Congressional earmarks in RI
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 15 provisions worth $6.78M match.
By year
- FY2022 $6.78M · 15
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Jack Reed Sen. RI · $4.01M · 8
- Sheldon Whitehouse Sen. RI · $2.77M · 7
- James Langevin Rep. RI · $1.56M · 2
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Education $6.78M · 15
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The University of Rhode Island, RI, for the purchase of high performance computing technology · RI | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator John Reed RI | $1.20M $1.20M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick, RI, for information technology improvements, including the purchase of equipment · RI | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator John Reed RI, Representative James Langevin RI | $1.06M $1.06M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Salve Regina University, RI, for technology improvements for the Pell Center · RI | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator John Reed RI | $850.0K $850.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | MENTOR Rhode Island, RI, for mentoring · RI | Department of Education · Elementary & Secondary Education | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $800.0K $800.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | College Unbound, RI, for the Community Learning program · RI | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Rhode Island College, Providence, RI for developing certificate programs · RI | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator John Reed RI, Representative James Langevin RI | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce, RI, to establish an offshore wind career and technical education program, including equipment · RI | Department of Education · Elementary & Secondary Education | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $375.0K $375.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner, RI, for a career pathways initiative · RI | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $350.0K $350.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Island Moving Company, RI, for educational and cultural arts programming · RI | Department of Education · Elementary & Secondary Education | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $195.0K $195.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Oasis International, RI, for education support and leadership development training · RI | Department of Education · Elementary & Secondary Education | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $151.0K $151.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Montessori Community School of Rhode Island, RI, for early childhood education curriculum development · RI | Department of Education · Elementary & Secondary Education | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $150.0K $150.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | The Groden Center, RI, for information technology · RI | Department of Education · Elementary & Secondary Education | Senator John Reed RI | $100.0K $100.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Audubon Society of Rhode Island, RI, for environmental education and teacher professional development · RI | Department of Education · Elementary & Secondary Education | Senator John Reed RI | $100.0K $100.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Block Island Maritime Institute, RI, for out-of-school time environmental education · RI | Department of Education · Elementary & Secondary Education | Senator John Reed RI | $100.0K $99.5K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Project GOAL, Inc., RI, for academic enrichment and mentoring · RI | Department of Education · Elementary & Secondary Education | Senator John Reed RI | $100.0K $100.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
Enacted earmarks from GAO's Tracking the Funds data (FY2022-FY2024). FY2025 had none (a full-year continuing resolution); FY2026's are enacted but not yet in GAO's data. Amounts are what the law provided, not what was spent. Source: GAO, Tracking the Funds. Requesters are matched to today's members of Congress by name and state; former members show as GAO wrote them.