Federal agency

National Endowment for the Arts

FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01^†

† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.

Federal agency · top-tier · the money flowing out to recipients.

Fiscal year

$159.1M

Obligated

FY2026 · data still posting

Recipients

2,568

Awards

Sub-agencies

In FY2026, the National Endowment for the Arts obligated $159.1M in federal awards to 15 recipients across 2,568 awards. Its largest recipient was The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., with 3% of the total. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Top recipients

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.$4.8M

CNMI Department of Community and Cultural Affairs Dcca$376.1K

Carnegie-Mellon University$359.6K

Emory University$299.9K

Vanderbilt University Medical Center$94.1K

The Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund$85K

Hillsborough County of$50K

New Jersey Transit Corporation$30K

The University of Texas at El Paso$29.3K

Trustees of Boston University$25.7K

Recipient breakdown available for 3% of obligations shown

How it spends

awards by typeComputed

2,512grants

55contracts

1contract vehicles

What it funds

Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals$81.3M

Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements$69M

Computer Systems Design Services$2.6M

Convention and Trade Show Organizers$2.3M

Other Computer Related Services$963.9K

Electronic Computer Manufacturing$817.2K

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities$748.9K

Motion Picture and Video Production$451.5K

Sub-agencies

National Endowment for the Arts$159.1M

Key takeaways

Computed

FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01

The National Endowment for the Arts obligated $159.1M in FY2026, compared with $120.2M in FY2025.
It ranked #36 among federal agencies by obligations in FY2026 (data still posting).
Its largest recipient was The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., with 3% of the total.
Grants made up 97% of its 2,568 recorded awards.

Obligations by year

Computed

$208.9M

FY20

$188M

FY21

$225.2M

FY22

$162.2M

FY23

$164.5M

FY24

$120.2M

FY25

$159.1M

FY26 partial

▼ 42%

FY20 to FY25

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