Recipient of federal assistance · WORCESTER, MA

WORCESTER REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY

WORCESTER REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY received $4.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 6 actions, −79% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $120.6M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Transit Administration ($4.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$4.4M
New awards
1
Actions
6
Since FY2021
$120.6M
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Location
WORCESTER, MA
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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. 53.2MFY2021
  2. 12.5MFY2022
  3. 17.1MFY2023
  4. 12.3MFY2024
  5. 21MFY2025
  6. 4.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$4.4M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program$4.6M100%
  2. 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants-$45.000.0%
  3. 20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs-$220.8K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Transit Administration$4.4M100%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE WORCESTER REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (WRTA) REQUESTS A TOTAL OF $12849845 OF FEDERAL FUNDS BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS…$12.8M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· May 11, 2026 – May 11, 2026· MA-2020-039
  2. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE WORCESTER REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (WRTA) REQUESTS A TOTAL OF $11478892 OF FEDERAL FUNDS BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS…$11.3M
    20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Jun 3, 2021 – May 20, 2026· MA-2021-031
  3. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE WORCESTER REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (WRTA) IS REQUESTING $4503849 IN FFY 2023 AND $80000 IN FFY 2024 OF SECTION…$4.6M
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Aug 28, 2026 – Aug 28, 2026· MA-2026-023
  4. WRA - PHASE III UNION STATION$1.2M
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jan 9, 2026 – Jan 9, 2026· MA-2018-018

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: $4.6M (1 subaward)

1 sub-recipient

  1. WORCESTER REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY$4.6M100%
    WORCESTER, MA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $593.1K (2 subawards)

1 prime

  1. MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$593.1K100%
    BOSTON, MA · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $120K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1M received
  • FY2023: $6.1M paid out · $72K received
  • FY2024: $6.9M paid out · $464K received
  • FY2025: $8.3M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $4.6M paid out · $593.1K 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.