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Department of Education

Federal agency · top-tier · the money flowing out to recipients.
$96B
obligated · FY2025
232
recipients
65,499
awards
1
sub-agencies

Obligations by year

≈ computed
$86.8B
FY23
$92.3B
FY24
$96B
FY25
▲ 11%
since FY23

Where this money goes

✓ from source
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
TOP RECIPIENTS
Department of Education
$96B
FY2025 obligated
Department of
$4.6B
TX Education Agency
$3.8B
New York
$3B
Florida Department
$2.4B
Illinois State
$1.6B
227 other recipients
$80.6B
band width = obligations · FY2025 · source: USASpending.gov

How it spends

≈ computed · awards by type
30,167direct payments
19,262grants
14,788loans
1,191contracts
91contract vehicles

What it funds

Federal Pell Grant Program$40B
Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies$18.2B
Special Education Grants to States$14B
Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States$3.9B
Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants)$2.2B
Impact Aid$1.6B
Higher Education Institutional Aid$1.4B
Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program$1.4B

Sub-agencies

Department of Education$96B

Largest awards

Title I Part a Basic Grants to Leas
awarded 2025$2.3B
Title I Part a Basic Grants to Leas
awarded 2024$2.2B
Title I Part a Basic Grants to Leas
awarded 2023$2.1B
Title I Part a Basic Grants to Leas
awarded 2022$2.1B
Title I Part a Basic Grants to Leas
awarded 2020$2B
Unknown Title
awarded 2019$2B
Title I Part a Basic Grants to Leas
awarded 2024$1.9B
Title I Part a Basic Grants to Leas
awarded 2023$1.8B

The agency’s biggest individual awards by total value, largest first.

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