Where the funding goes

A read on the federal award record — which sectors and places win the most, how funding has trended, and the award sizes that are actually typical. Use it to aim: pick a well-funded angle, size your ask to reality, and see momentum before you commit.

Total funding tracked
$116.3B
Awards on record
620,764
Sectors funded
6

Funding by sector

Total awarded per cause — where the money concentrates.

Health & medicine $82.2B
Education & youth $26.3B
Behavioral / mental health $3.5B
Substance use $2.7B
Science, tech & research $1.7B
Other $750K
Arts, culture & humanities $0
Community & economic development $0
Workforce & employment $0
Agriculture & food $0

Funding over time

Total awarded per year — is this space growing?

peak $11.3B 2015 2018 2021 2024 2027 2030
View as table
YearAwarded
2015$4.1B
2016$11.3B
2017$7.0B
2018$5.1B
2019$6.1B
2020$5.9B
2021$6.8B
2022$8.3B
2023$4.2B
2024$1.4B
2025$685M
2026$104M
2027$0
2028$0
2030$0

Top states by funding

Where recipients are based — the geography of the money.

CA $21.6B
MA $12.1B
NY $9.7B
PA $5.5B
NC $5.5B
MD $5.2B
WA $4.8B
TX $4.6B
IL $3.3B
CT $2.8B

Typical award size

How many awards fall in each size band — size your ask to reality.

< $50K 608,926
$50K–250K 186
$250K–1M 1,008
$1M–10M 7,944
$10M+ 2,670

Source: federal award records (USASpending). Counts reflect what's loaded in GrantGraph, not the entire federal universe. Last updated 2026-09-03.

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