Community Project Funding
Community project funding (formerly called earmarks) is federal funding that representatives secure for specific projects in their communities. Not all members request funding; only those who submitted requests are shown. Data from the House Appropriations Committee.
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About this data
Data Source
Community project funding data comes from the House Appropriations Committee, which publishes member funding requests as part of the annual appropriations process.
What Are Earmarks?
Community project funding (formerly called earmarks) is federal funding that representatives request for specific projects in their districts. Congress reintroduced earmarks in 2021 with new transparency requirements, including public disclosure of all requests and a ban on for-profit recipients.
Coverage
This tool shows fiscal year data as published by the House Appropriations Committee. Not all members submit community project funding requests, and not all members who submit requests will appear in every fiscal year. Only members who submitted requests are shown.
Amounts
The dollar amounts shown are the amounts requested by the representative, not necessarily the amounts approved or enacted. Final funding depends on whether the relevant appropriations bill passes and whether the specific project survives conference negotiations.
Subcommittees
Projects are organized by appropriations subcommittee jurisdiction (such as Labor-HHS-Education or Transportation-HUD). The subcommittee determines which part of the federal budget funds the project.
Update Frequency
Updated annually after the House Appropriations Committee publishes community project funding disclosures, typically during the spring appropriations cycle.
Data from the House Appropriations Committee · Community Project Funding (Earmarks) ·