Top recipients of federal money: FY2021
≈ computed · all obligationsHealth Care Services, California Department of received more federal money than any other recipient in FY2021: $80.6B 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.
- 1Health Care Services, California Department of1 funding agency$80.6B
- 2Health & Human SVC Commn TX5 funding agencies$50.5B
- 3NYS Department of Health7 funding agencies$47B
- 4Lockheed Martin Corporation7 funding agencies$40.8B
- 5UnitedHealth Group8 funding agencies$39.6B
- 6PA Department of Human Services5 funding agencies$36.6B
- 7Ohio Department of Job & Family Services4 funding agencies$30.9B
- 8Department of Education California4 funding agencies$30.3B
- 9State of California Department of Finance1 funding agency$27.6B
- 10North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services10 funding agencies$25.2B
- 11Michigan Department of Health and Human Services10 funding agencies$24.7B
- 12The Boeing Company5 funding agencies$22.8B
- 13Department of Social Services California3 funding agencies$21.8B
- 14TX Education Agency3 funding agencies$21.8B
- 15Florida Agency for Health Care Administration1 funding agency$19.5B
- 16General Dynamics Corporation17 funding agencies$18.7B
- 17RTX Corporation9 funding agencies$18.5B
- 18Human Services, New Jersey Department of3 funding agencies$18.4B
- 19Health Services Kentucky Cabinet for9 funding agencies$18.2B
- 20Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services1 funding agency$18.1B
- 21Governor, Texas Office of the4 funding agencies$17.7B
- 22The Commonwealth of Massachusetts6 funding agencies$17.6B
- 23Texas Office of the Governor3 funding agencies$17.4B
- 24New York State Education Department5 funding agencies$17.1B
- 25State of New York2 funding agencies$16.3B
- 26Department of Social & Health Services6 funding agencies$15.8B
- 27Puerto Rico Department of Housing1 funding agency$15.1B
- 28Indiana Family and Social Serv4 funding agencies$14.9B
- 29Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System1 funding agency$14.9B
- 30Florida Department of Education4 funding agencies$14.2B
- 31Pfizer Inc3 funding agencies$14.1B
- 32New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance3 funding agencies$13.4B
- 33Lousiana Department of Health2 funding agencies$12.6B
- 34State of Florida Department of Financial Services2 funding agencies$12.5B
- 35Minnesota Department of Human Services3 funding agencies$12.3B
- 36Department of Social Services Misso4 funding agencies$12.2B
- 37VA Department of Medical Assistance Service1 funding agency$11.1B
- 38State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services9 funding agencies$11B
- 39Oregon Health Authority-Public Health9 funding agencies$11B
- 40Florida Department of Children and Families4 funding agencies$10.9B
- 41Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation15 funding agencies$10.6B
- 42Mckesson Corporation5 funding agencies$10.6B
- 43Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security5 funding agencies$10.6B
- 44Illinois Department of Human Service5 funding agencies$10.5B
- 45Maryland Department of Health2 funding agencies$10B
- 46Texas Division of Emergency Management2 funding agencies$10B
- 47Illinois State Board of Education4 funding agencies$9.6B
- 48Georgia Department of Community Health1 funding agency$9.5B
- 49Finance & Administration Tennessee Depar1 funding agency$9.4B
- 50Maryland Department of Health2 funding agencies$9.3B
- 51Executive Office of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania1 funding agency$8.9B
- 52State of Michigan Treasury Deptt1 funding agency$8.5B
- 53Community Affairs, New Jersey Dept of4 funding agencies$8.5B
- 54Ohio Department of Education4 funding agencies$8.3B
- 55Georgia Dept of Education4 funding agencies$8.2B
- 56New Mexico Health Care Authority4 funding agencies$7.9B
- 57Michigan Department of Education5 funding agencies$7.9B
- 58Department of Social Services Connecticut2 funding agencies$7.8B
- 59Mckesson Corporation4 funding agencies$7.7B
- 60Governors Office3 funding agencies$7.7B
- 61Leidos, Inc.20 funding agencies$7.6B
- 62Executive Office State of Ohio2 funding agencies$7.5B
- 63Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education5 funding agencies$7.4B
- 64Texas Workforce Commission9 funding agencies$7.4B
- 65Modernatx, Inc.2 funding agencies$7.4B
- 66State of Georgia3 funding agencies$7.3B
- 67Massachusetts Cultural Council2 funding agencies$7.2B
- 68Department of Health Human Services3 funding agencies$7.2B
- 69Humana Government Business Inc1 funding agency$7.1B
- 70State of Colorado - Dept of Health Care Policy & Financing1 funding agency$7.1B
- 71Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.7 funding agencies$6.9B
- 72Governor's Authorized Representative1 funding agency$6.9B
- 73Triwest Healthcare Alliance Corp2 funding agencies$6.7B
- 74Homeland Security & Emergency2 funding agencies$6.5B
- 75Arizona Department of Economic Security6 funding agencies$6.4B
- 76Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Department of5 funding agencies$6.4B
- 77Human Services, Arkansas Department of1 funding agency$6.3B
- 78LA Dept. Of Admin4 funding agencies$6.3B
- 79IA Department of Human Services3 funding agencies$6.2B
- 80New York City Office of Management & Budget1 funding agency$5.9B
- 81North Carolina Department of Public Instruction5 funding agencies$5.9B
- 82Alabama Medicaid Agency1 funding agency$5.8B
- 83Booz Allen Hamilton Inc10 funding agencies$5.6B
- 84Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc3 funding agencies$5.6B
- 85Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees0 funding agencies$5.5B
- 86Texas Department of Transportation3 funding agencies$5.4B
- 87Department of Human Services8 funding agencies$5.3B
- 88L3Harris Technologies, Inc.11 funding agencies$5.3B
- 89Executive Office of the State of Washington2 funding agencies$5.3B
- 90Department of Housing & Community Development2 funding agencies$5.1B
- 91Tennessee Department of Human Services3 funding agencies$5.1B
- 92Education, New Jersey Department of3 funding agencies$5B
- 93Finance and Administration, Tennessee Department of6 funding agencies$5B
- 94Mississippi Division of Medicaid1 funding agency$5B
- 95Commonwealth of Virginia1 funding agency$4.9B
- 96Nevada Department of Health & Human Services7 funding agencies$4.8B
- 97Department of Education Tennessee3 funding agencies$4.8B
- 98Oklahoma Health Care Authority1 funding agency$4.8B
- 99Texas General Land Office5 funding agencies$4.7B
- 100National Railroad Passenger Corporation2 funding agencies$4.7B
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 FY2021?
- Health Care Services, California Department of, with $80.6B obligated in FY2021.
- 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 FY2021. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
- How many recipients are shown?
- The top 100 for FY2021. 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 FY2021, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.
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