Recipient of federal assistance · VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

VIRGINIA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

VIRGINIA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY received $4.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 115 actions, −14% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $28.2M. Its largest awarding agency was Department of Education ($4.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$4.6M
New awards
5
Actions
115
Since FY2021
$28.2M
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Location
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
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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. 7MFY2021
  2. 2.6MFY2022
  3. 3MFY2023
  4. 5.5MFY2024
  5. 5.4MFY2025
  6. 4.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$4.3M93%
  2. Grants$346.8K7.5%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$4M86%
  2. 84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid$246.9K5.3%
  3. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$158.5K3.4%
  4. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$120.2K2.6%
  5. 11.457 · Chesapeake Bay Studies$99.9K2.2%
  6. 84.379 · Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (Teach GRANTS)$1,8860.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$4.5M98%
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$99.9K2.2%
    Department of Commerce

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$3.8M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 28, 2025 – Sep 1, 2026· P063P252394
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$3.3M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 15, 2024 – Jan 22, 2026· P063P242394
  3. VWU: BRIDGING, CONNECTING, AND BUILDING STUDENT SUCCESS (BCB)$1.4M
    84.031 · Higher Education Institutional Aid· Department of Education· Project grant· Sep 27, 2023 – Sep 11, 2026· P031A230167
  4. SEE NOTICE OF AWARD, ATTACHMENT 1 - TERMS AND CONDITIONS, ATTACHMENT D - STATEMENT OF WORK, ABSTRACT.$625K
    17.289 · Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Jun 26, 2025 – Aug 5, 2026· 25A60CP000417
  5. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$158.5K
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P033A264337
  6. THE NOAA CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED EDUCATION AND TRAINING (B-WET) PROGRAM WILL BE PROVIDING A 3-YEAR, $193,513 GRANT TO VIRGINIA WESLEYAN…$158K
    11.457 · Chesapeake Bay Studies· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Dec 20, 2024 – Jun 3, 2026· NA25NMFX457C0022

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: $140K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY$140K100%
    RICHMOND, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $160K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $183.2K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $260.5K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $140K 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.