Who receives the most federal grant money in FY2024?

California Department of Health Care Services, with $100.9B in federal assistance in FY2024.

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 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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Top federal grant recipients: FY2024

FY2024 · complete year · data as of 2026-07-03

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California Department of Health Care Services received $100.9B in federal assistance in FY2024, 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 FY2023 is each name's change in position from FY2023; a dash means the name was not in FY2023's data.

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Computed

The top 10 account for 37% of the $1.1T combined total of all 100 recipients listed.
Government of the Virgin Islands rose the most, from #153 in FY2023 to #56 in FY2024.
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development fell the most among those listed, from #23 in FY2023 to #76 in FY2024.

Rank	Name	FY2024	FY2023	Change	Rank vs FY2023
01	California Department of Health Care Servicesof $100.9B total	$100.9B	$85.1B	+19%	same
02	NYS Department of Healthof $72.4B total	$72.4B	$55.2B	+31%	▲ 1
03	Lockheed Martin Corporationof $51B total	$51B	$69.1B	−26%	▼ 1
04	Health & Human SVC Commn TXof $42.3B total	$42.3B	$50.4B	−16%	same
05	PA Department of Human Servicesof $34.4B total	$34.4B	$37.5B	−8%	same
06	North Carolina Department of Health & Human Servicesof $27.1B total	$27.1B	$22.7B	+20%	▲ 7
07	Ohio Department of Medicaidof $24.6B total	$24.6B	$24.6B	0%	▲ 3
08	Michigan Department of Health and Human Servicesof $24.4B total	$24.4B	$23.9B	+2%	▲ 3
09	The Boeing Companyof $23.7B total	$23.7B	$22.6B	+5%	▲ 5
10	RTX Corporationof $23.4B total	$23.4B	$26.8B	−13%	▼ 3
11	UnitedHealth Groupof $21.9B total	$21.9B	$17B	+29%	▲ 9
12	Florida Agency for Health Care Administrationof $21.6B total	$21.6B	$22.7B	−5%	same
13	Department of Social Services Californiaof $21B total	$21B	$26.5B	−21%	▼ 5
14	Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Servicesof $20.6B total	$20.6B	$20.9B	−1%	▲ 1
15	General Dynamics Corporationof $19.2B total	$19.2B	$25.9B	−26%	▼ 6
16	New Jersey Department of Human Servicesof $17.7B total	$17.7B	$19.3B	−8%	▲ 2
17	The Commonwealth of Massachusettsof $17.4B total	$17.4B	$19.6B	−11%	same
18	Health Services Kentucky Cabinet forof $17.1B total	$17.1B	$16.7B	+3%	▲ 3
19	Northrop Grumman Systems Corpof $17B total	$17B	$15.2B	+12%	▲ 6
20	Indiana Family and Social Servof $16.7B total	$16.7B	$15.9B	+5%	▲ 2
21	Arizona Health Care Cost Containment Systemof $15.8B total	$15.8B	$19.1B	−17%	▼ 2
22	VA Department of Medical Assistance Serviceof $14.8B total	$14.8B	$14.6B	+1%	▲ 4
23	Department of Social Services Missoof $14.6B total	$14.6B	$15.6B	−6%	▲ 1
24	Department of Social & Health Servicesof $14.1B total	$14.1B	$20.3B	−30%	▼ 8
25	Lousiana Department of Healthof $13.5B total	$13.5B	$14.1B	−4%	▲ 4
26	Minnesota Department of Human Servicesof $12.7B total	$12.7B	$14.3B	−11%	▲ 2
27	Oregon Health Authority-Public Healthof $12.4B total	$12.4B	$11.9B	+4%	▲ 5
28	Georgia Department of Community Healthof $11.9B total	$11.9B	$12.3B	−3%	▲ 3
29	New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistanceof $10.4B total	$10.4B	$14.4B	−27%	▼ 2
30	Finance & Administration Tennessee Deparof $10B total	$10B	$9.4B	+6%	▲ 8
31	State of Wisconsin Department of Health Servicesof $9.6B total	$9.6B	$10.9B	−12%	▲ 3
32	Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.of $9.4B total	$9.4B	$11.1B	−15%	▲ 1
33	Mckesson Corporationof $9B total	$9B	$9.5B	−6%	▲ 4
34	Leidos, Inc.of $8.8B total	$8.8B	$8.5B	+4%	▲ 8
35	State of Colorado - Dept of Health Care Policy & Financingof $8.7B total	$8.7B	$9B	−3%	▲ 5
36	Department of Health Human Servicesof $8.6B total	$8.6B	$8.5B	+2%	▲ 7
37	New Mexico Health Care Authorityof $8.5B total	$8.5B	$8.9B	−4%	▲ 4
38	Triwest Healthcare Alliance Corpof $8.4B total	$8.4B	$8B	+5%	▲ 6
39	Florida Department of Children and Familiesof $8.3B total	$8.3B	$10.1B	−18%	▼ 3
40	Department of Social Services Connecticutof $8.3B total	$8.3B	$9B	−8%	▼ 1
41	Humana Government Business Incof $8B total	$8B	$7.8B	+3%	▲ 7
42	Booz Allen Hamilton Incof $8B total	$8B	$7.3B	+10%	▲ 10
43	BAE Systems, Inc.of $7.9B total	$7.9B	$7.4B	+7%	▲ 7
44	Oklahoma Health Care Authorityof $7.5B total	$7.5B	$7.7B	−3%	▲ 5
45	L3Harris Technologies, Inc.of $7.4B total	$7.4B	$6.3B	+17%	▲ 10
46	Department of Education Californiaof $7.4B total	$7.4B	$7.4B	0%	▲ 5
47	IA Department of Human Servicesof $7.3B total	$7.3B	$6.2B	+19%	▲ 9
48	National Railroad Passenger Corporationof $7B total	$7B	$6.9B	+3%	▲ 6
49	Climate United Fundof $7B total	$7B	—	—	—
50	Alabama Medicaid Agencyof $6.4B total	$6.4B	$7B	−8%	▲ 3
51	Arkansas Department of Human Servicesof $6.2B total	$6.2B	$7.8B	−21%	▼ 4
52	Illinois Department of Human Serviceof $6.1B total	$6.1B	$7.8B	−22%	▼ 6
53	Amerisourcebergen Drug Corpof $6.1B total	$6.1B	$4.4B	+39%	▲ 20
54	Texas Department of Transportationof $6.1B total	$6.1B	$5.5B	+10%	▲ 7
55	Mississippi Division of Medicaidof $5.9B total	$5.9B	$5.7B	+4%	▲ 5
56	Government of the Virgin Islandsof $5.8B total	$5.8B	$1.9B	+202%	▲ 97
57	New England Teamsters Pension Planof $5.7B total	$5.7B	—	—	—
58	Department of Transportation Californiaof $5.5B total	$5.5B	$5.7B	−4%	▲ 1
59	Miscellaneous Foreign Awardeesof $5.4B total	$5.4B	$4.9B	+10%	▲ 3
60	Nevada Department of Health & Human Servicesof $5.2B total	$5.2B	$4.5B	+17%	▲ 11
61	Ohio Department of Job & Family Servicesof $5.2B total	$5.2B	$6.1B	−15%	▼ 4
62	Triad National Security, LLCof $5.2B total	$5.2B	$4.6B	+13%	▲ 6
63	Coalition for Green Capitalof $5.1B total	$5.1B	—	—	—
64	Nevada Department of Human Servicesof $5.1B total	$5.1B	$4.3B	+18%	▲ 11
65	National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCof $5B total	$5B	$4.7B	+7%	▲ 2
66	West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resourcesof $4.9B total	$4.9B	$6.1B	−20%	▼ 8
67	Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc.of $4.8B total	$4.8B	$4.6B	+6%	▲ 2
68	Science Applications International Corporationof $4.8B total	$4.8B	$4.7B	+1%	▼ 3
69	Office of Emergency Servicesof $4.8B total	$4.8B	$2.7B	+75%	▲ 50
70	Utah Department of Health and Human Servicesof $4.8B total	$4.8B	$3.7B	+28%	▲ 15
71	Puerto Rico Department of Healthof $4.7B total	$4.7B	$4.4B	+5%	▲ 1
72	Science Applications International Corporationof $4.6B total	$4.6B	$4.5B	+2%	▼ 2
73	New York State Education Departmentof $4.6B total	$4.6B	$4.7B	−3%	▼ 7
74	Bechtel Corporationof $4.3B total	$4.3B	$3.2B	+33%	▲ 27
75	United Nations World Food Programmeof $4.3B total	$4.3B	$3.8B	+12%	▲ 8
76	International Bank for Reconstruction and Developmentof $4.2B total	$4.2B	$15.8B	−73%	▼ 53
77	CACI International Incof $4.1B total	$4.1B	$3.7B	+12%	▲ 9
78	West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resourcesof $4.1B total	$4.1B	$4.8B	−15%	▼ 15
79	Battelle Memorial Instituteof $4.1B total	$4.1B	$4.4B	−7%	▼ 5
80	New York City Housing Authorityof $4.1B total	$4.1B	$3.8B	+8%	▲ 4
81	Maine Department of Health and Human Servicesof $4B total	$4B	$4B	−1%	▼ 3
82	Deloitte LLPof $4B total	$4B	$3.6B	+9%	▲ 7
83	TX Education Agencyof $3.9B total	$3.9B	$3.9B	−1%	▼ 3
84	Governor's Authorized Representativeof $3.8B total	$3.8B	$3.7B	+5%	▲ 4
85	Space Exploration Technologies Corp.of $3.8B total	$3.8B	$3.1B	+23%	▲ 18
86	Amentum Services, Inc.of $3.8B total	$3.8B	$2.5B	+51%	▲ 44
87	Department of Human Servicesof $3.7B total	$3.7B	$4.8B	−23%	▼ 23
88	Kansas Department of Health & Environmentof $3.7B total	$3.7B	$4B	−8%	▼ 9
89	Nebraska Department of Health & Human Servicesof $3.7B total	$3.7B	$3.8B	−4%	▼ 7
90	Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLCof $3.6B total	$3.6B	$3.3B	+10%	▲ 6
91	Peraton Corp.of $3.6B total	$3.6B	$3.5B	+4%	▲ 2
92	Government of District of Columbiaof $3.6B total	$3.6B	$4.1B	−11%	▼ 15
93	Texas Department of Agricultureof $3.6B total	$3.6B	$3.5B	+4%	▲ 2
94	Health Net Federal Services, LLCof $3.5B total	$3.5B	$3.6B	−2%	▼ 4
95	Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLCof $3.5B total	$3.5B	$3.5B	−2%	▼ 3
96	Dell Technologies Inc.of $3.4B total	$3.4B	$3.1B	+11%	▲ 9
97	Metropolitan Transportation Authorityof $3.4B total	$3.4B	$2.4B	+39%	▲ 34
98	Idaho Department of Health & Welfareof $3.4B total	$3.4B	$3.7B	−8%	▼ 11
99	Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fundof $3.4B total	$3.4B	—	—	—
100	Accenture Federal Services LLCof $3.4B total	$3.4B	$3B	+14%	▲ 11

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 FY2024?: California Department of Health Care Services, with $100.9B in federal assistance in FY2024.
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 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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