Grants Approved

See where the money went.

Federal funding history by program and fiscal year — so you can see which programs actually fund work like yours before you invest in an application.

Across 2,602 federal assistance programs reporting actual figures, agencies reported $5330B in obligations for fiscal year 2025, according to SAM.gov Assistance Listings. The largest single program was Social Security Retirement Insurance (ALN 96.002) at $1296B.

Total reported obligations, all programs

Historical data · not a prediction

FY21

$103B

FY22

$135B

FY23

$72.5B

FY24

$4870B

FY25

$5330B

Sum of actual obligations reported in each program's SAM.gov Assistance Listing. Includes all financial assistance types (grants, cooperative agreements, direct payments, loans and others) as reported by agencies.

Largest programs by FY2025 obligations

#	ALN	Program	Agency	FY2025 obligations
1	96.002	Social Security Retirement Insurance	—	$1296B
2	93.778	Grants to States for Medicaid	—	$724B
3	93.774	Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance	—	$575B
4	93.773	Medicare Hospital Insurance	—	$441B
5	14.117	Mortgage Insurance Homes	—	$275B
6	64.114	Veterans Housing Guaranteed and Insured Loans	—	$196B
7	64.109	Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability	—	$179B
8	93.770	Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage	—	$158B
9	96.001	Social Security Disability Insurance	—	$157B
10	84.268	Federal Direct Student Loans	—	$120B
11	96.004	Social Security Survivors Insurance	—	$115B
12	10.551	Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program	—	$95.9B
13	96.006	Supplemental Security Income	—	$64.5B
14	17.225	Unemployment Insurance	Department of Labor	$41.8B
15	84.063	Federal Pell Grant Program	—	$39.7B
16	59.012	7(a) Loan Guarantees	—	$30.9B
17	93.767	Children's Health Insurance Program	—	$21.4B
18	10.450	Crop Insurance	—	$21.1B
19	84.010	Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies	—	$18.4B
20	10.555	National School Lunch Program	—	$17.5B
21	93.558	Temporary Assistance for Needy Families	—	$17.1B
22	11.035	Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program	—	$16.9B
23	14.195	Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)	—	$16.4B
24	93.423	1332 State Innovation Waivers	—	$16.1B
25	57.001	Social Insurance for Railroad Workers	—	$14.7B

Many of the largest programs are formula or entitlement programs paid to states (for example Medicaid). Competitive grant programs are usually much smaller — use programs with open opportunities to focus on what you can apply for.

Coming next: award-level history and recipients

We are connecting USAspending.gov award records so you can search recipients, see who received funding under each program and state, and jump from a past award to the programs open today. Historical awards will always be labeled as history — never as approval odds.

Frequently asked questions

What does “obligations” mean?

An obligation is a binding federal commitment to spend money — for example, when an agency signs a grant award. Obligation totals show how much a program committed in a fiscal year; they are not the same as the amount paid out.

Can historical awards tell me my chance of being funded?

No. Award totals and counts show where money went, but approval rates require knowing how many applications were submitted, which is rarely published. GrantsJunction never calculates approval odds from award data.

Where can I see individual awards and recipients?

Award-level and recipient data from USAspending.gov is being added to GrantsJunction. Until then, USAspending.gov's own search shows individual federal assistance awards by program, recipient and location.