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Amount and percentage distribution of revenues that fund scholarships and fellowships at Title IV institutions and administrative offices, by level and control of institution or administrative office, accounting standards utilized, and source of funds: United States, fiscal year 2015
Source of funds 4-year 2-year Less-than-2-year
Amount (in thousands) Percent Amount (in thousands) Percent Amount (in thousands) Percent
Public institutions (GASB standards1)
Total scholarships and fellowships 31,463,678 100.0 12,585,948 100.0 93,180 100.0
Federal government 11,441,568 36.4 9,726,021 77.3 82,702 88.8
Federal Pell grants 10,460,415 33.2 9,405,177 74.7 76,578 82.2
Other federal2 981,153 3.1 320,844 2.5 6,123 6.6
State government 5,180,594 16.5 1,568,374 12.5 6,301 6.8
Local government 61,476 0.2 96,359 0.8 1,940 2.1
Institutional grants from restricted resources3 2,847,705 9.1 281,511 2.2 1,319 1.4
Institutional grants from unrestricted resources 11,932,335 37.9 913,684 7.3 919 1
Private nonprofit institutions (FASB standards)
Total scholarships and fellowships 40,051,778 100.0 302,658 100.0 71,978 100.0
Federal government 4,850,424 12.1 197,773 65.3 54,387 75.6
Federal Pell grants 3,953,184 9.9 189,239 62.5 52,695 73.2
Other federal2 897,240 2.2 8,534 2.8 1,692 2.4
State grants 1,707,512 4.3 36,458 12.0 6,737 9.4
Local grants 33,876 0.1 1,356 0.4 294 0.4
Institutional grants (restricted)4 5,567,836 13.9 16,786 5.5 8,817 12.2
Institutional grants (unrestricted)5 27,892,130 69.6 50,286 16.6 1,743 2.4
Private for-profit institutions (FASB standards)
Total scholarships and fellowships 5,225,058 100.0 1,494,927 100.0 931,758 100.0
Federal government 3,396,388 65 1,311,866 87.8 884,046 94.9
Federal Pell grants 2,855,763 54.7 1,192,887 79.8 859,125 92.2
Other federal2 540,625 10.3 118,980 8.0 24,921 2.7
State grants 212,817 4.1 102,991 6.9 20,927 2.2
Local grants 3,093 0.1 9,222 0.6 6,510 0.7
Institutional grants 1,612,760 30.9 70,848 4.7 20,275 2.2

1 In addition to the public institutions using Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) standards, 19 public institutions (1.0 percent of public institutions) not displayed in this table reported $789 million in scholarship and fellowship expen

2 Other federal scholarships and fellowships include all non-Federal Pell sources of federal grant aid. This may include Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants and Department of Veterans Affairs grants, among others.

3 Grants in this category are funded from assets that can be used by the institution for limited purposes, but are not necessarily restricted to student aid.

4 Restricted scholarships and fellowships are awarded from institutional resources that are limited to be used as grant aid.

5 Unrestricted scholarships and fellowships are awarded from institutional resources that are not limited to be used as grant aid.

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. The four U.S. service academies that

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2016, Finance component (final data).