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Federal Grants

Explore federal award data sourced from USAspending.gov, matched and linked to nonprofit organizations by EIN and UEI with automatic fallback lookup.

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Federal Grants Overview

Key Features

Comprehensive federal award intelligence for every nonprofit.

Award Record Detail

Every federal award includes:

  • Obligation Amount — Dollar value of the award
  • Awarding Agency — Federal agency and sub-agency
  • CFDA Program — Program number and title
  • Assistance Type — Grants, contracts, direct payments, loans, insurance
  • Action Date & Fiscal Year — When the award was obligated

Flexible Filtering

Narrow results to exactly what you need:

  • Awarding Agency — Partial match search
  • CFDA Program — By number or title
  • Award Type — Grants, contracts, loans, etc.
  • Amount Range — Min and max obligation amounts
  • Fiscal Year Range — Multi-year selection

Aggregated Summaries

At-a-glance metrics for any organization:

  • Total Funding — Sum of all obligation amounts
  • Award Count — Number of individual awards
  • Unique Agencies — Distinct awarding agencies
  • Year Range — Earliest to latest fiscal year
Federal Grants Filters & Summary

Four Drill-Down Views

Analyze federal funding from every angle.

1

Funding by Agency

See which federal agencies provide the most funding to an organization, with total amounts and award counts per agency.

2

Funding by CFDA Program

Break down awards by CFDA program number and title to understand which specific programs are providing support.

3

Year-over-Year Trend

Track federal funding levels over time with trend charts showing total obligation amounts by fiscal year.

4

Full Awards Table

Browse individual award records in a sortable, paginated table with all fields — capped at 500 records per view.

Federal Grants Drill-Down Views

Peer Comparison

Benchmark federal funding against peer organizations.

Percentile Ranking

See where an organization's federal funding ranks within its peer group — from 10th to 90th percentile.

Peer Median Benchmarks

Compare total federal funding against the peer group median and average to understand relative position.

Agency-Level Comparison

See which agencies fund your peers vs. your target org — identify gaps and opportunities in federal support.

Available Across 990iQ

Federal grants data is woven into every part of the platform.

Organization Profiles

Dedicated federal grants tab on every org profile with full filtering and all four drill-down views.

Search Results Filtering

Filter search results by federal funding level, awarding agency, or CFDA program.

Peer Analysis Dashboards

Federal funding comparison section within the peer analysis 11-section dashboard.

Batch Excel Reports

Include federal grant data in Target List exports with full award-level detail.

Data Source

Federal award data is sourced from USAspending.gov and matched to nonprofits:

  • Collection — federal_awards, updated regularly
  • Fields — matched_ein, recipient_uei, obligation_amount, awarding_agency, cfda_number, cfda_title, assistance_type, fiscal_year, action_date
  • UEI Fallback — Automatic lookup via uei_ein_map collection when EIN match isn't direct

Includes recipient name, city, and state for additional context.

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