Top federal grant recipients: FY2025
≈ computed · assistance dollarsHealth Care Services, California Department of received $112.5B in federal assistance in FY2025, 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, data current as of 2026-09-01. FY2020 to FY2025 are loaded.
- 1Health Care Services, California Department ofof $112.5B total$112.5B
- 2NYS Department of Healthof $76.6B total$76.6B
- 3Health & Human SVC Commn TXof $40.8B total$40.8B
- 4PA Department of Human Servicesof $36.2B total$36.2B
- 5North Carolina Department of Health & Human Servicesof $31.4B total$31.4B
- 6Ohio Department of Medicaidof $27.7B total$27.7B
- 7Michigan Department of Health and Human Servicesof $24.5B total$24.5B
- 8Florida Agency for Health Care Administrationof $22.8B total$22.8B
- 9Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Servicesof $21.9B total$21.9B
- 10Department of Social Services Californiaof $21.1B total$21.1B
- 11Human Services, New Jersey Department ofof $20.2B total$20.2B
- 12Health Services Kentucky Cabinet forof $18.2B total$18.2B
- 13Indiana Family and Social Servof $18B total$18B
- 14VA Department of Medical Assistance Serviceof $17.2B total$17.2B
- 15The Commonwealth of Massachusettsof $16.8B total$16.8B
- 16Arizona Health Care Cost Containment Systemof $16.4B total$16.4B
- 17Department of Social & Health Servicesof $15.8B total$15.8B
- 18National Railroad Passenger Corporationof $15.2B total$15.2B
- 19Lousiana Department of Healthof $14.6B total$14.6B
- 20Department of Social Services Missoof $14.5B total$14.5B
- 21Oregon Health Authority-Public Healthof $13.9B total$13.9B
- 22Minnesota Department of Human Servicesof $13.8B total$13.8B
- 23Georgia Department of Community Healthof $13B total$13B
- 24Finance & Administration Tennessee Deparof $11.9B total$11.9B
- 25Maryland Department of Healthof $11.8B total$11.8B
- 26State of Wisconsin Department of Health Servicesof $11B total$11B
- 27$11B
- 28$10B
- 29Government of the Virgin Islandsof $9.7B total$9.7B
- 30New Mexico Health Care Authorityof $9.6B total$9.6B
- 31Department of Health Human Servicesof $8.9B total$8.9B
- 32Department of Social Services Connecticutof $8.6B total$8.6B
- 33IA Department of Human Servicesof $8B total$8B
- 34Oklahoma Health Care Authorityof $7.9B total$7.9B
- 35Florida Department of Children and Familiesof $7.6B total$7.6B
- 36Department of Education Californiaof $7.5B total$7.5B
- 37Human Services, Arkansas Department ofof $7.2B total$7.2B
- 38Alabama Medicaid Agencyof $6.6B total$6.6B
- 39Department of Transportation Californiaof $6.3B total$6.3B
- 40Office of Emergency Servicesof $6.2B total$6.2B
- 41Nevada Department of Human Servicesof $6.1B total$6.1B
- 42Mississippi Division of Medicaidof $6B total$6B
- 43Texas Department of Transportationof $6B total$6B
- 44Illinois Department of Human Serviceof $5.9B total$5.9B
- 45State of Florida Division of Emergency Managementof $5.8B total$5.8B
- 46Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Department ofof $4.7B total$4.7B
- 47New York State Education Departmentof $4.6B total$4.6B
- 48New York City Housing Authorityof $4.6B total$4.6B
- 49Kansas Department of Health & Environmentof $4.6B total$4.6B
- 50Ohio Department of Job & Family Servicesof $4.4B total$4.4B
- 51Health and Human Services, Maine Department ofof $4.3B total$4.3B
- 52Nebraska Department of Health & Human Servicesof $4.2B total$4.2B
- 53Department of Human Servicesof $4B total$4B
- 54Idaho Department of Health & Welfareof $4B total$4B
- 55TX Education Agencyof $3.9B total$3.9B
- 56District of Columbia, Government ofof $3.9B total$3.9B
- 57Utah Department of Health and Human Servicesof $3.8B total$3.8B
- 58Puerto Rico Department of Healthof $3.7B total$3.7B
- 59International Bank for Reconstruction and Developmentof $3.5B total$3.5B
- 60Metropolitan Transportation Authorityof $3.4B total$3.4B
- 61Texas Comptroller of Public Accountsof $3.4B total$3.4B
- 62Department of Transportation New Yorkof $3.3B total$3.3B
- 63Agriculture, Texas Department ofof $3.3B total$3.3B
- 64Florida Department of Educationof $3.2B total$3.2B
- 65$3.1B
- 66Department of Transitional Assistanof $3B total$3B
- 67Department of Human Services Hawaiiof $3B total$3B
- 68Wright National Flood Insurance Companyof $2.9B total$2.9B
- 69Pennsylvania Department of Transportationof $2.9B total$2.9B
- 70State of Alaska Department of Healthof $2.9B total$2.9B
- 71Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCof $2.9B total$2.9B
- 72Arizona Department of Economic Securityof $2.8B total$2.8B
- 73State of Florida Department of Transportationof $2.8B total$2.8B
- 74State of Rhode Island Department of Administrationof $2.7B total$2.7B
- 75Florida Department of Commerceof $2.6B total$2.6B
- 76Illinois Department of Transportationof $2.6B total$2.6B
- 77Pennsylvania Dept of Educationof $2.6B total$2.6B
- 78Tennessee Department of Human Servicesof $2.5B total$2.5B
- 79Illinois State Board of Educationof $2.4B total$2.4B
- 80Social Services, Virginia Department ofof $2.4B total$2.4B
- 81State of Montana Department of Health and Human Servicesof $2.3B total$2.3B
- 82Ohio Department of Transportationof $2.3B total$2.3B
- 83Health and Social Services, Delaware Dept ofof $2.3B total$2.3B
- 84Department of Human Resources Alabamaof $2.3B total$2.3B
- 85Georgia Dept of Educationof $2.2B total$2.2B
- 86Ohio Department of Educationof $2.2B total$2.2B
- 87Department of Transportation Connecticutof $2.2B total$2.2B
- 88New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Servicesof $2.2B total$2.2B
- 89Texas Workforce Commissionof $2.3B total$2.2B
- 90Louisiana Department of Children and Family Servicesof $2.2B total$2.2B
- 91Maryland Department of Human Servicesof $2.2B total$2.2B
- 92California Public Utilities Commissionof $2.1B total$2.1B
- 93Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunityof $2.1B total$2.1B
- 94Human Services, Oklahoma Dept ofof $2.1B total$2.1B
- 95Oregon Department of Human Servicesof $2.1B total$2.1B
- 96North Carolina Department of Public Instructionof $2B total$2B
- 97Transportation North Carolina Departmentof $2B total$2B
- 98Department of Human Services Coloradoof $2B total$2B
- 99Georgia Department of Transportationof $2B total$2B
- 100Human Services Vermont Agency ofof $1.9B total$1.9B
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 FY2025?
- Health Care Services, California Department of, with $112.5B in federal assistance in FY2025.
- 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 FY2025. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
- How many recipients are shown?
- The top 100 for FY2025. 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 FY2025, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.
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