Lewis and Clark County, MTFederal contracts, grants and payments in Lewis and Clark County, Montana
Federal agencies obligated $827M to awards with a place of performance in this county in FY2026.
The obligations for each resident in FY2026 are $10,973.
The obligations for each resident in Montana in FY2026 are $12,458.
The obligations for each resident in the United States in FY2026 are $14,743.
Direct payments were the largest award type in FY2026, with 61% of the obligations.
The obligations since FY2023 are $5.0B.
The obligations in FY2027 to date are $0.
- $5,331
- $7,014
- $9,021
- $10,673
- $12,145
Five classes of obligations for each resident, without the three Medicare assistance listings (see the note). The figure under a class is its lowest value. Each class holds one fifth of the counties.
Lewis and Clark County: $10,973 for each resident without the three Medicare assistance listings, class 4 of 5.
Outlines: US Census Bureau.
An outlay occurs when federal money is actually paid out, not just promised to be paid ("obligated").
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports financial assistance awards from Medicare programs (Assistance Listing Numbers 93.773, 93.774, and 93.770) as aggregate records corresponding to the amount of money sent to a specific Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) in a given month. The recipients listed in these records are “MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS,” but the recipient location and primary place of performance fields in these records correspond to the county where the MAC is located. As such, the location fields for these records do not reflect the places where Medicare beneficiaries or provider physicians/hospitals are located (which are usually in different states than the MAC’s location).
Procurement data (such as for contracts and indefinite delivery vehicles (IDV)) for the Department of Defense (DOD) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are published on a 90-day delay in the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS).
These are the words of USAspending. Sources: USAspending.gov, About the Data (PDF, last updated 19 November 2025) and USAspending.gov, Glossary. The site copied them on .
The amounts on this page are obligations. An obligation is a promise to pay. It is not a payment. USAspending puts a Medicare payment in the county of the payment contractor. The page shows the figure for each resident with and without the three Medicare assistance listings. Contract records of the Department of Defense come late, so a recent month can be low.
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Since the last update
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The site compares each data load with the load before it. It records a change of the FY2027 obligations when the change is $1 million or more and 10% or more. It also records each new award of $1 million or more.
Obligations by award type and fiscal year
- Contracts $74M, 9%
- Grants $244M, 30%
- Direct payments $507M, 61%
- Loans (subsidy cost) $34K, under 1%
- Other assistance $1.6M, under 1%
| Award type | Lewis and Clark County | Montana | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contracts | $987 | $1,175 | $2,007 |
| Grants | $3,240 | $4,154 | $3,526 |
| Direct payments | $6,724 | $6,871 | $9,185 |
| Loans (subsidy cost) | $0 | $59 | −$16 |
| Other assistance | $21 | $200 | $40 |
| All awards | $10,973 | $12,458 | $14,743 |
| Fiscal year | Contracts | Grants | Direct payments | Loans (subsidy cost) | Other assistance | All awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $61M | $354M | $462M | −$1.4M | $25M | $900M |
| FY2024 | $54M | $966M | $502M | −$1.2M | $1.8M | $1.5B |
| FY2025 | $80M | $1.1B | $568M | −$788K | $1.5M | $1.7B |
| FY2026 | $74M | $244M | $507M | $34K | $1.6M | $827M |
| FY2027 to date | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Recipients
| Recipient | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Commerce Montana | 15 | $805M | 35% |
| State of Montana | 1 | $629M | 27% |
| Public Instruction Montana Office of | 38 | $501M | 22% |
| Department of Military Affairs Montana | 28 | $89M | 4% |
| Montana Department of Transportation | 27 | $83M | 4% |
| Public Health and Human Services, Montana Department of | 8 | $69M | 3% |
| State of Montana Department of Health and Human Services | 8 | $39M | 2% |
| Montana Department of Environmental Quality | 3 | $28M | 1% |
| GCH Construction Company | 2 | $24M | 1% |
| Weston Solutions Inc | 1 | $22M | 1% |
$9.5M went to recipients that the site does not show. The site shows no name of a person.
Agencies, programs and industries
| Agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Social Security Administration | $1.5B |
| Department of Energy | $782M |
| Department of Education | $717M |
| Department of Commerce | $640M |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $454M |
| Department of Homeland Security | $221M |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $193M |
| Department of Transportation | $162M |
| Program | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 96.002 Social Security Retirement Insurance | $1.2B |
| 11.035 Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program | $629M |
| 64.109 Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability | $256M |
| 84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies | $228M |
| 84.027 Special Education Grants to States | $181M |
| 96.001 Social Security Disability Insurance | $126M |
| 14.871 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers | $117M |
| 97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) | $102M |
| Sector | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Construction | $95M |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | $47M |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | $28M |
| Administrative, support, waste management and remediation services | $18M |
| Transportation and warehousing | $12M |
| Manufacturing | $12M |
| Accommodation and food services | $9.3M |
| Health care and social assistance | $7.4M |
These tables have the four closed fiscal years FY2022 to FY2025: the 24 largest agencies, the 40 largest assistance listings and all NAICS sectors.
Awards of $1 million or more
Districts and counties near Lewis and Clark County
| District | Part of the county area | District obligations FY2026 | For each resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana's 2nd congressional district | 100% | $4.9B | $8,861 |
The counties that touch Lewis and Clark County or are near it, in order of name. The figure is the obligations in FY2026. A former county of Connecticut has no figure.
Official records
- USAspending advanced searchUSAspending.gov. The search of all award records, with filters for recipient, agency, place and time period.
- USAspending recipient profilesUSAspending.gov. The list of all recipient profiles, with a search by name or UEI.
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Cite this page
Fed Spend Map. "Federal spending in Lewis and Clark County, Montana". Data: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, loaded .
https://fedspendmap.com/county/mt/lewis-and-clark/
The address of this page is permanent.
Where the figures come from
Source: USAspending.gov API v2. The obligations by county come from spending by geography, by fiscal year and award type. The lists of awards come from the award search. The tables by agency, listing and sector have FY2022 to FY2025. USAspending loaded the data on 30 Sep 2026.
Population: US Census Bureau, 2025 county estimates. Outlines: Census cartographic boundary files, 1:20,000,000. The site corrects an error in its own work at the next build. See how to report an error.
Questions
Which agencies obligated the most to this county?
In FY2022 to FY2025 the largest amount came from the Social Security Administration: $1.5B.
The second amount came from the Department of Energy: $782M.
How many recipients are in the list on this page?
The list has 10 recipients.
It counts the awards of $1 million or more that started in FY2023 or later.
$9.5M went to recipients that the site does not show. The site shows no name of a person.
What is the place of performance?
It is the place where the work is done, as the agency reports it to USAspending.
Some awards give only the state. The obligations of those awards are in the figure for Montana and not in the figure for this county.
How is the figure for each resident made?
The site divides the obligations of FY2026 by the population: 75,331 residents.
The population is the Census Bureau estimate of 2025.
Direct payments, for example Social Security, are in the figure.