Top recipients of federal money: FY2022
≈ computed · all obligationsHealth Care Services, California Department of received more federal money than any other recipient in FY2022: $92.8B 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 2026-07-11. FY2020 to FY2025 are loaded.
- 1Health Care Services, California Department of1 funding agency$92.8B
- 2NYS Department of Health7 funding agencies$59B
- 3Health & Human SVC Commn TX6 funding agencies$52.9B
- 4UnitedHealth Group7 funding agencies$52.8B
- 5Lockheed Martin Corporation8 funding agencies$46.6B
- 6PA Department of Human Services5 funding agencies$37.1B
- 7Department of Social Services California4 funding agencies$27.1B
- 8Ohio Department of Medicaid1 funding agency$25B
- 9Florida Agency for Health Care Administration1 funding agency$24.9B
- 10Michigan Department of Health and Human Services10 funding agencies$24.2B
- 11General Dynamics Corporation16 funding agencies$24B
- 12RTX Corporation10 funding agencies$23.4B
- 13North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services8 funding agencies$21.8B
- 14Human Services, New Jersey Department of4 funding agencies$20B
- 15The Commonwealth of Massachusetts8 funding agencies$18.9B
- 16Pfizer Inc3 funding agencies$18B
- 17Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services1 funding agency$18B
- 18Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System1 funding agency$18B
- 19Department of Social & Health Services5 funding agencies$17.4B
- 20Indiana Family and Social Serv4 funding agencies$15.7B
- 21The Boeing Company5 funding agencies$15.5B
- 22Health Services Kentucky Cabinet for10 funding agencies$14.8B
- 23Metropolitan Transportation Authority2 funding agencies$14.6B
- 24New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance3 funding agencies$14.2B
- 25Minnesota Department of Human Services3 funding agencies$13.8B
- 26Department of Education California4 funding agencies$13.3B
- 27Department of Social Services Misso4 funding agencies$13.1B
- 28VA Department of Medical Assistance Service1 funding agency$12.4B
- 29Georgia Department of Community Health1 funding agency$11.7B
- 30Northrop Grumman Systems Corp11 funding agencies$11.7B
- 31State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services7 funding agencies$11.6B
- 32Lousiana Department of Health1 funding agency$11.4B
- 33Mckesson Corporation5 funding agencies$11.3B
- 34Oregon Health Authority-Public Health8 funding agencies$10.8B
- 35Maryland Department of Health2 funding agencies$9.5B
- 36Finance & Administration Tennessee Depar1 funding agency$9.4B
- 37New Mexico Health Care Authority3 funding agencies$9.4B
- 38International Bank for Reconstruction and Development2 funding agencies$9.1B
- 39New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services3 funding agencies$9.1B
- 40State of Colorado - Dept of Health Care Policy & Financing1 funding agency$8.7B
- 41Mckesson Corporation5 funding agencies$8.4B
- 42Department of Social Services Connecticut2 funding agencies$8.4B
- 43Leidos, Inc.20 funding agencies$8.1B
- 44Department of Health Human Services3 funding agencies$8.1B
- 45Florida Department of Children and Families4 funding agencies$7.7B
- 46Humana Government Business Inc1 funding agency$7.7B
- 47Illinois Department of Human Service6 funding agencies$7.7B
- 48Triwest Healthcare Alliance Corp1 funding agency$7.4B
- 49Human Services, Arkansas Department of1 funding agency$7.3B
- 50Ohio Department of Job & Family Services3 funding agencies$6.9B
- 51National Railroad Passenger Corporation2 funding agencies$6.6B
- 52Oklahoma Health Care Authority1 funding agency$6.6B
- 53IA Department of Human Services2 funding agencies$6.3B
- 54Department of Human Services7 funding agencies$6.3B
- 55Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Department of4 funding agencies$6.2B
- 56Booz Allen Hamilton Inc11 funding agencies$6.2B
- 57Alabama Medicaid Agency1 funding agency$6.2B
- 58Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.5 funding agencies$6.1B
- 59L3Harris Technologies, Inc.9 funding agencies$5.9B
- 60Department of Transportation California2 funding agencies$5.8B
- 61Texas Department of Transportation2 funding agencies$5.8B
- 62Mississippi Division of Medicaid1 funding agency$5.6B
- 63Florida Department of Education4 funding agencies$5.4B
- 64New York State Education Department5 funding agencies$4.9B
- 65Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees0 funding agencies$4.7B
- 66United Nations World Food Programme3 funding agencies$4.7B
- 67Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Department of1 funding agency$4.6B
- 68Science Applications International Corporation14 funding agencies$4.6B
- 69BAE Systems, Inc.11 funding agencies$4.5B
- 70Nevada Department of Health & Human Services5 funding agencies$4.5B
- 71Nevada Department of Human Services2 funding agencies$4.4B
- 72National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC2 funding agencies$4.3B
- 73Agriculture, Texas Department of5 funding agencies$4.2B
- 74Utah Department of Health and Human Services6 funding agencies$4.1B
- 75$4.1B
- 76Science Applications International Corporation10 funding agencies$4B
- 77Triad National Security, LLC4 funding agencies$4B
- 78KBR, Inc.9 funding agencies$3.9B
- 79Health and Human Services, Maine Department of8 funding agencies$3.9B
- 80TX Education Agency3 funding agencies$3.8B
- 81Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC1 funding agency$3.8B
- 82District of Columbia, Government of7 funding agencies$3.8B
- 83Michigan Department of Education4 funding agencies$3.7B
- 84Governor's Authorized Representative1 funding agency$3.7B
- 85Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services9 funding agencies$3.6B
- 86Battelle Memorial Institute11 funding agencies$3.6B
- 87Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC2 funding agencies$3.6B
- 88New Jersey Transit Corporation2 funding agencies$3.6B
- 89Health Net Federal Services, LLC1 funding agency$3.5B
- 90Social Services, Virginia Department of4 funding agencies$3.5B
- 91New York City Housing Authority2 funding agencies$3.5B
- 92Kansas Department of Health & Environment9 funding agencies$3.5B
- 93Texas Division of Emergency Management2 funding agencies$3.4B
- 94Department of Human Services Hawaii5 funding agencies$3.4B
- 95Homeland Security & Emergency2 funding agencies$3.3B
- 96Maryland Department of Human Services2 funding agencies$3.3B
- 97Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services2 funding agencies$3.3B
- 98Idaho Department of Health & Welfare8 funding agencies$3.2B
- 99Deloitte LLP13 funding agencies$3.2B
- 100Department of Human Resources Alabama2 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 FY2022?
- Health Care Services, California Department of, with $92.8B obligated in FY2022.
- 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 FY2022. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
- How many recipients are shown?
- The top 100 for FY2022. 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 FY2022, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.
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