Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds community development grants at historically black colleges and universities under Assistance Listing 14.237, with the most recent grant award dated September 1, 2009.

This program is inactive. No grant awards have been disbursed in the past 17 years. The portfolio consists of 101 Project Grants awarded between 2000 and 2009, with activity concentrated in 2004–2005 and 2007–2009, peaking at 10 awards in 2009. The program obligated $5 million in federal dollars across its entire documented history.

Recent awards funded community development projects at historically black colleges. Awards from 2007 ranged from approximately $43 thousand to $550 thousand; for example, a Project Grant to a Florida institution received $550 thousand (obligated October 1, 2007), while awards to Mississippi and North Carolina institutions received $43,720 and $91,344 respectively. An April 2006 award to a South Carolina institution obligated $600 thousand. Awards from 2004–2005 were typically smaller, in the $5 thousand to $117 thousand range, though one January 2004 award obligated $150 thousand. All awards were structured as Project Grants with completion dates typically within three to six months of obligation.

The program is entirely administered by HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development; no other federal agencies participate. Combined federal dollars obligated averaged approximately $50 thousand per award, though the distribution was uneven.

No recent grant opportunities are posted. The program has not issued new solicitations or made awards since 2009.