Federal contractor · PETERSBURG, VA

VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY

No contract obligations recorded for VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY in FY2026. Since FY2017: $250.4K. It also received $46.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Sole-source
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Single offer
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UEI
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Parent company
VIRGINIA STATE 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.

Part of the VCU HEALTH SYSTEM AUTHORITY company family: 3 registered entities, $147.1K in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. VCU HEALTH SYSTEM AUTHORITYRICHMOND, VA · Family page
    $107.3K
  2. NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITYNORFOLK, VA
    $39.8K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 15.5KFY2017
  2. 234.9KFY2025

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

No contract obligations recorded for VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY in FY2026.

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

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 STATE UNIVERSITY received $46.4M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 210 actions (17 new awards), −17% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($22.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$46.4M
New awards
17
Actions
210
Since FY2021
$312.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 81.3MFY2021
  2. 24.2MFY2022
  3. 55.4MFY2023
  4. 49.5MFY2024
  5. 56.1MFY2025
  6. 46.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$23.5M51%
  2. Grants$22.9M49%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$22.4M48%
  2. 84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid$8.4M18%
  3. 10.205 · Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University$4.5M9.7%
  4. 10.512 · Extension Services at 1890 Colleges and Tuskegee University, West Virginia State College, and Central State University$3.7M8.0%
  5. 10.500 · Cooperative Extension Service$1.1M2.4%
  6. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$1M2.2%
  7. 47.083 · Integrative Activities$930.6K2.0%
  8. 10.216 · 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants$857.5K1.8%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$32.6M70%
  2. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$10.9M23%
    Department of Agriculture
  3. National Science Foundation$1.3M2.9%
  4. National Institute of Standards and Technology$1M2.2%
    Department of Commerce
  5. Department of the Army$540.4K1.2%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM$32.7M
    84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid· Department of Education· Project grant· Aug 3, 2022 – Aug 29, 2026· P031B220041
  2. UNKNOWN TITLE$23.9M
    84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid· Department of Education· Project grant· Jul 20, 2021 – Jan 12, 2026· P031B170022
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$22.7M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 5, 2025 – Aug 26, 2026· P063P252392
  4. THE SCHOOL OF AGRCULTURE (SOA) IMPLEMENTS THE LAND GRAND MISSION OF TEACHING, RESEARCH AND EXTENSION AT VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY. THE…$5.2M
    10.500 · Cooperative Extension Service· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Project grant· Feb 26, 2021 – Jul 9, 2026· 20194520029213
  5. VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY'S AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION (ARS) ADVANCES THE LAND-GRANT MISSION THROUGH SCIENCE-BASED DISCOVERY AND…$4.5M
    10.205 · Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Formula grant· Jan 7, 2026 – Jul 13, 2026· NI261445XXXXG014
  6. VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY'S (VSU) AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION (ARS) GENERATES SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION DESIGNED TO EXPAND KNOWLEDGE THAT…$4.5M
    10.205 · Payments to 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Tuskegee University· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Formula grant· Dec 10, 2024 – Jun 16, 2026· NI251445XXXXG018

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $1.3M (7 subawards)

7 primes

  1. VA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$449.5K35%
    RICHMOND, VA · 1 subaward
  2. SOCIAL SERVICES, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF$219.9K17%
    GLEN ALLEN, VA · 1 subaward
  3. DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH & DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES$216.7K17%
    RICHMOND, VA · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE$194.4K15%
    KNOXVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  5. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$133.6K10%
    EAST LANSING, MI · 1 subaward
  6. NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY$40K3.1%
    GREENSBORO, NC · 1 subaward
  7. ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$33.5K2.6%
    ROCHESTER, NY · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $857.3K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $3M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $7.8M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $2.7M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $2.6M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.3M 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

36 companies · $162.4M reported

  1. EMERGENCY MGMT DEPARTMENT OF$137.2M
    RICHMOND, VA · 14 subawards
  2. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION$4.5M
    RICHMOND, VA · 13 subawards
  3. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY$4.5M
    RICHMOND, VA · 8 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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY$474K−17% in FY2026
    HATTIESBURG, MS · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schoolsArmy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER M.D. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$351.3K−49% in FY2026
    KALAMAZOO, MI · 44% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. THE NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY$341.8K−47% in FY2026
    BOSTON, MA · 43% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

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.

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.