The Urban Institute — Federal Grants & Funding Profile

The Urban Institute has received 20 federal grant awards totaling $43.1M across 13 assistance programs and 7 federal agencies, based on USAspending.gov records aggregated by Grantoria.

20awards

$43.1Mtotal funding

$16.2Mlargest award

$2.2Mavg award

13programs

🏆 Top 25% by total funding · Top 10% by number of awards among U.S. federal grant recipients tracked by Grantoria.

Open grants The Urban Institute could apply for now

Live opportunities in the federal programs The Urban Institute has previously been funded under — sorted by upcoming deadline.

BJS FY 2026 Invited To Apply Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies and Census of Tribal Court Systems
Bureau of Justice Statistics CFDA 16.734

up to $200K Deadline: Oct 20, 2026 Closing soon
OJJDP FY 2026 Multistate Mentoring Programs
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention CFDA 16.726

up to $4M Deadline: Oct 29, 2026 Open
BJA FY 2026 Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance CFDA 16.839

up to $2M Deadline: Oct 30, 2026 Open
NIJ FY 2026 Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP)
National Institute of Justice CFDA 16.560

up to $5.9M Deadline: Nov 16, 2026 Open
OJJDP FY 2026 Mentoring for Youth Impacted by Opioids and Other Substance Use
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention CFDA 16.726

up to $2M Deadline: Nov 16, 2026 Open
NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on Human Trafficking
National Institute of Justice CFDA 16.560

up to $2.5M Deadline: Nov 16, 2026 Open
NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on Justice System Responses to Illegal Immigration
National Institute of Justice CFDA 16.560

up to $3M Deadline: Nov 16, 2026 Open
NIJ FY 2026 Crime and Justice Research
National Institute of Justice CFDA 16.560

up to $5M Deadline: Nov 16, 2026 Open

Federal programs The Urban Institute has been funded under

Top programs ranked by total funding received.

Immunization Research, Demonstration, Public Information and Education Training and Clinical Skills Improvement ProjectsCFDA 93.185 $16.2M
Special Data Collections and Statistical StudiesCFDA 16.734 $4.7M
Education Research, Development and DisseminationCFDA 84.305 $3.8M
Research and Evaluation ProgramCFDA 11.312 $3.8M
PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA ImplementationCFDA 16.735 $3.4M
National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project GrantsCFDA 16.560 $2.7M
International Programs to Combat Human TraffickingCFDA 19.019 $2.4M
General Research and Technology ActivityCFDA 14.506 $1.4M
Juvenile Mentoring ProgramCFDA 16.726 $1.3M
Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary GrantsCFDA 16.582 $1.2M
STOP School ViolenceCFDA 16.839 $1.1M
OVW Technical Assistance InitiativeCFDA 16.526 $1M
Congressionally Directed AssistanceCFDA 12.599 $100K

Top awarding agencies

Department of Health and Human Services$16.2M
Department of Justice$15.4M
Department of Education$3.8M
Department of Commerce$3.8M
Department of State$2.4M
Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.4M
Department of Defense$100K

Private foundation funding

Grants from private foundations (IRS Form 990-PF) — $7.9M total:

Jpmorgan Chase Foundation $2.2M
Popplestone Foundation $2M
Mastercard Impact Fund $1.7M
Annie E Casey Foundation $1.3M
Price Philanthropies Foundation $300K
F B Heron Foundation $176K
National Endowment for Financial Education $90K
Flamboyan Foundation INC $50K
Clark and Christine Ivory Foundation $25K
Young Future Foundation $20K

Where this funding went

Awards recorded across 1 state/territories: DC.

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Organizations with a similar federal funding profile.

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Frequently asked questions

How much federal grant funding has The Urban Institute received?

The Urban Institute has received 20 federal grant awards totaling $43.1M, based on USAspending.gov assistance records aggregated by Grantoria.

Which federal agencies fund The Urban Institute?

Its largest federal funders are Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice, Department of Education and others.

Is The Urban Institute a nonprofit, and what is its EIN?

The Urban Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 520880375), headquartered in Washington, DC. See its IRS filings on ProPublica.

Can The Urban Institute apply for grants that are open now?

Yes — there are federal grants open today in the same programs The Urban Institute has previously been funded under. See the open grants section above.

Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards, aggregated by Grantoria. Historical record of awards received; not an endorsement or a guarantee of future funding.