Congressional earmarks in VT
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 57 provisions worth $110.38M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Patrick Leahy Sen. VT · $57.18M · 12
- Bernard Sanders Sen. VT · $27.46M · 22
- Peter Welch Sen. VT · $23.47M · 19
- Becca Balint Rep. VT · $3.55M · 5
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $110.38M · 57
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Child Care Accessibility Initiative Let's Grow Kids · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $10.00M $10.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Public Facilities Preservation Initiative Vermont Department of Libraries · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $10.00M $10.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Village Community Trust Initiative Preservation Trust of Vermont · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $10.00M $10.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Recovery and Economic Resiliency Loans Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET) · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $9.00M $9.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Initiative for Smart Growth Housing Development Vermont Housing & Conservation Board · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $8.00M $8.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Mount Anthony House Bennington County Industrial Corporation · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $5.00M |
| 2024 | Bay Ridge Neighborhood Development Champlain Housing Trust · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $5.00M |
| 2023 | Accessibility Along Vermont Trails Vermont Huts Association · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $3.80M $3.80M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Park Street School: Business Incubator & Accelerator Springfield Regional Development Corporation · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Mobile Home Community Improvement Fund Vermont Housing & Conservation Board · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $2.50M |
| 2023 | Expanding and Improving Shared Equity Homeownership for Vermonters Vermont Housing & Conservation Board · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $2.50M $2.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Expanding and Improving Shared Equity Homeownership for Vermonters Vermont Housing & Conservation Board · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $2.50M |
| 2023 | Mobile Home Community Improvement Fund Vermont Housing & Conservation Board · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $2.50M $2.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Bennington's Fair Food Initiative: Building an inclusive, fair food system for all Town of Bennington · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $2.20M $2.20M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Creating/Retaining Jobs with Redevelopment of Former Fonda/Solo Manufacturing Site City of St. Albans · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Vermont Farmers Food Center's Heart of Vermont Agriculture Program Chamber and Economic Development of the Rutland Region · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $1.69M $1.69M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Expanding and Improving Vermont's Shared Equity Homeownership Program Vermont Housing & Conservation Board · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $1.57M $1.57M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Lofts at Sacred Heart Gilman Housing Trust, Inc., DBA Rural Edge · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $1.52M |
| 2024 | Community Resource Center for People Experiencing Homelessness and Feeding Chittenden Expansion Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $1.50M |
| 2024 | Arlington Senior Housing Reinvestment Shires Housing, Inc. · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $1.50M |
| 2022 | Resident Acquisition and Preservation of Breezy Acres and Hillcrest Cooperative Development Institute · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $1.30M $1.30M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Improving the Resiliency of the Tri-Park Cooperative Vermont Housing & Conservation Board · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT, Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $1.28M $1.28M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Veterans Service Center Champlain Housing Trust · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Mellishwood Senior Housing Twin Pines Housing Trust · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Highgate Village Senior Housing Cathedral Square · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Park Street School: Business Incubator & Accelerator Springfield Regional Development Corporation · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $1.00M |
| 2023 | Central & Main Housing Vermont Housing & Conservation Board · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Bay Ridge Neighborhood Development (Town of Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont) Champlain Housing Trust · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Becca Balint VT | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Bennington High School Redevelopment (Town of Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont) Town of Bennington · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Becca Balint VT | $1.00M |
| 2022 | Community Supported Enterprises Preservation Trust of Vermont · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | O’Brien Community Center City of Winooski · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $1.00M |
| 2023 | The Veterans' Place New Construction The Veterans' Place, Inc · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $997.0K $997.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Facility Improvements to Address Public Health Concerns Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Ltd · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $995.0K $995.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Main Street Family Housing Committee on Temporary Shelter · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $825.0K $825.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Permanent Supportive Housing for People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities Downstreet Housing & Community Development · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $750.0K |
| 2023 | Modernizing the Energy Efficiency of the Alexander Twilight Theater Vermont State Colleges · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Housing Redevelopment in Historic Brattleboro High School Vermont Housing & Conservation Board · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Community Rides Vermont - Transit Properly Scaled for Rural Vermont Capstone Community Action · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | ANDCO Mobile Home Cooperative CDI Development Fund · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $688.0K $688.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Templewood Court Housing Preservation Project (Town of Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont) Rutland Housing Authority · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Becca Balint VT | $650.0K |
| 2024 | Repurposing McClelland Hall for Senior Housing and Health Services Lamoille Housing Partnership · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $550.0K |
| 2023 | The Boys and Girls Club of Burlington's Swimming Pool Repair The Boys and Girls Club of Burlington · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $518.5K $518.5K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Derby Park Project Town of Derby · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $517.8K $517.8K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Restore the Gardner Park Grandstand & Ballfield City of Newport · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Emergency Family Shelter Capacity Expansion (Town of Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont) Bennington County Coalition for the Homeless · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Becca Balint VT | $500.0K |
| 2023 | Redevelopment of College of Saint Joseph Campus Housing Trust of Rutland County · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Highgate Recreation Facility Repairs Town of Highgate · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $408.0K |
| 2024 | Sanborn Covered Bridge Revitalization Project Town of Lyndon · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $400.0K |
| 2024 | Recovery Center Renovation (Town of Barre, Washington County, Vermont) Turning Point Center of Central Vermont Inc. · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Becca Balint VT | $400.0K |
| 2022 | Vernon Center Community Hub Friends of Vernon Center, Inc · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $318.0K $318.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Broad Brook Community Center Renovation Broad Brook Community Center, Inc · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $315.0K $315.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Fair Haven Town Hall Revitalization Town of Fair Haven · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $250.0K $250.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Inclusive and Affordable Homeownership Project United Church of Underhill · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $200.0K $200.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | East Calais General Store East Calais Community Trust · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $200.0K $200.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Veterans Outreach House Green Mountain Vietnam-Era Veterans Assistance Corporation · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $100.0K $100.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Champlain Valley Food Access Network Fulfillment Center Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $100.0K $100.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Henry Sheldon Museum Historic Window Restoration and HVAC Energy Upgrades Henry Sheldon Museum · VT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Peter Welch VT | $85.0K $85.0K 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.