Earmarks requested by Cory A. Booker
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 29 provisions worth $15.76M match.
Senator Cory A. Booker (Democrat, NJ) · official site ↗
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Cory A. Booker Sen. NJ · $15.76M · 29
- Robert Menendez Sen. NJ · $12.45M · 18
- Albio Sires Rep. NJ · $2.69M · 3
- Donald Norcross Rep. NJ · $1.40M · 1
- Bonnie Watson Coleman Rep. NJ · $1.00M · 1
- Christopher H. Smith Rep. NJ · $450.0K · 1
- Frank Pallone, Jr. Rep. NJ · $300.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Education $15.76M · 29
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Rutgers University-Camden, NJ for community partnership centers · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Donald Norcross NJ | $1.40M $1.40M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Hudson County Community College (HCCC), NJ, for the Hudson Scholars Program Hudson County Community College (HCCC), NJ, for the Hudson Scholars Program · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $1.00M |
| 2023 | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex, Hudson & Union Counties, Newark, NJ for mentoring and student support · NJ | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Rowan University, NJ, for a regenerative food systems program, including the purchase of equipment Rowan University, NJ, for a regenerative food systems program, including the purchase of equipment · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $1.00M |
| 2022 | Hudson County Community College, NJ, for classroom technology systems, including the purchase of equipment · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Albio Sires NJ | $980.0K $980.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ for computer science programs, including equipment · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Albio Sires NJ | $960.0K $960.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Rowan University, NJ, for the purchase of equipment to support dual-credit classes · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $750.0K $744.9K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ for college preparation and success activities, including scholarships · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Albio Sires NJ | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | County College of Morris, NJ, for the Cybersecurity Center and Hacking Lab, including the purchase of equipment · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $720.0K $720.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | New Jersey Performing Arts Center, NJ, for arts education programs · NJ | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $700.0K $700.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Warren Community College, NJ, for a precision agriculture technology project Warren Community College, NJ, for a precision agriculture technology project · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $699.0K |
| 2023 | New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, for a community college pre-engineering network initiative · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $650.0K $650.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Sussex County Community College, NJ, for the Public Safety Training Academy, including the purchase of equipment Sussex County Community College, NJ, for the Public Safety Training Academy, including the purchase of equipment · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ | $546.0K |
| 2022 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ, for a center for educational equity · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey, NJ, for educational and leadership programs, including purchase of technology and equipment · NJ | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ | $500.0K $499.7K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | United Way of Northern New Jersey, NJ, to improve early learning · NJ | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Ramapo College of New Jersey, NJ, for environmental sustainability programs · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $455.0K $455.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ for establishment of a center for excellence in cybersecurity education, including the purchase of equipment and information technology · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Christopher Smith NJ | $450.0K $450.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Harriet Tubman Museum of Cape May, NJ, for educational programming, curriculum development, and arts education Harriet Tubman Museum of Cape May, NJ, for educational programming, curriculum development, and arts education · NJ | Department of Education · Innovation and Improvement | Senator Cory Booker NJ | $421.0K |
| 2024 | Garden State Equality Education Fund, Inc., NJ, for trauma-informed strategies to support LGBTQ+ youth Garden State Equality Education Fund, Inc., NJ, for trauma-informed strategies to support LGBTQ+ youth · NJ | Department of Education · Innovation and Improvement | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $400.0K |
| 2022 | Middlesex County, New Brunswick, NJ for agricultural and acquacultural training · NJ | Department of Education · Elementary & Secondary Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Frank Pallone NJ | $300.0K $300.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Rutgers University-Newark, NJ, for the RE-OPEN program, which may include the purchase of equipment · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ | $300.0K $300.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Rutgers University–Camden, NJ, for high-intensity tutoring and social and emotional support · NJ | Department of Education · Elementary & Secondary Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $234.0K $234.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, for a STEM boot camp · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ | $154.0K $154.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Newark Mentoring Movement, NJ, for a school-based mentoring initiative Newark Mentoring Movement, NJ, for a school-based mentoring initiative · NJ | Department of Education · Innovation and Improvement | Senator Cory Booker NJ | $135.0K |
| 2022 | Sussex County Community College, NJ, for cybersecurity programs · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ | $97.0K $97.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Institute of Music for Children, NJ, for the Summer Arts Institute · NJ | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ | $75.0K $75.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Newark School of the Arts, NJ, for the Early Childhood Music and Movement program · NJ | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ | $50.0K $50.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | The Salvation Army, NJ, for afterschool program, including purchase of technology · NJ | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ | $32.0K $32.0K 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.