SAM.gov Assistance Listings · rebuilt 2026-08-10

Federal grant catalog statistics

This rebuild lists 504 active assistance programs across 24 agencies and 10 categories. Counts use the same catalog records as the directory. Listing facts only. Not grant-writing advice.

504
Active programs
24
Federal agencies
532
Currently open
21%
Health share of programs

According to the General Services Administration SAM.gov Assistance Listings extract reviewed in August 2026 against our methodology, this directory covers 82,290 open funding opportunities across 504 assistance programs.

The catalog snapshot

PlainGrants' SAM.gov Assistance Listings rebuild holds 504 active programs across 24 agencies and 10 categories. Health leads by program count (106). ED administers the most programs (77). 532 of 82,290 Grants.gov opportunity rows meet the currently-open test. Figures describe this extract vintage, not a grant recommendation.

504
active assistance programs
Health · 106
largest category by program count
ED · 77
largest agency by program count
532
opportunities currently open

Counts reflect the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov extract as of August 2026.

Key findings

  1. This rebuild lists 504 active SAM.gov assistance programs across 24 agencies and 10 categories.
  2. Health is the largest category by program count (106 of 504).
  3. Education is second (93 of 504). Health and Education together are 39% of listed programs.
  4. ED administers the most programs in this extract (77), then HHS (65).
  5. USDA is third by program count (51).
  6. The Grants.gov extract holds 82,290 opportunity rows; 532 meet the currently-open test (posted, close date today or later, or posted within 365 days with no close date).
  7. 77,683 opportunity rows are marked closed.

Health share of listed programs

0%100%21%
Health rows among 504 active programs

Listed programs by category

Health106Education93Agriculture52Science & Research44Business & Economic DevelopmentBusiness & Economic Developm…42Environment40Public Safety38Housing35Arts & Culture28Transportation26
Active SAM.gov assistance programs by category, this extract

How to read these numbers

Program counts cover active SAM.gov Assistance Listings in this extract. Category and agency ranks are raw program counts, not dollars awarded and not a quality ranking. Currently-open opportunities use the same published-date and closing-date criteria as the homepage, rather than every notice ever posted.

Largest category: Health . Largest agency: U.S. Department of Education . Full source handling lives on the methodology page.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listings Assistance Listings (formerly CFDA) plus Grants.gov opportunities · 2026-08-10 Counts describe this rebuild. Not legal, financial, or grant-writing advice.

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