City Of Boston

The City of Boston, through its Mayor's Office of Emergency Management Division operating as the Treasurer's Office, receives federal funding primarily as a grant recipient across homelessness prevention, housing, emergency preparedness, education, workforce development, and environmental initiatives. The city acts as a prime recipient on 63% of recent federal awards (352 of 559 total) and receives sub-awards on the remainder, competing without set-aside designations across a broad portfolio of civilian federal programs.

The city's footprint centers on federal grant funding across five major customer agencies. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development dominates by volume and dollar value, with 183 awards funding homelessness services under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), Emergency Solutions Grants (CFDA 14.231), Home Investment Partnerships (CFDA 14.239), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (CFDA 14.241). Representative CoC awards issued in the past year include $2.669 million (August 1, 2026), $2.645 million (June 1, 2026), $2.494 million (July 1, 2026), and $2.131 million (June 1, 2026), with the city administering pass-through funding to nonprofit sub-recipients including Justice for Housing Inc. and Metro Housing Boston on supportive services and tenant-based rental assistance. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 78 awards funding K-12 education programs including Title I basic grants, special education, career and technical education, and 21st Century Community Learning Centers, typically passed through the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service carries 71 awards supporting school meals and nutrition programs. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued 30 awards for emergency management, firefighter assistance, and disaster preparedness, including a $2.305 million Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program award (October 1, 2024) and a $1.322 million Assistance to Firefighters Grant (September 26, 2024). The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration has funded 19 awards supporting workforce development and job training programs under WIOA and Wagner-Peyser.

Beyond the five leading customers, the city holds federal grants for urban forestry ($11.4 million USDA Forest Service Inflation Reduction Act award, July 30, 2024), transportation planning and safety ($2.25 million Department of Transportation Reconnecting Communities grant for Chinatown feasibility study, May 28, 2024; complete streets improvements), school bus electrification ($48.4 million EPA Region 1 Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program award, January 1, 2025; $4.2 million EPA Region 1 school bus repowering grants, June 1, 2024), historic preservation ($525 thousand National Park Service Save America's Treasures grant for 1740 ceramics collection conservation, September 23, 2025; $315 thousand Historic Preservation Fund grant for slate and brownstone monument repair, August 22, 2025), fair housing enforcement ($119 thousand HUD Fair Housing Assistance Program cooperative agreement, October 1, 2025), volunteer income tax assistance ($250 thousand Internal Revenue Service VITA grant, October 1, 2025), carbon monoxide safety ($346 thousand Consumer Product Safety Commission grant, June 28, 2024), youth health and wellness ($500 thousand CDC Empowering Teens Through Health cooperative agreement, August 1, 2024), and community development block grants. The city also receives smaller awards and subawards from the National Park Service, Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, and other federal agencies.

Award activity has accelerated, growing from 6 awards in 2022 to 101 in 2024 and 78 in 2025, with 60 awards recorded in the first nine months of 2026. Twenty-five awards are scheduled for completion within the next twenty-four months and will face recompete exposure. Across federal contract work, the city holds minimal prime contract footprint — two nominal parking permit fees from the U.S. Coast Guard totaling $21.4 hundred in combined ceiling value (August 16, 2024, and July 1, 2025) — concentrating its federal engagement on grant receipt and pass-through administration. The city operates as a sub-recipient on education nutrition programs, workforce development initiatives, emergency management subawards from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency and Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and housing and community development programs. Sub-awards from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education account for the bulk of sub-award volume, with the city implementing Title I, special education, career and technical education, nutrition, homeless education, and 21st Century Learning Center programs.