Rankings
Top recipients of federal money: FY2024
FY2024 · complete year · data as of 2026-07-03
≈ computed · all obligations
California Department of Health Care Services received more federal money than any other recipient in FY2024: $100.9B 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. FY2020 to FY2026 are loaded. Rank vs FY2023 is each name's change in position from FY2023; a dash means the name was not in FY2023's data.
Quick findings
Computed- The top 10 account for 37% of the $1.1T combined total of all 100 recipients listed.
- Government of the Virgin Islands rose the most, from #153 in FY2023 to #56 in FY2024.
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development fell the most among those listed, from #23 in FY2023 to #76 in FY2024.
| Rank | Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | Change | Rank vs FY2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | California Department of Health Care Services1 funding agency | $100.9B | $85.1B | +19% | same |
| 02 | NYS Department of Health7 funding agencies | $72.4B | $55.2B | +31% | ▲ 1 |
| 03 | Lockheed Martin Corporation8 funding agencies | $51B | $69.1B | −26% | ▼ 1 |
| 04 | Health & Human SVC Commn TX5 funding agencies | $42.3B | $50.4B | −16% | same |
| 05 | PA Department of Human Services3 funding agencies | $34.4B | $37.5B | −8% | same |
| 06 | North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services8 funding agencies | $27.1B | $22.7B | +20% | ▲ 7 |
| 07 | Ohio Department of Medicaid1 funding agency | $24.6B | $24.6B | 0% | ▲ 3 |
| 08 | Michigan Department of Health and Human Services10 funding agencies | $24.4B | $23.9B | +2% | ▲ 3 |
| 09 | The Boeing Company5 funding agencies | $23.7B | $22.6B | +5% | ▲ 5 |
| 10 | RTX Corporation9 funding agencies | $23.4B | $26.8B | −13% | ▼ 3 |
| 11 | UnitedHealth Group5 funding agencies | $21.9B | $17B | +29% | ▲ 9 |
| 12 | Florida Agency for Health Care Administration1 funding agency | $21.6B | $22.7B | −5% | same |
| 13 | Department of Social Services California4 funding agencies | $21B | $26.5B | −21% | ▼ 5 |
| 14 | Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services1 funding agency | $20.6B | $20.9B | −1% | ▲ 1 |
| 15 | General Dynamics Corporation13 funding agencies | $19.2B | $25.9B | −26% | ▼ 6 |
| 16 | New Jersey Department of Human Services4 funding agencies | $17.7B | $19.3B | −8% | ▲ 2 |
| 17 | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts4 funding agencies | $17.4B | $19.6B | −11% | same |
| 18 | Health Services Kentucky Cabinet for9 funding agencies | $17.1B | $16.7B | +3% | ▲ 3 |
| 19 | Northrop Grumman Systems Corp11 funding agencies | $17B | $15.2B | +12% | ▲ 6 |
| 20 | Indiana Family and Social Serv5 funding agencies | $16.7B | $15.9B | +5% | ▲ 2 |
| 21 | Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System1 funding agency | $15.8B | $19.1B | −17% | ▼ 2 |
| 22 | VA Department of Medical Assistance Service1 funding agency | $14.8B | $14.6B | +1% | ▲ 4 |
| 23 | Department of Social Services Misso4 funding agencies | $14.6B | $15.6B | −6% | ▲ 1 |
| 24 | Department of Social & Health Services5 funding agencies | $14.1B | $20.3B | −30% | ▼ 8 |
| 25 | Lousiana Department of Health1 funding agency | $13.5B | $14.1B | −4% | ▲ 4 |
| 26 | Minnesota Department of Human Services3 funding agencies | $12.7B | $14.3B | −11% | ▲ 2 |
| 27 | Oregon Health Authority-Public Health9 funding agencies | $12.4B | $11.9B | +4% | ▲ 5 |
| 28 | Georgia Department of Community Health1 funding agency | $11.9B | $12.3B | −3% | ▲ 3 |
| 29 | New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance3 funding agencies | $10.4B | $14.4B | −27% | ▼ 2 |
| 30 | Finance & Administration Tennessee Depar1 funding agency | $10B | $9.4B | +6% | ▲ 8 |
| 31 | State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services7 funding agencies | $9.6B | $10.9B | −12% | ▲ 3 |
| 32 | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.7 funding agencies | $9.4B | $11.1B | −15% | ▲ 1 |
| 33 | Mckesson Corporation4 funding agencies | $9B | $9.5B | −6% | ▲ 4 |
| 34 | Leidos, Inc.20 funding agencies | $8.8B | $8.5B | +4% | ▲ 8 |
| 35 | State of Colorado - Dept of Health Care Policy & Financing1 funding agency | $8.7B | $9B | −3% | ▲ 5 |
| 36 | Department of Health Human Services3 funding agencies | $8.6B | $8.5B | +2% | ▲ 7 |
| 37 | New Mexico Health Care Authority4 funding agencies | $8.5B | $8.9B | −4% | ▲ 4 |
| 38 | Triwest Healthcare Alliance Corp2 funding agencies | $8.4B | $8B | +5% | ▲ 6 |
| 39 | Florida Department of Children and Families4 funding agencies | $8.3B | $10.1B | −18% | ▼ 3 |
| 40 | Department of Social Services Connecticut0 funding agencies | $8.3B | $9B | −8% | ▼ 1 |
| 41 | Humana Government Business Inc1 funding agency | $8B | $7.8B | +3% | ▲ 7 |
| 42 | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc11 funding agencies | $8B | $7.3B | +10% | ▲ 10 |
| 43 | BAE Systems, Inc.11 funding agencies | $7.9B | $7.4B | +7% | ▲ 7 |
| 44 | Oklahoma Health Care Authority1 funding agency | $7.5B | $7.7B | −3% | ▲ 5 |
| 45 | L3Harris Technologies, Inc.11 funding agencies | $7.4B | $6.3B | +17% | ▲ 10 |
| 46 | Department of Education California4 funding agencies | $7.4B | $7.4B | 0% | ▲ 5 |
| 47 | IA Department of Human Services3 funding agencies | $7.3B | $6.2B | +19% | ▲ 9 |
| 48 | National Railroad Passenger Corporation2 funding agencies | $7B | $6.9B | +3% | ▲ 6 |
| 49 | Climate United Fund1 funding agency | $7B | — | — | — |
| 50 | Alabama Medicaid Agency1 funding agency | $6.4B | $7B | −8% | ▲ 3 |
| 51 | Arkansas Department of Human Services1 funding agency | $6.2B | $7.8B | −21% | ▼ 4 |
| 52 | Illinois Department of Human Service7 funding agencies | $6.1B | $7.8B | −22% | ▼ 6 |
| 53 | Amerisourcebergen Drug Corp4 funding agencies | $6.1B | $4.4B | +39% | ▲ 20 |
| 54 | Texas Department of Transportation4 funding agencies | $6.1B | $5.5B | +10% | ▲ 7 |
| 55 | Mississippi Division of Medicaid1 funding agency | $5.9B | $5.7B | +4% | ▲ 5 |
| 56 | Government of the Virgin Islands2 funding agencies | $5.8B | $1.9B | +202% | ▲ 97 |
| 57 | New England Teamsters Pension Plan1 funding agency | $5.7B | — | — | — |
| 58 | Department of Transportation California2 funding agencies | $5.5B | $5.7B | −4% | ▲ 1 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees0 funding agencies | $5.4B | $4.9B | +10% | ▲ 3 |
| 60 | Nevada Department of Health & Human Services5 funding agencies | $5.2B | $4.5B | +17% | ▲ 11 |
| 61 | Ohio Department of Job & Family Services4 funding agencies | $5.2B | $6.1B | −15% | ▼ 4 |
| 62 | Triad National Security, LLC2 funding agencies | $5.2B | $4.6B | +13% | ▲ 6 |
| 63 | Coalition for Green Capital1 funding agency | $5.1B | — | — | — |
| 64 | Nevada Department of Human Services2 funding agencies | $5.1B | $4.3B | +18% | ▲ 11 |
| 65 | National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC2 funding agencies | $5B | $4.7B | +7% | ▲ 2 |
| 66 | West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources2 funding agencies | $4.9B | $6.1B | −20% | ▼ 8 |
| 67 | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc.10 funding agencies | $4.8B | $4.6B | +6% | ▲ 2 |
| 68 | Science Applications International Corporation10 funding agencies | $4.8B | $4.7B | +1% | ▼ 3 |
| 69 | Office of Emergency Services6 funding agencies | $4.8B | $2.7B | +75% | ▲ 50 |
| 70 | Utah Department of Health and Human Services8 funding agencies | $4.8B | $3.7B | +28% | ▲ 15 |
| 71 | Puerto Rico Department of Health6 funding agencies | $4.7B | $4.4B | +5% | ▲ 1 |
| 72 | Science Applications International Corporation10 funding agencies | $4.6B | $4.5B | +2% | ▼ 2 |
| 73 | New York State Education Department6 funding agencies | $4.6B | $4.7B | −3% | ▼ 7 |
| 74 | Bechtel Corporation3 funding agencies | $4.3B | $3.2B | +33% | ▲ 27 |
| 75 | United Nations World Food Programme3 funding agencies | $4.3B | $3.8B | +12% | ▲ 8 |
| 76 | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development3 funding agencies | $4.2B | $15.8B | −73% | ▼ 53 |
| 77 | CACI International Inc18 funding agencies | $4.1B | $3.7B | +12% | ▲ 9 |
| 78 | West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources1 funding agency | $4.1B | $4.8B | −15% | ▼ 15 |
| 79 | Battelle Memorial Institute10 funding agencies | $4.1B | $4.4B | −7% | ▼ 5 |
| 80 | New York City Housing Authority2 funding agencies | $4.1B | $3.8B | +8% | ▲ 4 |
| 81 | Maine Department of Health and Human Services7 funding agencies | $4B | $4B | −1% | ▼ 3 |
| 82 | Deloitte LLP13 funding agencies | $4B | $3.6B | +9% | ▲ 7 |
| 83 | TX Education Agency3 funding agencies | $3.9B | $3.9B | −1% | ▼ 3 |
| 84 | Governor's Authorized Representative2 funding agencies | $3.8B | $3.7B | +5% | ▲ 4 |
| 85 | Space Exploration Technologies Corp.10 funding agencies | $3.8B | $3.1B | +23% | ▲ 18 |
| 86 | Amentum Services, Inc.10 funding agencies | $3.8B | $2.5B | +51% | ▲ 44 |
| 87 | Department of Human Services3 funding agencies | $3.7B | $4.8B | −23% | ▼ 23 |
| 88 | Kansas Department of Health & Environment8 funding agencies | $3.7B | $4B | −8% | ▼ 9 |
| 89 | Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services9 funding agencies | $3.7B | $3.8B | −4% | ▼ 7 |
| 90 | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC1 funding agency | $3.6B | $3.3B | +10% | ▲ 6 |
| 91 | Peraton Corp.15 funding agencies | $3.6B | $3.5B | +4% | ▲ 2 |
| 92 | Government of District of Columbia9 funding agencies | $3.6B | $4.1B | −11% | ▼ 15 |
| 93 | Texas Department of Agriculture5 funding agencies | $3.6B | $3.5B | +4% | ▲ 2 |
| 94 | Health Net Federal Services, LLC1 funding agency | $3.5B | $3.6B | −2% | ▼ 4 |
| 95 | Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC2 funding agencies | $3.5B | $3.5B | −2% | ▼ 3 |
| 96 | Dell Technologies Inc.15 funding agencies | $3.4B | $3.1B | +11% | ▲ 9 |
| 97 | Metropolitan Transportation Authority2 funding agencies | $3.4B | $2.4B | +39% | ▲ 34 |
| 98 | Idaho Department of Health & Welfare7 funding agencies | $3.4B | $3.7B | −8% | ▼ 11 |
| 99 | Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund1 funding agency | $3.4B | — | — | — |
| 100 | Accenture Federal Services LLC10 funding agencies | $3.4B | $3B | +14% | ▲ 11 |
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 FY2024?
- California Department of Health Care Services, with $100.9B obligated in FY2024.
- 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 FY2024. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
- How many recipients are shown?
- The top 100 for FY2024. 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 FY2024, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.
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