Town Of Phillipsburg

Town Of Phillipsburg, a municipality and U.S. local government entity based in New Jersey, operates as a sub-recipient on federal grant programs focused on infrastructure and workforce development rather than as a federal contractor. The town is DOT-certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and derives its federal funding footprint entirely through state-administered grant pass-throughs rather than direct federal prime awards or contracts.

The town's federal grant activity flows through two primary state intermediaries: the New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Recent sub-recipient work includes three infrastructure projects under FEMA Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards — a wastewater treatment plant (awarded February 2026), the Riverside Way Pump Station (awarded January 2026), and sewer collapse remediation (awarded October 2024) — all channeled through the New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety as prime grantee. The town has also received sub-awards for workforce development through the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, including participation in the New Jersey Youth Corps program (awarded July 2022) and a Youth Corps Application award (awarded July 2023).

Customer concentration across Phillipsburg's minimal federal footprint is split among three agencies: Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards (three awards), the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (two awards), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (one award), accounting for 100% of tracked awards. The town holds one prime grant award against five sub-awards in its portfolio, reflecting its role as a municipal recipient of state pass-through federal funding rather than as an independent federal grantee.

Activity is sparse and episodic: six total awards in the source data spanning from 2015 to the present, with combined dollars obligated at $1.3 million. Award frequency shows no sustained trajectory — one award in 2015, one in 2022, one in 2023, one in 2024, and two in 2026 — indicating project-driven grant receipt rather than continuous program participation. Phillipsburg does not hold parent federal vehicles, maintain federal contract relationships, or operate as a prime contractor or as a prime direct-recipient of federal grants.