Top recipients of federal money: FY2023
≈ computed · all obligationsHealth Care Services, California Department of received more federal money than any other recipient in FY2023: $85.1B 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 2026-07-03. FY2020 to FY2025 are loaded.
- 1Health Care Services, California Department of1 funding agency$85.1B
- 2Lockheed Martin Corporation8 funding agencies$69.1B
- 3NYS Department of Health6 funding agencies$55.2B
- 4Health & Human SVC Commn TX5 funding agencies$50.4B
- 5PA Department of Human Services4 funding agencies$37.5B
- 6Central States Pension Plan1 funding agency$35.8B
- 7RTX Corporation8 funding agencies$26.8B
- 8Department of Social Services California4 funding agencies$26.5B
- 9General Dynamics Corporation14 funding agencies$25.9B
- 10Ohio Department of Medicaid1 funding agency$24.6B
- 11Michigan Department of Health and Human Services10 funding agencies$23.9B
- 12Florida Agency for Health Care Administration1 funding agency$22.7B
- 13North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services9 funding agencies$22.7B
- 14The Boeing Company4 funding agencies$22.6B
- 15Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services1 funding agency$20.9B
- 16Department of Social & Health Services5 funding agencies$20.3B
- 17The Commonwealth of Massachusetts6 funding agencies$19.6B
- 18Human Services, New Jersey Department of3 funding agencies$19.3B
- 19Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System1 funding agency$19.1B
- 20UnitedHealth Group6 funding agencies$17B
- 21Health Services Kentucky Cabinet for8 funding agencies$16.7B
- 22Indiana Family and Social Serv3 funding agencies$15.9B
- 23International Bank for Reconstruction and Development4 funding agencies$15.8B
- 24Department of Social Services Misso4 funding agencies$15.6B
- 25Northrop Grumman Systems Corp9 funding agencies$15.2B
- 26VA Department of Medical Assistance Service1 funding agency$14.6B
- 27New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance3 funding agencies$14.4B
- 28Minnesota Department of Human Services3 funding agencies$14.3B
- 29Lousiana Department of Health1 funding agency$14.1B
- 30Maryland Department of Health2 funding agencies$12.4B
- 31Maryland Department of Health2 funding agencies$12.3B
- 32Georgia Department of Community Health1 funding agency$12.3B
- 33Oregon Health Authority-Public Health8 funding agencies$11.9B
- 34Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.6 funding agencies$11.1B
- 35State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services7 funding agencies$10.9B
- 36Mckesson Corporation6 funding agencies$10.1B
- 37Florida Department of Children and Families4 funding agencies$10.1B
- 38Mckesson Corporation4 funding agencies$9.5B
- 39Finance & Administration Tennessee Depar1 funding agency$9.4B
- 40Department of Social Services Connecticut2 funding agencies$9B
- 41State of Colorado - Dept of Health Care Policy & Financing1 funding agency$9B
- 42New Mexico Health Care Authority3 funding agencies$8.9B
- 43Leidos, Inc.20 funding agencies$8.5B
- 44Department of Health Human Services3 funding agencies$8.5B
- 45Triwest Healthcare Alliance Corp0 funding agencies$8B
- 46Human Services, Arkansas Department of2 funding agencies$8B
- 47Illinois Department of Human Service7 funding agencies$7.8B
- 48Human Services, Arkansas Department of1 funding agency$7.8B
- 49Humana Government Business Inc0 funding agencies$7.8B
- 50Oklahoma Health Care Authority0 funding agencies$7.7B
- 51BAE Systems, Inc.11 funding agencies$7.4B
- 52Department of Education California3 funding agencies$7.4B
- 53Booz Allen Hamilton Inc11 funding agencies$7.3B
- 54Alabama Medicaid Agency1 funding agency$7B
- 55National Railroad Passenger Corporation2 funding agencies$6.9B
- 56L3Harris Technologies, Inc.10 funding agencies$6.3B
- 57IA Department of Human Services2 funding agencies$6.2B
- 58Ohio Department of Job & Family Services4 funding agencies$6.1B
- 59Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Department of5 funding agencies$6.1B
- 60Department of Transportation California3 funding agencies$5.7B
- 61Mississippi Division of Medicaid1 funding agency$5.7B
- 62Texas Department of Transportation2 funding agencies$5.5B
- 63Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees0 funding agencies$4.9B
- 64Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Department of1 funding agency$4.8B
- 65Department of Human Services3 funding agencies$4.8B
- 66Science Applications International Corporation12 funding agencies$4.7B
- 67New York State Education Department5 funding agencies$4.7B
- 68National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC2 funding agencies$4.7B
- 69Triad National Security, LLC2 funding agencies$4.6B
- 70Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc.10 funding agencies$4.6B
- 71Science Applications International Corporation10 funding agencies$4.5B
- 72Nevada Department of Health & Human Services5 funding agencies$4.5B
- 73Puerto Rico Department of Health5 funding agencies$4.4B
- 74Amerisourcebergen Drug Corp4 funding agencies$4.4B
- 75Battelle Memorial Institute11 funding agencies$4.4B
- 76Nevada Department of Human Services2 funding agencies$4.3B
- 77New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services2 funding agencies$4.1B
- 78District of Columbia, Government of10 funding agencies$4.1B
- 79Health and Human Services, Maine Department of7 funding agencies$4B
- 80Kansas Department of Health & Environment9 funding agencies$4B
- 81TX Education Agency2 funding agencies$3.9B
- 82General Electric Company6 funding agencies$3.9B
- 83Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services9 funding agencies$3.8B
- 84United Nations World Food Programme3 funding agencies$3.8B
- 85New York City Housing Authority1 funding agency$3.8B
- 86Utah Department of Health and Human Services8 funding agencies$3.7B
- 87CACI International Inc18 funding agencies$3.7B
- 88Idaho Department of Health & Welfare7 funding agencies$3.7B
- 89Governor's Authorized Representative2 funding agencies$3.7B
- 90Deloitte LLP14 funding agencies$3.6B
- 91Health Net Federal Services, LLC1 funding agency$3.6B
- 92Department of Human Services Hawaii4 funding agencies$3.6B
- 93Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC2 funding agencies$3.5B
- 94Peraton Corp.15 funding agencies$3.5B
- 95Arizona Department of Economic Security6 funding agencies$3.5B
- 96Agriculture, Texas Department of5 funding agencies$3.5B
- 97Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC1 funding agency$3.3B
- 98Social Services, Virginia Department of3 funding agencies$3.3B
- 99Florida Department of Education4 funding agencies$3.3B
- 100KBR, Inc.9 funding agencies$3.3B
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 FY2023?
- Health Care Services, California Department of, with $85.1B obligated in FY2023.
- 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 FY2023. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
- How many recipients are shown?
- The top 100 for FY2023. 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 FY2023, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.
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