Who receives the most federal grant money in FY2022?

California Department of Health Care Services, with $92.8B in federal assistance in FY2022.

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 FY2022. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.

How many recipients are shown?

The top 100 for FY2022. 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 FY2022, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.

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Top federal grant recipients: FY2022

FY2022 · complete year · data as of 2026-07-11

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California Department of Health Care Services received $92.8B in federal assistance in FY2022, 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. Rank vs FY2021 is each name's change in position from FY2021; a dash means the name was not in FY2021's data.

Quick findings

Computed

The top 10 account for 41% of the $979.8B combined total of all 100 recipients listed.
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development rose the most, from #790 in FY2021 to #30 in FY2022.
TX Education Agency fell the most among those listed, from #12 in FY2021 to #61 in FY2022.

Rank	Name	FY2022	FY2021	Change	Rank vs FY2021
01	California Department of Health Care Servicesof $92.8B total	$92.8B	$80.6B	+15%	same
02	NYS Department of Healthof $59B total	$59B	$47B	+26%	▲ 1
03	Health & Human SVC Commn TXof $52.9B total	$52.9B	$50.5B	+5%	▼ 1
04	UnitedHealth Groupof $52.8B total	$37.4B	$29.9B	+25%	▲ 3
05	PA Department of Human Servicesof $37.1B total	$37.1B	$36.6B	+1%	▼ 1
06	Department of Social Services Californiaof $27.1B total	$27.1B	$21.8B	+24%	▲ 5
07	Ohio Department of Medicaidof $25B total	$25B	—	—	—
08	Florida Agency for Health Care Administrationof $24.9B total	$24.9B	$19.5B	+28%	▲ 5
09	Michigan Department of Health and Human Servicesof $24.2B total	$24.2B	$24.7B	−2%	▲ 1
10	North Carolina Department of Health & Human Servicesof $21.8B total	$21.8B	$25.2B	−14%	▼ 1
11	New Jersey Department of Human Servicesof $20B total	$20B	$18.4B	+8%	▲ 3
12	The Commonwealth of Massachusettsof $18.9B total	$18.9B	$17.6B	+7%	▲ 6
13	Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Servicesof $18B total	$18B	$18.1B	−1%	▲ 3
14	Arizona Health Care Cost Containment Systemof $18B total	$18B	$14.9B	+21%	▲ 11
15	Department of Social & Health Servicesof $17.4B total	$17.4B	$15.8B	+10%	▲ 7
16	Indiana Family and Social Servof $15.7B total	$15.7B	$14.9B	+6%	▲ 8
17	Health Services Kentucky Cabinet forof $14.8B total	$14.8B	$18.2B	−19%	▼ 2
18	Metropolitan Transportation Authorityof $14.6B total	$14.6B	$2.9B	+397%	▲ 133
19	New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistanceof $14.2B total	$14.2B	$13.4B	+6%	▲ 8
20	Minnesota Department of Human Servicesof $13.8B total	$13.8B	$12.3B	+12%	▲ 10
21	Department of Education Californiaof $13.3B total	$13.3B	$30.3B	−56%	▼ 15
22	Department of Social Services Missoof $13.1B total	$13.1B	$12.2B	+8%	▲ 9
23	VA Department of Medical Assistance Serviceof $12.4B total	$12.4B	$11.1B	+12%	▲ 9
24	Georgia Department of Community Healthof $11.7B total	$11.7B	$9.5B	+23%	▲ 17
25	State of Wisconsin Department of Health Servicesof $11.6B total	$11.6B	$11B	+5%	▲ 8
26	Lousiana Department of Healthof $11.4B total	$11.4B	$12.6B	−9%	▲ 2
27	Oregon Health Authority-Public Healthof $10.8B total	$10.8B	$11B	−2%	▲ 7
28	Finance & Administration Tennessee Deparof $9.4B total	$9.4B	$9.4B	+1%	▲ 14
29	New Mexico Health Care Authorityof $9.4B total	$9.4B	$7.9B	+18%	▲ 19
30	International Bank for Reconstruction and Developmentof $9.1B total	$9.1B	$205.8M	—	▲ 760
31	New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Servicesof $9.1B total	$9.1B	$2B	+361%	▲ 152
32	State of Colorado - Dept of Health Care Policy & Financingof $8.7B total	$8.7B	$7.1B	+22%	▲ 27
33	Mckesson Corporationof $8.4B total	$8.4B	$7.7B	+9%	▲ 18
34	Department of Social Services Connecticutof $8.4B total	$8.4B	$7.8B	+7%	▲ 16
35	Department of Health Human Servicesof $8.1B total	$8.1B	$7.2B	+14%	▲ 23
36	Florida Department of Children and Familiesof $7.7B total	$7.7B	$10.9B	−29%	▼ 1
37	Illinois Department of Human Serviceof $7.7B total	$7.7B	$10.5B	−27%	same
38	Arkansas Department of Human Servicesof $7.3B total	$7.3B	$6.3B	+17%	▲ 26
39	Ohio Department of Job & Family Servicesof $6.9B total	$6.9B	$30.9B	−78%	▼ 34
40	National Railroad Passenger Corporationof $6.6B total	$6.6B	$4.7B	+41%	▲ 44
41	Oklahoma Health Care Authorityof $6.6B total	$6.6B	$4.8B	+38%	▲ 41
42	IA Department of Human Servicesof $6.3B total	$6.3B	$6.2B	+1%	▲ 24
43	Department of Human Servicesof $6.3B total	$6.3B	$5.3B	+19%	▲ 28
44	West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resourcesof $6.2B total	$6.2B	$6.4B	−3%	▲ 19
45	Alabama Medicaid Agencyof $6.2B total	$6.2B	$5.8B	+7%	▲ 24
46	Department of Transportation Californiaof $5.8B total	$5.8B	$3.7B	+55%	▲ 67
47	Texas Department of Transportationof $5.8B total	$5.8B	$5.4B	+7%	▲ 23
48	Mississippi Division of Medicaidof $5.6B total	$5.6B	$5B	+13%	▲ 29
49	Florida Department of Educationof $5.4B total	$5.4B	$14.2B	−62%	▼ 23
50	New York State Education Departmentof $4.9B total	$4.9B	$17.1B	−71%	▼ 30
51	United Nations World Food Programmeof $4.7B total	$4.7B	$3B	+54%	▲ 97
52	West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resourcesof $4.6B total	$4.6B	$4.1B	+11%	▲ 45
53	Nevada Department of Health & Human Servicesof $4.5B total	$4.5B	$4.8B	−7%	▲ 27
54	Nevada Department of Human Servicesof $4.4B total	$4.4B	$3.6B	+22%	▲ 68
55	Texas Department of Agricultureof $4.2B total	$4.2B	$2.8B	+51%	▲ 100
56	Miscellaneous Foreign Awardeesof $4.7B total	$4.1B	$4.9B	−17%	▲ 23
57	Utah Department of Health and Human Servicesof $4.1B total	$4.1B	$3.6B	+12%	▲ 62
58	The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund)of $4.1B total	$4.1B	$1.5B	+172%	▲ 167
59	Science Applications International Corporationof $4B total	$4B	$3.5B	+15%	▲ 67
60	Maine Department of Health and Human Servicesof $3.9B total	$3.9B	$3.7B	+6%	▲ 54
61	TX Education Agencyof $3.8B total	$3.8B	$21.8B	−82%	▼ 49
62	Government of District of Columbiaof $3.8B total	$3.8B	$4.1B	−8%	▲ 38
63	Michigan Department of Educationof $3.7B total	$3.7B	$7.9B	−53%	▼ 14
64	Governor's Authorized Representativeof $3.7B total	$3.7B	$6.9B	−46%	▼ 4
65	Nebraska Department of Health & Human Servicesof $3.6B total	$3.6B	$3.8B	−6%	▲ 43
66	New Jersey Transit Corporationof $3.6B total	$3.6B	$1.1B	+223%	▲ 200
67	Virginia Department of Social Servicesof $3.5B total	$3.5B	$4.3B	−18%	▲ 26
68	New York City Housing Authorityof $3.5B total	$3.5B	$3.2B	+8%	▲ 70
69	Kansas Department of Health & Environmentof $3.5B total	$3.5B	$3.6B	−3%	▲ 54
70	Texas Division of Emergency Managementof $3.4B total	$3.4B	$10B	−66%	▼ 31
71	Department of Human Services Hawaiiof $3.4B total	$3.4B	$3.6B	−6%	▲ 49
72	Homeland Security & Emergencyof $3.3B total	$3.3B	$6.5B	−50%	▼ 11
73	Maryland Department of Human Servicesof $3.3B total	$3.3B	$3.6B	−9%	▲ 48
74	Louisiana Department of Children and Family Servicesof $3.3B total	$3.3B	$3.4B	−5%	▲ 53
75	Idaho Department of Health & Welfareof $3.2B total	$3.2B	$3.7B	−12%	▲ 40
76	Department of Human Resources Alabamaof $3.1B total	$3.1B	$3.8B	−16%	▲ 36
77	Arizona Department of Economic Securityof $3.1B total	$3.1B	$6.4B	−52%	▼ 15
78	State of Rhode Island Department of Administrationof $3.1B total	$3.1B	$2.7B	+12%	▲ 79
79	Office of Emergency Servicesof $3B total	$3B	$4.5B	−33%	▲ 6
80	Oklahoma Dept of Human Servicesof $3B total	$3B	$3.2B	−6%	▲ 61
81	Puerto Rico Department of Healthof $3B total	$3B	$3.1B	−4%	▲ 62
82	Administracion DE Desarrollo Socioeconomico DE LA Familiaof $2.8B total	$2.8B	$4.3B	−35%	▲ 10
83	Georgia Dept of Educationof $2.8B total	$2.8B	$8.2B	−66%	▼ 36
84	State of Florida Department of Transportationof $2.8B total	$2.8B	$2.5B	+11%	▲ 81
85	Tennessee Department of Human Servicesof $2.7B total	$2.7B	$5.1B	−46%	▼ 11
86	Department of Transportation New Yorkof $2.7B total	$2.7B	$1.9B	+46%	▲ 108
87	Pennsylvania Dept of Educationof $2.7B total	$2.7B	$2B	+38%	▲ 95
88	Illinois State Board of Educationof $2.7B total	$2.7B	$9.6B	−72%	▼ 48
89	State of Alaska Department of Healthof $2.7B total	$2.7B	$2.4B	+12%	▲ 83
90	Ohio Department of Educationof $2.7B total	$2.7B	$8.3B	−68%	▼ 44
91	Pennsylvania Department of Transportationof $2.7B total	$2.7B	$2.4B	+12%	▲ 82
92	Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Educationof $2.6B total	$2.6B	$4.5B	−42%	▼ 5
93	Department of Human Services Coloradoof $2.6B total	$2.6B	$3.3B	−22%	▲ 42
94	Oregon Department of Human Servicesof $2.5B total	$2.5B	$2.5B	+2%	▲ 73
95	Arizona Department of Educationof $2.5B total	$2.5B	$4.2B	−41%	same
96	Illinois Department of Transportationof $2.4B total	$2.4B	$1.8B	+31%	▲ 102
97	State of Montana Department of Health and Human Servicesof $2.3B total	$2.3B	$2.4B	−6%	▲ 73
98	New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Servicesof $2.2B total	$2.2B	$2.5B	−10%	▲ 68
99	V2X, Inc.of $2.2B total	$2.2B	$2.4B	−7%	▲ 75
100	Haut Commissariat Des Nations Unies Pour Les Refugiersof $2.2B total	$2.2B	$1.9B	+14%	▲ 88

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 FY2022?: California Department of Health Care Services, with $92.8B in federal assistance in FY2022.
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 FY2022. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
How many recipients are shown?: The top 100 for FY2022. 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 FY2022, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.

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