City Of Raleigh

The City Of Raleigh Finance Department Division is a U.S. local government entity and federal grant recipient (96% of recent awards as prime recipient) that administers federal funding for public transportation, affordable housing, homelessness services, and community development across the City of Raleigh, North Carolina. As a municipality, the City operates under no SBA set-aside designations and competes for full-and-open federal formula grants and project grants from civilian agencies.

The City's federal grant footprint concentrates heavily in transportation and community development. The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration accounts for 87 awards across multiple federal programs (CFDA 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants, CFDA 20.500 Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants, CFDA 20.513 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities, CFDA 20.526 Buses and Bus Facilities Formula programs), funding the GoRaleigh transit system's operations, maintenance, fleet procurement, and paratransit services for seniors and persons with disabilities. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development issued 55 awards spanning the Home Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239) for affordable housing rehabilitation and homebuyer assistance, Emergency Solutions Grants (CFDA 14.231) for homelessness prevention and emergency shelter operations, and Community Development Block Grants (CFDA 14.228) for general community development activities. The Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded 13 block grants (CFDA 16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant) and project grants for law enforcement equipment and de-escalation training. The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded 9 grants under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011), funding intergenerational volunteer services pairing seniors aged 55 and older with educationally disadvantaged children in schools and childcare settings. Representative grants include a $17.48 million Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) awarded May 28, 2026 for GoRaleigh operations and maintenance through March 30, 2033; a $167.2 million Federal Transit Capital Investment Grant (CFDA 20.500) awarded August 25, 2022 for design and construction of the Wake Bus Rapid Transit New Bern Avenue Corridor; a $41 million formula grant (CFDA 20.933 National Infrastructure Investments) awarded April 17, 2026 for construction of a joint operations and maintenance facility; a $1.36 million Home Investment Partnerships Program grant (CFDA 14.239) awarded December 22, 2025 for affordable housing activities through September 30, 2034; and a $252,878 Emergency Solutions Grant (CFDA 14.231) awarded December 22, 2025 for street outreach, emergency shelter, and rapid re-housing services.

The City operates as prime recipient on 96% of its grant portfolio (202 awards) and as sub-recipient on 4% (9 sub-awards), including flow-through funding from the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the National Arbor Day Foundation. Wake County serves as a subrecipient on multiple transit formula grants, receiving federal funding for on-demand response services (GoWake Access) within urban areas of Wake County. Award activity has moderated from a peak of 19 awards in 2023 to 5 awards year-to-date in 2026. Nine awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete and renewal activity across the City's core transit and housing portfolios. The City holds one parent vehicle agreement—a General Services Administration Basic Ordering Agreement (04229285)—under which three task orders were placed. Combined potential value reported across all 211 awards totals $177 thousand, though actual obligated federal dollars across the portfolio total $781.9 million, indicating substantial drawdowns on formula grants and multiyear project awards reflecting the City's role as administrator of major federal infrastructure and social service programs.