City Of Fullerton

City of Fullerton Administrative Services Division, a local government entity headquartered in Fullerton, California, receives federal grants as a prime recipient across community development, public safety, airport infrastructure, and water quality programs. The city does not hold federal contracts or participate in contract vehicles; its federal footprint is grant-only, with 95% of recent awards flowing directly to the city as prime recipient and 5% routed through sub-awards from state grantees.

Fullerton's grant portfolio centers on HUD Community Planning and Development programs, which account for 44 of the city's 73 awards in the source data. The Department of Housing and Urban Development funds the city's affordable housing initiatives through the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239) and Community Development Block Grants (CDBG, CFDA 14.218), with multiple formula grants obligating funds through 2033 and 2034. The city also received an Economic Development Initiative project grant from HUD in August 2024 for community project funding activities. Community Development and Planning awards dominate by count, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency drives the largest single award: a $4.6 million three-year Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant (CFDA 97.083) awarded in March 2026 to support fire department staffing, hiring, and retention. The city has received multiple Assistance to Firefighters Grant awards (CFDA 97.044) from FEMA, including $335,750 (September 2025) and $152,338 (August 2023) for equipment, training, and safety initiatives.

The Federal Aviation Administration provides grants for Fullerton Municipal Airport improvements. Recent FAA awards include $1.224 million (September 2025, CFDA 20.106) to reconstruct a 96,000-square-foot hangar; $500,000 (September 2024) to rehabilitate a sponsor-owned federal contract air traffic control tower; and smaller grants for runway infrastructure and precision approach systems. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded the city $959,752 in March 2025 (cooperative agreement) to equip a newly drilled well with pumps and infrastructure at the city's main water production site in Anaheim, addressing a water supply gap created when an earlier well went offline in 2014. The Department of Energy awarded the city a formula grant in October 2024 for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG, CFDA 81.128). The Federal Highway Administration awarded $1,063,840 in July 2023 for the Safe Streets and Roads for All planning grant (CFDA 20.937).

The city also receives sub-awards from state grantees. In January 2026, the State of California Water Resources Control Board named Fullerton as a sub-recipient for a PFAS water treatment expansion project adding nine new granular activated carbon vessels to existing centralized treatment infrastructure. In January 2025, the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services named Fullerton as a sub-recipient for hazard mitigation plan update work. In October 2024, the State Water Resources Control Board again named Fullerton as sub-recipient for an initial 10-vessel GAC water treatment installation to address PFOA and PFOS contamination in municipal wells.

Activity has declined modestly over the past five years (three awards in 2022 to seven in 2024, dropping to five in 2025 and two in 2026 year-to-date), though the trajectory reflects timing of grant cycles rather than systematic attrition. Five awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will require recompete or renewal action. Fullerton's federal grant portfolio reflects a municipal government's access to formula grants, project grants, and emergency-response funding reserved for state and local recipients; the city does not pursue or hold competitive federal contracts or seats on government-wide vehicles. The Administrative Services Division serves as the city's grant administration function, overseeing compliance with federal regulations (24 CFR Part 91 for HUD, for example) and managing multi-year projects spanning community development, infrastructure, fire services, and water quality.