About these data
Federal grant funding
Data sources
All federal grants data presented on this site are provided via the USASpending API. The description of each grant links directly to the grant detail page on USAspending.gov. For this database, we have chosen to monitor a subset of funding sources (identified by CFDA numbers) that commonly fund local law enforcement agencies. This approach allows us to reduce the amount of manual review needed and to present data for more cities and counties. As a result, the grant totals shown for a city or county likely do not represent the entirety of federal grant funding to that jurisdiction’s law enforcement agencies.
Query parameters for the search shown on this page
For some locations, DUNS numbers (grant recipient identifiers) are associated with specific police departments rather than the entire city/county. Where this is the case, we query on these numbers to reveal additional results beyond our standard search query.
Historic data
We currently present data for grants with a start date within the last 10 fiscal years.
Update frequency
Grant data are updated quarterly, as our resources permit.
