Recipient of federal assistance · BELLINGHAM, WA

WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE

WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE received $13.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 80 actions, +15% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $63.1M. Its largest awarding agency was National Science Foundation ($7.8M).

Assistance · FY2026
$13.2M
New awards
5
Actions
80
Since FY2021
$63.1M
UEI
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Parent organization
EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT 15
Location
BELLINGHAM, WA
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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. 24.8MFY2021
  2. 3.5MFY2022
  3. 4.9MFY2023
  4. 5.2MFY2024
  5. 11.5MFY2025
  6. 13.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$8.4M64%
  2. Direct payments$4.8M36%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$7.8M59%
  2. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$4.4M34%
  3. 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound$309.5K2.3%
  4. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services$258.6K2.0%
  5. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$183K1.4%
  6. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$172.7K1.3%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$7.8M59%
  2. Department of Education$5.4M41%

Largest awards

  1. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY TRAINING & EDUCATION (NCYTE) CENTER$8.6M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 24, 2021 – Jul 30, 2026· 2054724
  2. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY TRAINING & EDUCATION (NCYTE) CENTER -THE CYBERSECURITY LANDSCAPE IS RAPIDLY EVOLVING, WITH INCREASINGLY…$6.8M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 16, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026· 2600198
  3. GRANT PROGRAM$5.9M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 19, 2025 – Sep 1, 2026· P063P253328
  4. THE RECIPIENT WILL FUNCTION AS LEAD ADMINISTERING THE NATIONAL CENTERS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN CYBERSECURITY CANDIDATES PROGRAM FOR THE…$2.5M
    12.903 · Gencyber Grants Program· Washington Headquarters Services· Project grant· Sep 10, 2025 – Apr 30, 2026· HQ0034251E016
  5. ADVANCING STEM EXCELLENCE THROUGH ENGAGEMENT, RESEARCH, AND SCHOLARSHIPS -THIS PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATIONAL NEED FOR…$1.9M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 25, 2025 – Jun 29, 2026· 2527892
  6. WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM$1.5M
    84.047 · Trio Upward Bound· Department of Education· Project grant· May 23, 2022 – Jul 28, 2026· P047A221321

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: $535.9K (6 subawards)

3 primes

  1. WASHINGTON STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGES$315K59%
    OLYMPIA, WA · 3 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$120.9K23%
    SEATTLE, WA · 2 subawards
  3. MILITARY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON STA$100K19%
    CAMP MURRAY, WA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $606.3K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $130.7K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $277.6K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $264.5K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $122.2K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $535.9K 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.