Congressional earmarks in CO
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 9 provisions worth $4.73M match.
By year
- FY2023 $4.73M · 9
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- John W. Hickenlooper Sen. CO · $3.32M · 7
- Michael F. Bennet Sen. CO · $2.46M · 4
- Joe Neguse Rep. CO · $250.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Small Business Administration $4.73M · 9
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Colorado African Small Business Accelerator Program African Chamber of Commerce Colorado, USA, Denver, CO · CO | Small Business Administration · Salaries and Expenses | Senator Michael Bennet CO | $1.26M $1.26M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Community Incubator Kitchen The Farm Collaborative, Aspen, CO · CO | Small Business Administration · Salaries and Expenses | Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $966.0K $966.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Economic Development for Black Communities Black Business Initiative, Denver, CO · CO | Small Business Administration · Salaries and Expenses | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $800.0K $800.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Community Kitchen Small Business Incubator Craig Chamber of Commerce, Craig, CO · CO | Small Business Administration · Salaries and Expenses | Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Fort Lewis College Small Business Development and Entrepreneurship Programming Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO · CO | Small Business Administration · Salaries and Expenses | Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $401.0K $401.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | The Morgan County Block Commissary Kitchen Morgan County Diversification Foundation Inc., Fort Morgan, CO · CO | Small Business Administration · Salaries and Expenses | Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $257.0K $257.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Sustainable Mobile Office The Latino Chamber of Commerce of Boulder County, Lafayette, CO · CO | Small Business Administration · Salaries and Expenses | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO, Representative Joseph Neguse CO | $250.0K $250.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | El Alba Cooperative Commissary Kitchen El Alba Cooperative, Aurora, CO · CO | Small Business Administration · Salaries and Expenses | Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $150.0K $150.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Black Economic Opportunity AYA Foundation, Denver, CO · CO | Small Business Administration · Salaries and Expenses | Senator Michael Bennet CO | $145.0K $145.0K 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.