5.7M received
  • FY2022: $4.3M paid out · $4.8M received
  • FY2023: $3.2M paid out · $32.4M received
  • FY2024: $10.4M paid out · $8.5M received
  • FY2025: $5.7M paid out · $13M received
  • FY2026: $3.9M paid out · $5.5M 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.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

242 companies · $231.7M reported

  1. TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER PARENT, INC.$79.4M
    BOSTON, MA · 68 subawards
  2. THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$11.5M
    BOSTON, MA · 50 subawards
  3. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$9.1M
    LEXINGTON, MA · 42 subawards

Primes that pay it

132 companies · $126M reported

  1. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY MASSACHUSETTS$26.1M
    FRAMINGHAM, MA · 8 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE$7.6M
    BURLINGTON, VT · 6 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$5.2M
    NEW YORK, NY · 11 subawards

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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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. NOORDA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE LLC$3.3M−46% in FY2026
    PROVO, UT · 57% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. BURRELL COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE LLC$3.2M−48% in FY2026
    LAS CRUCES, NM · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY$3.7M+15% in FY2026
    NORFOLK, VA · 4 entities · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schoolsNational Institutes of Health · 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.