Who receives the most federal grant money in FY2026?

California Department of Health Care Services, with $117.3B in federal assistance in FY2026 (data still posting).

Is a grant the same as a contract?

No. A contract buys something for the government; a grant funds the recipient to carry out a public purpose of its own. They are recorded separately in the source and ranked separately here.

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 total obligations minus contract-coded obligations for FY2026 (data still posting). TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.

How many recipients are shown?

The top 100 for FY2026 (data still posting). 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 FY2026 (data still posting), computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.

Rankings

Top federal grant recipients: FY2026

FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01^†

† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.

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California Department of Health Care Services received $117.3B in federal assistance in FY2026 (data still posting), more than any other recipient. Assistance means everything that is not a contract: grants, direct payments and loans. Computed as a recipient's total obligations minus its contract-coded ones. Computed

Ranked from USASpending records. FY2020 to FY2026 are loaded. FY2026 ended on September 30, 2026, and its records are still posting, so each total is shown beside the same name's FY2025 figure, with no percentage change. Rank vs FY2025 is each name's change in position from FY2025, and positions can still move as late FY2026 records post; a dash means the name was not in FY2025's data.

Quick findings

Computed

The top 10 account for 43% of the $1T combined total of all 100 recipients listed.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection rose the most, from #506 in FY2025 to #98 in FY2026.
State of Florida Division of Emergency Management fell the most among those listed, from #44 in FY2025 to #72 in FY2026.
The Department of Health and Human Services is the largest funding agency for 50 of the 100 recipients listed.

Rank	Name	FY2026 · data still posting	FY2025	Rank vs FY2025
01	California Department of Health Care Servicesof $117.3B total	$117.3B	$112.5B	same
02	NYS Department of Healthof $75.1B total	$75.1B	$76.6B	same
03	Health & Human SVC Commn TXof $46.6B total	$46.6B	$40.8B	same
04	PA Department of Human Servicesof $39.8B total	$39.8B	$36.2B	same
05	North Carolina Department of Health & Human Servicesof $32.4B total	$32.4B	$31.4B	same
06	Ohio Department of Medicaidof $29B total	$29B	$27.7B	same
07	Florida Agency for Health Care Administrationof $27.9B total	$27.9B	$22.8B	▲ 1
08	Michigan Department of Health and Human Servicesof $27.7B total	$27.7B	$24.5B	▼ 1
09	Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Servicesof $25.5B total	$25.5B	$21.9B	same
10	Department of Social & Health Servicesof $23B total	$23B	$15.8B	▲ 7
11	Department of Social Services Californiaof $22.7B total	$22.7B	$21.1B	▼ 1
12	New Jersey Department of Human Servicesof $22.4B total	$22.4B	$20.2B	▼ 1
13	Health Services Kentucky Cabinet forof $20.5B total	$20.5B	$18.2B	▼ 1
14	Arizona Health Care Cost Containment Systemof $18.9B total	$18.9B	$16.4B	▲ 2
15	The Commonwealth of Massachusettsof $17B total	$17B	$16.8B	same
16	VA Department of Medical Assistance Serviceof $16.8B total	$16.8B	$17.2B	▼ 2
17	Department of Social Services Missoof $16.5B total	$16.5B	$14.5B	▲ 3
18	Indiana Family and Social Servof $16B total	$16B	$18B	▼ 5
19	Oregon Health Authority-Public Healthof $16B total	$16B	$13.9B	▲ 2
20	Georgia Department of Community Healthof $14.9B total	$14.9B	$13B	▲ 3
21	Lousiana Department of Healthof $14.6B total	$14.6B	$14.6B	▼ 2
22	Minnesota Department of Human Servicesof $14B total	$14B	$13.8B	same
23	Maryland Department of Healthof $13.3B total	$13.3B	—	—
24	State of Wisconsin Department of Health Servicesof $12.2B total	$12.2B	$11B	▲ 1
25	Finance & Administration Tennessee Deparof $12.2B total	$12.2B	$11.9B	▼ 1
26	State of Colorado - Dept of Health Care Policy & Financingof $11.7B total	$11.7B	$10B	▲ 1
27	New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistanceof $11.1B total	$11.1B	$11B	▼ 1
28	New Mexico Health Care Authorityof $10.7B total	$10.7B	$9.6B	▲ 1
29	Department of Health Human Servicesof $9.4B total	$9.4B	$8.9B	▲ 1
30	Oklahoma Health Care Authorityof $8.9B total	$8.9B	$7.9B	▲ 3
31	National Railroad Passenger Corporationof $8.6B total	$8.6B	$15.2B	▼ 13
32	Department of Social Services Connecticutof $8.5B total	$8.5B	$8.6B	▼ 1
33	Department of Education Californiaof $7.6B total	$7.6B	$7.5B	▲ 2
34	Texas Office of the Governorof $7.6B total	$7.6B	$331.5M	▲ 395
35	IA Department of Human Servicesof $7.4B total	$7.4B	$8B	▼ 3
36	Arkansas Department of Human Servicesof $7.1B total	$7.1B	$7.2B	same
37	Alabama Medicaid Agencyof $6.9B total	$6.9B	$6.6B	same
38	Florida Department of Children and Familiesof $6.8B total	$6.8B	$7.6B	▼ 4
39	Department of Transportation Californiaof $6.5B total	$6.5B	$6.3B	▼ 1
40	Mississippi Division of Medicaidof $6.3B total	$6.3B	$6B	▲ 1
41	Texas Department of Transportationof $6.2B total	$6.2B	$6B	▲ 1
42	Nevada Department of Human Servicesof $6B total	$6B	$6.1B	▼ 2
43	Illinois Department of Human Serviceof $5.7B total	$5.7B	$5.9B	same
44	West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resourcesof $5.5B total	$5.5B	$4.7B	▲ 1
45	Kansas Department of Health & Environmentof $5.3B total	$5.3B	$4.6B	▲ 3
46	New York State Education Departmentof $5B total	$5B	$4.6B	same
47	Maine Department of Health and Human Servicesof $4.8B total	$4.8B	$4.3B	▲ 3
48	Ohio Department of Job & Family Servicesof $4.6B total	$4.6B	$4.4B	▲ 1
49	Nebraska Department of Health & Human Servicesof $4.5B total	$4.5B	$4.2B	▲ 2
50	Puerto Rico Department of Healthof $4.5B total	$4.5B	$3.7B	▲ 7
51	Transportation North Carolina Departmentof $4.5B total	$4.5B	$2B	▲ 45
52	New York City Housing Authorityof $4.4B total	$4.4B	$4.6B	▼ 5
53	TX Education Agencyof $4B total	$4B	$3.9B	▲ 1
54	Department of Human Servicesof $4B total	$4B	$4B	▼ 2
55	Utah Department of Health and Human Servicesof $3.9B total	$3.9B	$3.8B	▲ 1
56	Government of District of Columbiaof $3.9B total	$3.9B	$3.9B	▼ 1
57	Pennsylvania Department of Transportationof $3.8B total	$3.8B	$2.9B	▲ 11
58	Idaho Department of Health & Welfareof $3.8B total	$3.8B	$4B	▼ 5
59	Texas Department of Agricultureof $3.6B total	$3.6B	$3.3B	▲ 3
60	State of Alaska Department of Healthof $3.6B total	$3.6B	$2.9B	▲ 9
61	Department of Human Services Hawaiiof $3.4B total	$3.4B	$3B	▲ 5
62	State of Florida Department of Transportationof $3.3B total	$3.3B	$2.8B	▲ 10
63	Florida Department of Educationof $3.3B total	$3.3B	$3.2B	same
64	United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairsof $3.2B total	$3.2B	—	—
65	Administracion DE Desarrollo Socioeconomico DE LA Familiaof $3.1B total	$3.1B	$3.1B	▼ 1
66	State of Rhode Island Department of Administrationof $3.1B total	$3.1B	$2.7B	▲ 7
67	Ohio Department of Transportationof $3B total	$3B	$2.3B	▲ 14
68	Metropolitan Transportation Authorityof $2.8B total	$2.8B	$3.4B	▼ 9
69	Department of Transitional Assistanof $2.8B total	$2.8B	$3B	▼ 4
70	Delaware Dept of Health and Social Servicesof $2.7B total	$2.7B	$2.3B	▲ 12
71	Department of Transportation New Yorkof $2.7B total	$2.7B	$3.3B	▼ 10
72	State of Florida Division of Emergency Managementof $2.7B total	$2.7B	$5.8B	▼ 28
73	Illinois State Board of Educationof $2.7B total	$2.7B	$2.4B	▲ 5
74	Ufcw - Northern California Employers Joint Pension Planof $2.6B total	$2.6B	—	—
75	State of Montana Department of Health and Human Servicesof $2.6B total	$2.6B	$2.3B	▲ 5
76	Georgia Dept of Educationof $2.6B total	$2.6B	$2.2B	▲ 8
77	New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Servicesof $2.5B total	$2.5B	$1.4B	▲ 54
78	New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Servicesof $2.5B total	$2.5B	$2.2B	▲ 9
79	Minnesota Department of Transportationof $2.5B total	$2.5B	$1.2B	▲ 69
80	Tennessee Department of Human Servicesof $2.5B total	$2.5B	$2.5B	▼ 3
81	Virginia Department of Social Servicesof $2.5B total	$2.5B	$2.4B	▼ 2
82	Pennsylvania Dept of Educationof $2.4B total	$2.4B	$2.6B	▼ 6
83	Illinois Department of Transportationof $2.4B total	$2.4B	$2.6B	▼ 8
84	The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund)of $2.4B total	$2.4B	$1.3B	▲ 53
85	Oregon Department of Human Servicesof $2.4B total	$2.4B	$2.1B	▲ 9
86	Ohio Department of Educationof $2.3B total	$2.3B	$2.2B	▼ 1
87	Human Services Vermont Agency ofof $2.3B total	$2.3B	$1.9B	▲ 12
88	Georgia Department of Transportationof $2.2B total	$2.2B	$2B	▲ 10
89	Department of Human Resources Alabamaof $2.2B total	$2.2B	$2.3B	▼ 6
90	Department of Human Services Coloradoof $2.2B total	$2.2B	$2B	▲ 7
91	Texas Workforce Commissionof $2.3B total	$2.2B	$2.2B	▼ 3
92	Maryland Department of Human Servicesof $2.2B total	$2.2B	$2.2B	▼ 2
93	Arizona Department of Economic Securityof $2.2B total	$2.2B	$2.8B	▼ 22
94	North Carolina Department of Public Safetyof $2.1B total	$2.1B	$1.5B	▲ 25
95	Michigan Department of Educationof $2.1B total	$2.1B	$1.9B	▲ 5
96	Massachusetts Department of Transportationof $2.1B total	$2.1B	$1.3B	▲ 44
97	Oklahoma Dept of Human Servicesof $2B total	$2B	$2.1B	▼ 4
98	Florida Department of Environmental Protectionof $2B total	$2B	$255.8M	▲ 408
99	North Carolina Department of Public Instructionof $2B total	$2B	$2B	▼ 4
100	Department of Transportation Connecticutof $2B total	$2B	$2.2B	▼ 14

Assistance dollars often pass THROUGH the named recipient — a state agency administering a federal program is the recipient of record, not the ultimate beneficiary.

Questions

Who receives the most federal grant money in FY2026?: California Department of Health Care Services, with $117.3B in federal assistance in FY2026 (data still posting).
Is a grant the same as a contract?: No. A contract buys something for the government; a grant funds the recipient to carry out a public purpose of its own. They are recorded separately in the source and ranked separately here.
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 total obligations minus contract-coded obligations for FY2026 (data still posting). TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
How many recipients are shown?: The top 100 for FY2026 (data still posting). 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 FY2026 (data still posting), computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.

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