National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts reported $40.2 million in obligations for fiscal year 2026, ranking 41 of 73 top-tier agencies.
American Factbook Research
The record
- Obligations, FY2026
- $40,230,821
- All award types. Obligations recorded, not money spent.
- Rank among agencies
- 41 of 73
- By obligations this fiscal year.
- Share of all federal obligations
- 0.0%
- Of $4.8 trillion across all agencies.
- Treasury top-tier code
- 417
- USAspending profile
- usaspending.gov/agency/national-endowment-for-the-arts
By award type
| Award type | Obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grants | $34,268,900 | 85.2% |
| Contracts | $5,961,921 | 14.8% |
Where the work was performed
| Rank | State | Obligations | Share of agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District Of Columbia | $6,585,996 | 16.4% |
| 2 | Maryland | $5,960,932 | 14.8% |
| 3 | New York | $5,171,787 | 12.9% |
| 4 | California | $3,600,075 | 8.9% |
| 5 | Illinois | $1,548,467 | 3.8% |
| 6 | Texas | $1,468,414 | 3.6% |
| 7 | Georgia | $1,439,522 | 3.6% |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | $1,396,900 | 3.5% |
| 9 | Florida | $1,263,093 | 3.1% |
| 10 | Colorado | $1,024,829 | 2.5% |
| 11 | Massachusetts | $941,281 | 2.3% |
| 12 | North Carolina | $897,464 | 2.2% |
| 13 | Michigan | $660,881 | 1.6% |
| 14 | Louisiana | $635,114 | 1.6% |
| 15 | Washington | $527,824 | 1.3% |
The 15 largest of 55 states and territories. These rows total $40,230,821, against an overall $40,230,821 for the agency. Effectively all of this agency’s obligations carry a reported place of performance. The two figures come from separate USAspending aggregations and reconcile to within a fraction of a percent, not to the cent. Place of performance is what the recipient reported, not necessarily where work happened.
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Sources
- USAspending API v2 — U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105) · retrieved 2026-09-18apps/web/queries/spending/agencies_by_obligations.sql, apps/web/queries/spending/agency_states.sql
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