State Of Wisconsin Dept Of Admin

State Of Wisconsin Department Of Administration operates as a U.S. state government entity headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, serving as prime recipient on 267 federal grants spanning housing, energy, coastal management, and workforce development programs, with no federal contract prime work and no subcontractor activity. The Department of Administration functions as a pass-through grant recipient and program administrator for the state, receiving formula and project grants from federal agencies to administer and distribute funds to sub-recipients, local governments, and nonprofit organizations delivering services within Wisconsin.

The Department's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward HUD and energy programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 79 awards across its portfolio, funding community development block grants (CDBG), emergency shelter grants (ESG), housing opportunities for persons with AIDS (HOPWA), the home investment partnerships program (HOME), and housing trust fund (HTF) activities. The Department of Energy provides 43 awards, predominantly for weatherization assistance program (WAP) administration and renewable energy initiatives. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration funds 39 awards for coastal zone management program administration, habitat restoration planning, and climate resilience coordination under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Corporation for National and Community Service funds 50 combined awards (29 through the Office of Grants Management, 21 through the corporation itself) supporting AmeriCorps program administration, commission support, and volunteer generation fund activities.

Grant portfolio scope spans affordable housing development and preservation, low-income home energy assistance (LIHEAP), coastal habitat restoration and land conservation, weatherization retrofits for low-income households, AmeriCorps volunteer service programs, economic development initiatives, and climate action planning. Representative awards include $322.417 million in LIHEAP formula funding (CFDA 93.568) for FY 2025–2027 administered as a pass-through to community action agencies and local energy assistance providers; $10.54 million in HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding (CFDA 14.239) for affordable housing production through September 2034; $4.1 million from NOAA for acquisition of 1,055 acres of land conservation in Iron County supporting tribal treaty rights and Lake Superior coastal resilience; $3 million from EPA Region 5 for climate mitigation planning under the Inflation Reduction Act (CFDA 66.046); and $10.474 million for the National Coastal Zone Management Program (CFDA 11.473) supporting ongoing coastal program administration and local resilience initiatives. The Department also administers smaller project grants including $416,974 from AmeriCorps for commission investment fund training and technical assistance and $851,921 from NOAA for coastal infrastructure capacity building tied to Bipartisan Infrastructure Law projects.

Activity has been uneven over the past five years—15 awards in 2022, 11 in 2023, 17 in 2024, 11 in 2025, and 1 in 2026 (as of October 15, 2026). Twenty awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, representing the renewal cycle for formula grants typically issued on annual or biennial schedules. The Department of Administration is a child entity under the State Of Wisconsin Governor's Office, which holds the parent federal grant relationships and contracting authority at the state level. The Department's reported combined potential value of $136 thousand and combined obligated dollars of $3.82 billion reflect the formula-grant pass-through nature of the work—low "potential value" ceilings paired with massive obligation figures signal formula allocations where the Department certifies and disburses congressionally appropriated funds rather than competing for discretionary contract dollars. This structural role makes the Department a critical state-level administrator of federal social safety-net, housing, energy, and environmental programs rather than a service provider selling capabilities to agencies.