City Of Fort Wayne

City Of Fort Wayne, a municipal government entity headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a federal grant recipient that provides community development, housing, public safety, and infrastructure planning services to federal agencies as a prime recipient (83% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient under state pass-through awards. The city operates without SBA set-aside designations and competes under full-and-open federal grant programs across HUD, Department of Transportation, Department of Justice, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission funding streams.

City Of Fort Wayne's grant portfolio centers on community development and affordable housing, law enforcement support, emergency services, and transportation infrastructure planning. Recent representative work includes a $29 million Federal Railroad Administration grant awarded February 2026 to construct a grade-separated overpass bridge eliminating a highway-rail grade crossing, a $3.827 million Federal Highway Administration National Infrastructure Investments grant (CFDA 20.933) for the Southeast Corridors Planning Study awarded September 2025, and a $1.059 million Department of Defense Community Economic Adjustment Assistance grant (CFDA 12.003) for Fort Wayne Air National Guard Base readiness enhancement awarded March 2026. The city also holds recurring HUD Community Development Block Grants (CFDA 14.003) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program awards (CFDA 14.239) supporting affordable housing rehabilitation, homebuyer assistance, and homelessness prevention, with a current HOME award of $935.8 thousand awarded September 2025 running through September 2034. Fair employment practices work includes a $46 thousand Equal Employment Opportunity Commission contract awarded October 2025 for FY 2026 FEPA prototype development and a $287.06 thousand HUD Fair Housing Assistance Program grant (CFDA 14.401) awarded October 2025 supporting housing discrimination complaint processing.

Customer concentration is distributed across federal agencies with HUD's Community Planning and Development office leading by award count (53 awards) but representing minimal potential value, while the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission anchors 22 awards worth $3.3 million combined potential value. The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration places 28 awards, Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance places 13 awards, and HUD's Fair Housing office places 17 awards. The top five customers by award count account for 67% of recent awards. As a sub-recipient, City Of Fort Wayne receives the majority of sub-awards through the Indiana Department of Transportation (preliminary engineering, construction engineering, and right-of-way work on highway projects) and the Indiana Judiciary Courts (crime victim services and highway safety programs). Activity has grown from 8 awards in 2022 to a peak of 21 in 2024, with 16 awards in 2025 and 7 through May 2026. Seven awards carrying $46 thousand combined potential value reach completion within the next twenty-four months.

Fort Wayne's corporate structure includes two named subsidiaries: Fort Wayne City Utilities and Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport, both local government entities. The city's federal footprint reflects its role as a metropolitan municipality administering community development formula grants, public safety funding, and regional infrastructure planning on behalf of the federal government rather than providing services as a federal contractor. Combined obligated dollars across the portfolio total $141.5 million against a combined potential value of $6.2 million, reflecting multi-year recurring awards with substantial disbursement histories.