Small Business Development Centers — CFDA 59.037 obligation totals

The $559.5M SBDC obligation rollup

USAspending.gov records $559.5M in obligations on assistance awards tagged 59.037. SpendingVault reprints that catalog total. An obligation is a federal commitment on the award. It does not, by itself, prove how many entrepreneurs walked into a center or how many loans a counselor documented. Those service counts would be a different dataset. This page stays with the four facts in the packet.

No fiscal year is attached to the $559.5M. Host-institution match, if SBDCs use it, is not in the extract and is not added to the federal total. If a state annual report cites a different small-business-center dollar figure, check whether that report mixes state funds, program income, or a different CFDA. This listing answers only what 59.037’s assistance awards show. Counseling-hour dashboards remain a separate performance file.

251 awards on 67 recipient identifiers

Sixty-seven recipients hold 251 awards — more than three awards per identifier if the ratio were even, which the packet does not publish as an official statistic. The pattern is compatible with lead centers receiving continuations over time. Award rows can include modifications. Recipient count is distinct identifiers, not a count of satellite offices or counselors on staff.

A 67-recipient file is small enough to read on the program hub. Repeat names mean the same identifier received more than one recorded award. They do not grade center performance. Subcenter networks, tribal SBDCs, and campus hosts are not labeled in the packet, so they are not counted here. Open the amount column to see whether $559.5M is spread across the 67 or concentrated.

56 states, a wide coverage count

The extract counts 56 states for CFDA 59.037. USAspending assistance rollups often include the District of Columbia and territories in that field. The packet does not name the 56 or split the $559.5M among them. Fifty-six is a coverage count, not proof that every jurisdiction received the same host-center award.

Place of performance for a lead-center award may be the host campus even when counseling happens in other counties. This packet does not disclose which location field fed the count of 56. Use award-level geography on the hub if a particular state is the question. Do not read 56 as a storefront census of every SBDC outlet. A territory or the District of Columbia, if present among the 56, is still unnamed in this rollup; the packet does not list jurisdictions.

Center-network obligations are not counseling outlays

SBDC activity reports often emphasize hours, starts, and capital formation. None of those metrics are in this extract. The $559.5M remains USAspending obligations on 251 awards. Mixing the obligation total with a jobs-supported figure would claim results this file does not contain. Match the metric before comparing this CFDA line to a network annual report.

Outlays — payments to host institutions — are a separate USAspending field. This rollup does not substitute them. Multi-year cooperative agreements can obligate in one period and draw on another. Cite $559.5M as recorded commitments. Do not describe the sum as cash sitting in every center’s local account.

Not a combined small-business catalog total

Other small-business assistance listings exist. CFDA 59.037 is the Small Business Development Centers line in this extract. Adding its $559.5M to a neighboring catalog row would build a homemade “all small-business grants” figure the packet does not support. Keep 59.037 on its own row on the all-programs index.

Opening the 59.037 table

The Small Business Development Centers program page lists the 251 awards and 67 recipients behind $559.5M. The all-programs index compares obligation scale across CFDA numbers. Agency pages are a different USAspending cut; this packet does not name the awarding agency, so the $559.5M is not copied onto a department card here. A state SBDC annual report that mixes host match is not this federal obligation rollup. Keep the $559.5M on CFDA 59.037 when citing SpendingVault. This extract does not include those match dollars.

Questions

How much is obligated under Small Business Development Centers?

CFDA 59.037 shows $559.5M in USAspending.gov obligations in SpendingVault’s extract. The figure is a sum of assistance-award commitments, not Treasury outlays and not a count of counseling hours or businesses served. USAspending.gov obligations on CFDA 59.037 are recorded commitments, not Treasury outlays.

How many SBDC awards and hosts are in the extract?

The file lists 251 awards and 67 recipients. Recipient count is distinct identifiers, not a count of satellite offices. The packet does not classify hosts as universities or other organization types. USAspending.gov obligations on CFDA 59.037 are recorded commitments, not Treasury outlays.

Do SBDCs appear in every state in this file?

The extract counts 56 states, a figure that can include the District of Columbia and territories. The packet does not name them or split the $559.5M by state, and it does not census every storefront outlet. USAspending.gov obligations on CFDA 59.037 are recorded commitments, not Treasury outlays.

Is $559.5M the amount paid to SBDC hosts?

No. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. The $559.5M on CFDA 59.037 is the obligation total. Host match and program-income figures are not in this packet. USAspending.gov obligations on CFDA 59.037 are recorded commitments, not Treasury outlays.