Federal contractor · RICHMOND, VA

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY received $2.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (−82% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $84.7M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($1.9M). It also received $191M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2.6M
New awards
8
Sole-source
41%
Single offer
23%
UEI
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Parent company
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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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.

3 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $2.6M in FY2026 together.

  1. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITYRICHMOND, VA · Family page
    $2.6M
  2. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITYRICHMOND, VA
    $0
  3. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVRICHMOND, 0
    -$43.1K

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 7.2MFY2017
  2. 7MFY2018
  3. 6.3MFY2019
  4. 8MFY2020
  5. 6.7MFY2021
  6. 6.7MFY2022
  7. 17.6MFY2023
  8. 7.8MFY2024
  9. 14.8MFY2025
  10. 2.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$1.9M73%
    4 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$889.1K34%
    3 awards
  3. Food and Drug Administration-$185K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.5M59%
  2. Education & social services$889.1K34%
  3. Professional services$191.4K7.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. Richmond city, VA$2.4M93%
  2. Montgomery County, MD$192.1K7.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition64%
    US 39% · $1.7M
  • Sole-source awards41%
    US 30% · $1.1M
  • Single-offer competitions23%
    US 8.7% · $599.1K
  • 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$889.1K
    Department of Defense · 3 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$191.4K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. PRECLINICAL MEDICATIONS DISCOVERY AND ABUSE LIABILITY TESTING FOR NIDA NIDA REF. NO. N01DA-22-8959. BASE AWARD.$4.8M
    National Institutes of Health· Richmond city, VA· Research & development· Feb 22, 2022 – Aug 11, 2026· 75N95022C00004
  2. MEDICATION DISCOVERY USING RAT MODELS OF RELAPSE. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 7/10/2024-7/9/2025. N01DA-24-8949$3M
    National Institutes of Health· Richmond city, VA· Research & development· Jul 9, 2024 – Aug 10, 2026· 75N95024C00020
  3. BAA: EVALUATION OF CURRENT APPROACHES USED TO ESTABLISH BIOEQUIVALENCE OF NASAL SPRAYS FOR LOCAL ACTION IN CHILDREN (PMQWP 253)$1.4M
    Food and Drug Administration· Richmond city, VA· Research & development· Sep 28, 2020 – Jul 23, 2026· 75F40120C00172
  4. VA, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SPR 1301334544$714.5K
    Department of the Navy· Richmond city, VA· Education & social services· May 1, 2026 – May 1, 2026· N0622A26FA359
  5. NIMH: SERVICE: SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR NEURODEVELOPMENTAL SURVEY OF MID-ATLANTIC TWIN REGISTRY (MATR) TWINS: SEVERABLE$192.1K
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Aug 13, 2026 – Aug 13, 2026· 75N98026P01320
  6. VA, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SPR 1301337277$93.1K
    Department of the Navy· Richmond city, VA· Education & social services· May 1, 2026 – May 1, 2026· N0622A26FA360
  7. VA, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SUM 1301367129$81.5K
    Department of the Navy· Richmond city, VA· Education & social services· May 15, 2026 – May 15, 2026· N0622A26FA406
  8. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIV:1109062 [23-003947]$25.4K
    National Institutes of Health· Richmond city, VA· Professional services· Aug 15, 2023 – May 19, 2026· 75N95023P00565

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.

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY received $191M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,037 actions (92 new awards), −7.3% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($49.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$191M
New awards
92
Actions
1,037
Since FY2021
$1.2B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 222.4MFY2021
  2. 172.7MFY2022
  3. 194.9MFY2023
  4. 208.3MFY2024
  5. 205.9MFY2025
  6. 191MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$138.3M72%
  2. Direct payments$52.7M28%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$49.1M26%
  2. 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs$17.3M9.1%
  3. 93.395 · Cancer Treatment Research$11.9M6.2%
  4. 93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences$7.1M3.7%
  5. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$7.1M3.7%
  6. 93.273 · Alcohol Research Programs$6.3M3.3%
  7. 93.866 · Aging Research$6.2M3.3%
  8. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$6.2M3.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$112.6M59%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Education$54.1M28%
  3. Health Resources and Services Administration$6.7M3.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Administration for Community Living$4.4M2.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. National Science Foundation$3M1.6%
  6. Employment and Training Administration$2.3M1.2%
    Department of Labor
  7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$2.3M1.2%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$1.8M0.9%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$48M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 5, 2025 – Sep 17, 2026· P063P250401
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$47.9M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 6, 2024 – Jan 23, 2026· P063P240401
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$38.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 8, 2023 – Oct 30, 2025· P063P230401
  4. MASSEY CANCER CENTER CORE SUPPORT$37.9M
    93.397 · Cancer Centers Support Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 7, 2021 – Jun 17, 2026· P30CA016059
  5. GRANT PROGRAM$33.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 25, 2022 – May 22, 2026· P063P220401
  6. GRANT PROGRAM$32M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 5, 2021 – Jul 25, 2026· P063P210401

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-contracts: $499.4K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $5.8M (50 subawards)

41 sub-recipients

  1. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES$571.2K9.1%
    WINSTON SALEM, NC · 2 subawards
  2. THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY$516.8K8.2%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward
  3. ABT GLOBAL LLC$499.4K7.9%
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON$392.4K6.2%
    GALVESTON, TX · 1 subaward
  5. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY$386K6.1%
    MIAMI, FL · 1 subaward
  6. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$368.6K5.9%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 4 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$365.4K5.8%
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 1 subaward
  8. RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE$321.6K5.1%
    ALBANY, NY · 1 subaward
  9. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$239.6K3.8%
    EVANSTON, IL · 1 subaward
  10. RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY$186.5K3.0%
    NEWARK, NJ · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $28M (111 subawards)

58 primes

  1. VA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$11.9M42%
    RICHMOND, VA · 15 subawards
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$2.6M9.4%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 5 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO$1.4M4.9%
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward
  4. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY$1.3M4.6%
    RICHMOND, VA · 3 subawards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE$884.4K3.2%
    BURLINGTON, VT · 2 subawards
  6. DUKE UNIVERSITY$850.7K3.0%
    DURHAM, NC · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$843.4K3.0%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 2 subawards
  8. EMORY UNIVERSITY$703K2.5%
    ATLANTA, GA · 4 subawards
  9. SOCIAL SERVICES, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF$609.4K2.2%
    GLEN ALLEN, VA · 1 subaward
  10. TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE$600.3K2.1%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 3 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 19% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $21.9M paid out · $18M received
  • FY2022: $19.4M paid out · $20.7M received
  • FY2023: $35.9M paid out · $29.6M received
  • FY2024: $24.4M paid out · $30.5M received
  • FY2025: $13.7M paid out · $31M received
  • FY2026: $6.3M paid out · $28M 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

224 companies · $120.6M reported

  1. VCU HEALTH SYSTEM AUTHORITY$4.5M
    RICHMOND, VA · 8 subawards
  2. OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY$4.5M
    NORFOLK, VA · 23 subawards
  3. RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$4.4M
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · 23 subawards

Primes that pay it

144 companies · $157M reported

  1. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION$58.2M
    RICHMOND, VA · 97 subawards
  2. BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT VIRGINIA MASON$4.8M
    SEATTLE, WA · 15 subawards
  3. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$4.7M
    LAUREL, MD · 12 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 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 7 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. THE GLOBAL CONNECTIVE CENTER LLC$9M
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  2. QUBITEKK, INC.$9.1M−99% in FY2026
    VISTA, CA · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  3. ROGUE SPACE SYSTEMS CORP$9.1M−100% in FY2026
    LACONIA, NH · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

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.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY (3 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITYAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$202K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$612K
$612K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$120K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$150K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$202K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$140K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Education14 reports
  2. Health issues14 reports
  3. Immigration2 reports
  4. Copyright, patent and trademark1 reports
  5. Defense1 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES14 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE14 reports
  3. Executive Office of the President (EOP)1 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

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.