Top recipients of federal money: FY2024
≈ computed · all obligationsHealth Care Services, California Department of 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, data current as of 2026-07-03. FY2020 to FY2025 are loaded.
- 1Health Care Services, California Department of1 funding agency$100.9B
- 2NYS Department of Health7 funding agencies$72.4B
- 3Lockheed Martin Corporation8 funding agencies$51B
- 4Health & Human SVC Commn TX5 funding agencies$42.3B
- 5PA Department of Human Services3 funding agencies$34.4B
- 6North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services8 funding agencies$27.1B
- 7Ohio Department of Medicaid1 funding agency$24.6B
- 8Michigan Department of Health and Human Services10 funding agencies$24.4B
- 9The Boeing Company5 funding agencies$23.7B
- 10RTX Corporation9 funding agencies$23.4B
- 11UnitedHealth Group5 funding agencies$21.9B
- 12Florida Agency for Health Care Administration1 funding agency$21.6B
- 13Department of Social Services California4 funding agencies$21B
- 14Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services1 funding agency$20.6B
- 15General Dynamics Corporation13 funding agencies$19.2B
- 16Human Services, New Jersey Department of4 funding agencies$17.7B
- 17The Commonwealth of Massachusetts4 funding agencies$17.4B
- 18Health Services Kentucky Cabinet for9 funding agencies$17.1B
- 19Northrop Grumman Systems Corp11 funding agencies$17B
- 20Indiana Family and Social Serv5 funding agencies$16.7B
- 21Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System1 funding agency$15.8B
- 22VA Department of Medical Assistance Service1 funding agency$14.8B
- 23Department of Social Services Misso4 funding agencies$14.6B
- 24Department of Social & Health Services5 funding agencies$14.1B
- 25Lousiana Department of Health1 funding agency$13.5B
- 26Minnesota Department of Human Services3 funding agencies$12.7B
- 27Oregon Health Authority-Public Health9 funding agencies$12.4B
- 28Georgia Department of Community Health1 funding agency$11.9B
- 29Maryland Department of Health2 funding agencies$11.4B
- 30New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance3 funding agencies$10.4B
- 31Finance & Administration Tennessee Depar1 funding agency$10B
- 32State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services7 funding agencies$9.6B
- 33Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.7 funding agencies$9.4B
- 34Mckesson Corporation4 funding agencies$9B
- 35Leidos, Inc.20 funding agencies$8.8B
- 36State of Colorado - Dept of Health Care Policy & Financing1 funding agency$8.7B
- 37Department of Health Human Services3 funding agencies$8.6B
- 38New Mexico Health Care Authority4 funding agencies$8.5B
- 39Triwest Healthcare Alliance Corp2 funding agencies$8.4B
- 40Florida Department of Children and Families4 funding agencies$8.3B
- 41Department of Social Services Connecticut0 funding agencies$8.3B
- 42Humana Government Business Inc1 funding agency$8B
- 43Booz Allen Hamilton Inc11 funding agencies$8B
- 44BAE Systems, Inc.11 funding agencies$7.9B
- 45Oklahoma Health Care Authority1 funding agency$7.5B
- 46L3Harris Technologies, Inc.11 funding agencies$7.4B
- 47Department of Education California4 funding agencies$7.4B
- 48IA Department of Human Services3 funding agencies$7.3B
- 49National Railroad Passenger Corporation2 funding agencies$7B
- 50Climate United Fund1 funding agency$7B
- 51Alabama Medicaid Agency1 funding agency$6.4B
- 52Human Services, Arkansas Department of1 funding agency$6.2B
- 53Illinois Department of Human Service7 funding agencies$6.1B
- 54Amerisourcebergen Drug Corp4 funding agencies$6.1B
- 55Texas Department of Transportation4 funding agencies$6.1B
- 56Mississippi Division of Medicaid1 funding agency$5.9B
- 57Government of the Virgin Islands2 funding agencies$5.8B
- 58New England Teamsters Pension Plan1 funding agency$5.7B
- 59Department of Transportation California2 funding agencies$5.5B
- 60Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees0 funding agencies$5.4B
- 61Nevada Department of Health & Human Services5 funding agencies$5.2B
- 62Ohio Department of Job & Family Services4 funding agencies$5.2B
- 63Triad National Security, LLC2 funding agencies$5.2B
- 64Coalition for Green Capital1 funding agency$5.1B
- 65Nevada Department of Human Services2 funding agencies$5.1B
- 66National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC2 funding agencies$5B
- 67Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Department of2 funding agencies$4.9B
- 68Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc.10 funding agencies$4.8B
- 69Science Applications International Corporation10 funding agencies$4.8B
- 70Office of Emergency Services6 funding agencies$4.8B
- 71Utah Department of Health and Human Services8 funding agencies$4.8B
- 72Puerto Rico Department of Health6 funding agencies$4.7B
- 73Science Applications International Corporation10 funding agencies$4.6B
- 74New York State Education Department6 funding agencies$4.6B
- 75Bechtel Corporation3 funding agencies$4.3B
- 76United Nations World Food Programme3 funding agencies$4.3B
- 77International Bank for Reconstruction and Development3 funding agencies$4.2B
- 78CACI International Inc18 funding agencies$4.1B
- 79Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Department of1 funding agency$4.1B
- 80Battelle Memorial Institute10 funding agencies$4.1B
- 81New York City Housing Authority2 funding agencies$4.1B
- 82Health and Human Services, Maine Department of7 funding agencies$4B
- 83Deloitte LLP13 funding agencies$4B
- 84TX Education Agency3 funding agencies$3.9B
- 85Governor's Authorized Representative2 funding agencies$3.8B
- 86Space Exploration Technologies Corp.10 funding agencies$3.8B
- 87Amentum Services, Inc.10 funding agencies$3.8B
- 88Department of Human Services3 funding agencies$3.7B
- 89Kansas Department of Health & Environment8 funding agencies$3.7B
- 90Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services9 funding agencies$3.7B
- 91Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC1 funding agency$3.6B
- 92Peraton Corp.15 funding agencies$3.6B
- 93District of Columbia, Government of9 funding agencies$3.6B
- 94Agriculture, Texas Department of5 funding agencies$3.6B
- 95Health Net Federal Services, LLC1 funding agency$3.5B
- 96Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC2 funding agencies$3.5B
- 97Dell Technologies Inc.15 funding agencies$3.4B
- 98Metropolitan Transportation Authority2 funding agencies$3.4B
- 99Idaho Department of Health & Welfare7 funding agencies$3.4B
- 100$3.4B
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?
- Health Care Services, California Department of, 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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