Top recipients of federal money: FY2020
≈ computed · all obligationsUnitedHealth Group received more federal money than any other recipient in FY2020: $103.6B across contracts, grants, direct payments and loans. Every federal dollar obligated to a recipient, whatever form it took. State health agencies and universities dominate this list precisely because entitlement and research money dwarfs procurement. ≈ computed
Ranked from USASpending records, data current as of 2026-07-12. FY2020 to FY2025 are loaded.
- 1UnitedHealth Group7 funding agencies$103.6B
- 2Lockheed Martin Corporation8 funding agencies$75.3B
- 3Health Care Services, California Department of1 funding agency$66.8B
- 4NYS Department of Health7 funding agencies$51.8B
- 5Health & Human SVC Commn TX5 funding agencies$38.7B
- 6PA Department of Human Services4 funding agencies$30.4B
- 7Ohio Department of Job & Family Services4 funding agencies$26.8B
- 8RTX Corporation10 funding agencies$25.5B
- 9General Dynamics Corporation18 funding agencies$23.6B
- 10The Boeing Company4 funding agencies$22.1B
- 11Michigan Department of Health and Human Services10 funding agencies$20.2B
- 12Florida Agency for Health Care Administration1 funding agency$18.8B
- 13Department of Social Services California4 funding agencies$17.3B
- 14The Commonwealth of Massachusetts9 funding agencies$17B
- 15North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services8 funding agencies$16.9B
- 16The Commonwealth of Massachusetts8 funding agencies$14.6B
- 17Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services1 funding agency$14.5B
- 18Human Services, New Jersey Department of3 funding agencies$14.2B
- 19Governor's Authorized Representative1 funding agency$13.4B
- 20Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System1 funding agency$12.5B
- 21Health Services Kentucky Cabinet for9 funding agencies$12.1B
- 22Indiana Family and Social Serv4 funding agencies$12.1B
- 23Department of Social & Health Services6 funding agencies$12B
- 24Department of Social Services Misso4 funding agencies$10.8B
- 25Department of Education California4 funding agencies$10.7B
- 26Minnesota Department of Human Services3 funding agencies$10.6B
- 27New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance3 funding agencies$10B
- 28State of California Employment Development Department7 funding agencies$9.8B
- 29VA Department of Medical Assistance Service1 funding agency$9.8B
- 30Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation15 funding agencies$9.8B
- 31Mckesson Corporation6 funding agencies$9.6B
- 32California State Treasures Off2 funding agencies$9.6B
- 33Lousiana Department of Health1 funding agency$9.5B
- 34Georgia Department of Community Health1 funding agency$9.1B
- 35Triwest Healthcare Alliance Corp1 funding agency$9B
- 36Oregon Health Authority-Public Health8 funding agencies$8.7B
- 37Maryland Department of Health2 funding agencies$8.7B
- 38Governor, Texas Office of the4 funding agencies$8.6B
- 39Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.9 funding agencies$8.6B
- 40Maryland Department of Health2 funding agencies$8.3B
- 41Texas Office of the Governor3 funding agencies$8.3B
- 42State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services9 funding agencies$8.3B
- 43Finance & Administration Tennessee Depar1 funding agency$8.1B
- 44Florida Department of Children and Families4 funding agencies$8B
- 45Leidos, Inc.20 funding agencies$7.2B
- 46Department of Social Services Connecticut2 funding agencies$7B
- 47Humana Government Business Inc1 funding agency$6.9B
- 48New Mexico Health Care Authority2 funding agencies$6.7B
- 49Mckesson Corporation5 funding agencies$6.7B
- 50State of Colorado - Dept of Health Care Policy & Financing1 funding agency$6.7B
- 51Department of Health Human Services3 funding agencies$6.4B
- 52BAE Systems, Inc.11 funding agencies$6.3B
- 53Metropolitan Transportation Authority2 funding agencies$6.2B
- 54American Airlines, Inc4 funding agencies$6B
- 55State of Florida Department of Financial Services2 funding agencies$5.9B
- 56Human Services, Arkansas Department of2 funding agencies$5.8B
- 57Delta Air Lines, Inc.3 funding agencies$5.7B
- 58Human Services, Arkansas Department of1 funding agency$5.7B
- 59Booz Allen Hamilton Inc10 funding agencies$5.5B
- 60New York State Education Department5 funding agencies$5.5B
- 61Alabama Medicaid Agency1 funding agency$5.5B
- 62Illinois Department of Human Service6 funding agencies$5.4B
- 63Texas Workforce Commission10 funding agencies$5.4B
- 64IA Department of Human Services3 funding agencies$5.3B
- 65L3Harris Technologies, Inc.12 funding agencies$5.2B
- 66State of New York1 funding agency$5.1B
- 67United Airlines, Inc.6 funding agencies$5.1B
- 68Mississippi Division of Medicaid1 funding agency$5B
- 69Department of Labor New York4 funding agencies$5B
- 70TX Education Agency4 funding agencies$4.9B
- 71Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Department of4 funding agencies$4.7B
- 72Texas Department of Transportation2 funding agencies$4.3B
- 73Department of Transportation California2 funding agencies$4.3B
- 74General Electric Company6 funding agencies$4.2B
- 75Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees0 funding agencies$4.1B
- 76Florida Department of Education5 funding agencies$4.1B
- 77Arizona Department of Economic Security6 funding agencies$4.1B
- 78Oklahoma Health Care Authority1 funding agency$4B
- 79Executive Office of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania1 funding agency$3.9B
- 80Department of Human Services6 funding agencies$3.9B
- 81Executive Office State of Ohio2 funding agencies$3.9B
- 82National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC2 funding agencies$3.8B
- 83Nevada Department of Health & Human Services7 funding agencies$3.8B
- 84Governors Office3 funding agencies$3.7B
- 85Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security6 funding agencies$3.7B
- 86Nevada Department of Human Services2 funding agencies$3.6B
- 87Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Department of1 funding agency$3.5B
- 88Georgia Governor's Office of Planning and Budget1 funding agency$3.5B
- 89Department of Labor & Industry PA6 funding agencies$3.4B
- 90Battelle Memorial Institute12 funding agencies$3.4B
- 91State of Michigan3 funding agencies$3.4B
- 92Southwest Airlines Co.3 funding agencies$3.4B
- 93Science Applications International Corporation10 funding agencies$3.3B
- 94Illinois State Board of Education4 funding agencies$3.3B
- 95Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc.10 funding agencies$3.2B
- 96Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC2 funding agencies$3.2B
- 97Puerto Rico Department of Health5 funding agencies$3.2B
- 98Health and Human Services, Maine Department of8 funding agencies$3.1B
- 99Commonwealth of Virginia Department of the Treasury1 funding agency$3.1B
- 100Health Net Federal Services, LLC2 funding agencies$3.1B
The unfiltered view. For the procurement question specifically, see the top federal contractors ranking, which counts contract-coded dollars only.
Questions
- Who receives the most federal money in FY2020?
- UnitedHealth Group, with $103.6B obligated in FY2020.
- Why do state agencies outrank defense companies here?
- Because this counts all federal money, and entitlement programs administered by states move far more of it than procurement does. Ranking contracts alone reverses the order.
- Where does this ranking come from?
- It is computed from USASpending.gov award records, which are U.S. government works and in the public domain. Each figure is every dollar obligated to that recipient in FY2020. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
- How many recipients are shown?
- The top 100 for FY2020. Each row opens that recipient's own page, where the same money is broken out by year, by counterparty and by place.
- Does a high position mean anything is wrong?
- No. This is a description of where public money went in FY2020, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.
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