Top federal grant recipients: FY2021
≈ computed · assistance dollarsHealth Care Services, California Department of received $80.6B in federal assistance in FY2021, 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 2026-07-12. FY2020 to FY2025 are loaded.
- 1Health Care Services, California Department ofof $80.6B total$80.6B
- 2Health & Human SVC Commn TXof $50.5B total$50.5B
- 3NYS Department of Healthof $47B total$47B
- 4PA Department of Human Servicesof $36.6B total$36.6B
- 5Ohio Department of Job & Family Servicesof $30.9B total$30.9B
- 6Department of Education Californiaof $30.3B total$30.3B
- 7UnitedHealth Groupof $39.6B total$29.9B
- 8State of California Department of Financeof $27.6B total$27.6B
- 9North Carolina Department of Health & Human Servicesof $25.2B total$25.2B
- 10Michigan Department of Health and Human Servicesof $24.7B total$24.7B
- 11Department of Social Services Californiaof $21.8B total$21.8B
- 12TX Education Agencyof $21.8B total$21.8B
- 13Florida Agency for Health Care Administrationof $19.5B total$19.5B
- 14Human Services, New Jersey Department ofof $18.4B total$18.4B
- 15Health Services Kentucky Cabinet forof $18.2B total$18.2B
- 16Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Servicesof $18.1B total$18.1B
- 17Governor, Texas Office of theof $17.7B total$17.7B
- 18The Commonwealth of Massachusettsof $17.6B total$17.6B
- 19Texas Office of the Governorof $17.4B total$17.4B
- 20New York State Education Departmentof $17.1B total$17.1B
- 21State of New Yorkof $16.3B total$16.3B
- 22Department of Social & Health Servicesof $15.8B total$15.8B
- 23Puerto Rico Department of Housingof $15.1B total$15.1B
- 24Indiana Family and Social Servof $14.9B total$14.9B
- 25Arizona Health Care Cost Containment Systemof $14.9B total$14.9B
- 26Florida Department of Educationof $14.2B total$14.2B
- 27New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistanceof $13.4B total$13.4B
- 28Lousiana Department of Healthof $12.6B total$12.6B
- 29State of Florida Department of Financial Servicesof $12.5B total$12.5B
- 30Minnesota Department of Human Servicesof $12.3B total$12.3B
- 31Department of Social Services Missoof $12.2B total$12.2B
- 32VA Department of Medical Assistance Serviceof $11.1B total$11.1B
- 33State of Wisconsin Department of Health Servicesof $11B total$11B
- 34Oregon Health Authority-Public Healthof $11B total$11B
- 35Florida Department of Children and Familiesof $10.9B total$10.9B
- 36$10.6B
- 37Illinois Department of Human Serviceof $10.5B total$10.5B
- 38Maryland Department of Healthof $10B total$10B
- 39Texas Division of Emergency Managementof $10B total$10B
- 40Illinois State Board of Educationof $9.6B total$9.6B
- 41Georgia Department of Community Healthof $9.5B total$9.5B
- 42Finance & Administration Tennessee Deparof $9.4B total$9.4B
- 43Maryland Department of Healthof $9.3B total$9.3B
- 44Executive Office of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvaniaof $8.9B total$8.9B
- 45State of Michigan Treasury Depttof $8.5B total$8.5B
- 46Community Affairs, New Jersey Dept ofof $8.5B total$8.5B
- 47Ohio Department of Educationof $8.3B total$8.3B
- 48Georgia Dept of Educationof $8.2B total$8.2B
- 49New Mexico Health Care Authorityof $7.9B total$7.9B
- 50Michigan Department of Educationof $7.9B total$7.9B
- 51Department of Social Services Connecticutof $7.8B total$7.8B
- 52Mckesson Corporationof $7.7B total$7.7B
- 53Governors Officeof $7.7B total$7.7B
- 54Executive Office State of Ohioof $7.5B total$7.5B
- 55Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Educationof $7.4B total$7.4B
- 56Texas Workforce Commissionof $7.4B total$7.3B
- 57State of Georgiaof $7.3B total$7.3B
- 58Massachusetts Cultural Councilof $7.2B total$7.2B
- 59Department of Health Human Servicesof $7.2B total$7.2B
- 60$7.1B
- 61Governor's Authorized Representativeof $6.9B total$6.9B
- 62Homeland Security & Emergencyof $6.5B total$6.5B
- 63Arizona Department of Economic Securityof $6.4B total$6.4B
- 64Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Department ofof $6.4B total$6.4B
- 65Human Services, Arkansas Department ofof $6.3B total$6.3B
- 66LA Dept. Of Adminof $6.3B total$6.3B
- 67IA Department of Human Servicesof $6.2B total$6.2B
- 68New York City Office of Management & Budgetof $5.9B total$5.9B
- 69North Carolina Department of Public Instructionof $5.9B total$5.9B
- 70Alabama Medicaid Agencyof $5.8B total$5.8B
- 71Texas Department of Transportationof $5.4B total$5.4B
- 72Department of Human Servicesof $5.3B total$5.3B
- 73Executive Office of the State of Washingtonof $5.3B total$5.3B
- 74Department of Housing & Community Developmentof $5.1B total$5.1B
- 75Tennessee Department of Human Servicesof $5.1B total$5.1B
- 76Education, New Jersey Department ofof $5B total$5B
- 77$5B
- 78Mississippi Division of Medicaidof $5B total$5B
- 79Commonwealth of Virginiaof $4.9B total$4.9B
- 80Miscellaneous Foreign Awardeesof $5.5B total$4.9B
- 81Nevada Department of Health & Human Servicesof $4.8B total$4.8B
- 82Department of Education Tennesseeof $4.8B total$4.8B
- 83Oklahoma Health Care Authorityof $4.8B total$4.8B
- 84Texas General Land Officeof $4.7B total$4.7B
- 85National Railroad Passenger Corporationof $4.7B total$4.7B
- 86Office of Emergency Servicesof $4.5B total$4.5B
- 87Executive Office of State of Arizonaof $4.5B total$4.5B
- 88Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Educationof $4.5B total$4.5B
- 89Colorado Department of Personnel & Administrationof $4.5B total$4.5B
- 90Gavi Allianceof $4.4B total$4.4B
- 91Department of Education of Puerto Ricoof $4.3B total$4.3B
- 92State of Indianaof $4.3B total$4.3B
- 93$4.3B
- 94Social Services, Virginia Department ofof $4.3B total$4.3B
- 95Budget and Management, Maryland Department ofof $4.2B total$4.2B
- 96Arizona Department of Educationof $4.2B total$4.2B
- 97Housing & Community Affairs, Texas Department ofof $4.2B total$4.2B
- 98Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Department ofof $4.1B total$4.1B
- 99South Carolina Department of Educationof $4.1B total$4.1B
- 100Elementary & Secondary Education Missouri Department ofof $4.1B total$4.1B
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 FY2021?
- Health Care Services, California Department of, with $80.6B in federal assistance in FY2021.
- 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 FY2021. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
- How many recipients are shown?
- The top 100 for FY2021. 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 FY2021, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.
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