Congressional earmarks in DE
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 51 provisions worth $97.68M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Christopher A. Coons Sen. DE · $87.67M · 43
- Thomas Carper Sen. DE · $84.61M · 40
- Lisa Blunt Rochester Rep. DE · $18.93M · 14
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $97.68M · 51
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Kingswood Community Center REACH Riverside · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $10.00M $10.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Sussex County Affordable Housing Acquisition and Rehabilitation Milford Housing Development Corporation · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $8.00M |
| 2023 | RESTORE: Real Estate Strategy To Obtain Racial Equity Property Acquisition and Redevelopment REACH Riverside Development Corporation · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $6.83M $6.83M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Imani Village Affordable Senior Housing REACH Riverside Development Corporation · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $4.80M |
| 2023 | Affordable Housing Development in New Castle County Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $4.53M $4.53M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Infant and Toddler Center Renovations Latin American Community Center (LACC) · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $3.50M $3.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Aetna Hose Hook and Ladder Company Aetna Hose Hook and Ladder Company · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Christopher Coons DE | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Villa Maria at the Brandywine Affordable Housing Ministry of Caring Inc · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Lower Hilltop Equitable Housing Initiative Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Community Education Building Capital Improvements Community Education Building Corp. · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $3.00M |
| 2023 | First Community Foundation STEM Hub Construction in Riverside First Community Foundation · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Lower Hilltop and East Side Equitable Housing Initiative Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $3.00M |
| 2024 | Capital Improvements in Wilmington and Laurel Facilities Boys and Girls Club of Delaware · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE | $2.85M |
| 2023 | Maxwell Estates Milford Housing Development Corporation · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $2.30M $2.30M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Solomon's Court Phase II Be Ready Community Development Corporation · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Affordable Housing for Senior Citizens at The Flats Todmorden Foundation · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Wilmington Vacant Home Revitalization Todmorden Foundation · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $2.00M |
| 2024 | Hope Center Capital Improvements and Transportation Support New Castle County · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $1.99M |
| 2024 | Sussex County Affordable Homeownership Sussex County Habitat for Humanity · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $1.86M |
| 2024 | New Castle County Affordable Housing Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $1.65M |
| 2024 | The Vistas at St. Francis Cornerstone West Community Development Corporation · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $1.62M |
| 2022 | New Castle County Affordable Homeownership Program Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $1.50M $1.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | The Choir School of Delaware's New Building at 8th and West Street in Wilmington's Historic Quaker Hill District The Choir School of Delaware Inc · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $1.50M $1.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Park Improvements in Wilmington City of Wilmington · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Christopher Coons DE | $1.20M $1.20M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Home Base - Life Lines IV Housing for Homeless Youth West End Neighborhood House · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $1.09M $1.09M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Family Promise Shelter Expansion Family Promise of Northern New Castle County Inc. · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $1.00M |
| 2023 | Owens Manor and Queen Manor Improvements Dover Housing Authority · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Committed to the Future of Our Community: St. Michael's Renovation and Expansion Project St. Michael's School and Nursery, Inc. · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $1.00M |
| 2023 | Bennett Street Revitalization Project Todmorden East Foundation · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Christopher Coons DE | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | St. Michael's Building Renovation and Expansion Project St. Michael's School and Nursery, Inc · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Polytech Transportation & Logistics Training Center POLYTECH School District · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Sussex County Farmworker Housing NeighborGood Partners · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Christopher Coons DE | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Central Delaware Affordable Housing and ReStore Expansion Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity, Inc. · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $1.00M |
| 2023 | Tidewater Park Playground Town of Laurel · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $938.0K $938.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Luther Towers - Roof Replacement & Bathroom Renovations Lutheran Senior Services of Dover, Inc. · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $850.0K |
| 2024 | Center Expansion and Capital Improvements Friends of Hockessin Colored School #107 · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE | $800.0K |
| 2022 | Transforming the former Hockessin Colored School #107 into a Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Equity Friends of Hockessin Colored School 107, Inc · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Nanticoke Indian Association Cultural Community Center and Food Bank Capital Improvements Nanticoke Indian Association · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Lombard Street Redevelopment Project Central Baptist Community Development Corporation · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | New Castle County Hope Center Capital Improvements and Transportation Support New Castle County · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Affordable Homeownership Development in Dover Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $600.0K $600.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Sussex County Habitat for Humanity Strategic Land Acquisition Project Sussex County Habitat for Humanity Inc · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $600.0K $600.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Sussex County Affordable Housing Construction Habitat for Humanity of Sussex County · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | CHEER Administrative Building Site Plan Infrastructure II CHEER, Inc · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Advancing Minority Homeownership Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Christopher Coons DE | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Building Capital Improvements Christina Cultural Arts Center Inc. · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $489.0K |
| 2022 | Restoration Now Security Project to Combat Human Trafficking Salvation Army Delaware · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $485.0K $485.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Youth Enrichment Center Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $455.0K |
| 2024 | Hilltop Homeownership Project Be Ready Community Development Corporation · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $375.0K |
| 2023 | East Side Re-development and Renovations of Properties The Challenge Program · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $280.0K $280.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Gateway East Senior Residential Village CHEER, Inc · DE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $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.