Federal agency

Smithsonian Institution

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

$265M

Obligated

FY2026 · data still posting

Recipients

1,433

Awards

Sub-agencies

In FY2026, the Smithsonian Institution obligated $265M in federal awards across 1,433 awards. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

How it spends

awards by typeComputed

1,390contracts

43contract vehicles

What it funds

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction$93.3M

Security Guards and Patrol Services$32.8M

Architectural Services$27.6M

Other Computer Related Services$9.3M

Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers$8M

Custom Computer Programming Services$7.8M

All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services$7.2M

Computer Facilities Management Services$6.6M

Sub-agencies

Smithsonian Institution$265M

Key takeaways

Computed

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

The Smithsonian Institution obligated $265M in FY2026, compared with $432.2M in FY2025.
It ranked #31 among federal agencies by obligations in FY2026 (data still posting).
Contracts made up 96% of its 1,433 recorded awards.
The industry it spent the most in was Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, at $93.3M.

Obligations by year

Computed

$410.3M

FY20

$402.3M

FY21

$396.4M

FY22

$493.4M

FY23

$496.8M

FY24

$432.2M

FY25

$265M

FY26 partial

▲ 5%

FY20 to FY25

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