Maricopa Association Of Governments

Maricopa Association Of Governments, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Phoenix, Arizona, operates as a federal grant recipient (25% of recent awards as prime recipient) and grant sub-recipient (75% of recent awards flowing through state and federal intermediaries), delivering regional transportation planning, climate mitigation coordination, and homelessness intervention services across the Phoenix metropolitan area and Maricopa and Pinal Counties.

MAG's federal footprint is dominated by transportation planning work sub-awarded through the Arizona Department of Transportation. The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration accounts for 44 awards (87% of the top-customer concentration threshold), with sub-awards spanning planning activities, transit planning, bicycle and pedestrian design assistance, active transportation plan updates, and corridor studies funded under FY2023–FY2027 CPG, STBG, TA, CMAQ, and SPR programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development represents the second-largest customer at 13 awards, anchored by the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) for homelessness intervention and the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) supporting permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services for homeless populations including unaccompanied and pregnant or parenting youth. Recent prime grants include a $1.5 million CoC award effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026, and an October 1, 2024 YHDP award running through March 31, 2027. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 funded a $1 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grants cooperative agreement (CFDA 66.046) awarded July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027, supporting MAG's development of a Priority Climate Action Plan and Comprehensive Climate Action Plan to address greenhouse gas emissions and the urban heat island effect across the region with engagement of low-income and disadvantaged communities and coordination with nearby tribes. The U.S. Forest Service (Region 3—Southwestern Region and Washington Office Acquisitions) and EPA together round out a six-agency customer set.

Award activity shows growth in 2023 and 2025 (15 and 21 awards, respectively) against lower volume in 2024 and 2026 year-to-date, with combined dollars obligated across all 69 awards totaling $120.9 million and only three awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. As a sub-recipient on state transportation and federal homelessness grants, MAG's role centers on multi-agency coordination, planning facilitation, community engagement, and project administration rather than direct service delivery or infrastructure construction. The organization functions as a regional convener and intermediary for federal transportation, climate, and social service funding flowing to local governments and nonprofit providers in the Phoenix area.