National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities reported $161.0 million in obligations for fiscal year 2026, ranking 31 of 73 top-tier agencies.
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The record
- Obligations, FY2026
- $160,954,053
- All award types. Obligations recorded, not money spent.
- Rank among agencies
- 31 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
- 418
- USAspending profile
- usaspending.gov/agency/national-endowment-for-the-humanities
By award type
| Award type | Obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grants | $159,132,844 | 98.9% |
| Contracts | $1,821,209 | 1.1% |
Where the work was performed
| Rank | State | Obligations | Share of agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | $25,426,752 | 15.8% |
| 2 | Virginia | $16,311,392 | 10.1% |
| 3 | North Carolina | $13,072,229 | 8.1% |
| 4 | Texas | $12,890,120 | 8.0% |
| 5 | Massachusetts | $7,823,255 | 4.9% |
| 6 | Ohio | $7,689,299 | 4.8% |
| 7 | Tennessee | $6,844,819 | 4.3% |
| 8 | California | $5,887,216 | 3.7% |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | $4,975,504 | 3.1% |
| 10 | Illinois | $4,064,899 | 2.5% |
| 11 | District Of Columbia | $3,781,523 | 2.3% |
| 12 | Georgia | $2,867,211 | 1.8% |
| 13 | Rhode Island | $2,673,502 | 1.7% |
| 14 | South Carolina | $2,462,721 | 1.5% |
| 15 | Connecticut | $2,070,070 | 1.3% |
The 15 largest of 56 states and territories. These rows total $160,834,053, against an overall $160,954,053 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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