Richmond city, VAFederal contracts, grants and payments in Richmond city, Virginia
Federal agencies obligated $2.5B to awards with a place of performance in this county in FY2026.
The obligations for each resident in FY2026 are $10,581.
The obligations for each resident in Virginia in FY2026 are $21,970.
The obligations for each resident in the United States in FY2026 are $14,756.
Grants were the largest award type in FY2026, with 46% of the obligations.
The obligations since FY2023 are $12B.
The obligations in FY2027 to date are $0.
- $2,150
- $6,161
- $7,088
- $7,753
- $10,046
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.
Richmond city: $10,581 for each resident without the three Medicare assistance listings, class 5 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).
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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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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 $258M, 10%
- Grants $1.2B, 46%
- Direct payments $1.1B, 44%
- Loans (subsidy cost) −$8.2M
- Other assistance $509K, under 1%
| Award type | Richmond city | Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contracts | $1,088 | $12,524 | $2,007 |
| Grants | $4,877 | $3,018 | $3,532 |
| Direct payments | $4,649 | $6,409 | $9,193 |
| Loans (subsidy cost) | −$35 | $1 | −$16 |
| Other assistance | $2 | $17 | $40 |
| All awards | $10,581 | $21,970 | $14,756 |
| Fiscal year | Contracts | Grants | Direct payments | Loans (subsidy cost) | Other assistance | All awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $246M | $1.2B | $1.2B | −$6.0M | $29M | $2.7B |
| FY2024 | $221M | $2.9B | $1.2B | −$3.9M | $700K | $4.2B |
| FY2025 | $203M | $1.4B | $1.2B | −$6.9M | $646K | $2.8B |
| FY2026 | $258M | $1.2B | $1.1B | −$8.2M | $509K | $2.5B |
| FY2027 to date | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Recipients
| Recipient | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education | 55 | $2.9B | 51% |
| Housing & Community Development Virginia Department of | 20 | $1.7B | 29% |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | 91 | $231M | 4% |
| Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services | 11 | $159M | 3% |
| Virginia Department Motor Vehicles | 20 | $137M | 2% |
| Virginia Department of Transportation | 37 | $127M | 2% |
| Department of Criminal Justice Services Virginia | 18 | $125M | 2% |
| Richmond, City of | 17 | $99M | 2% |
| Virginia Electric and Power Company | 7 | $84M | 1% |
| Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | 3 | $44M | 1% |
$159M went to recipients that the site does not show. The site shows no name of a person.
Agencies, programs and industries
| Agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Department of Education | $4.4B |
| Social Security Administration | $3.2B |
| Department of Commerce | $1.6B |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $1.1B |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $1.1B |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $806M |
| Department of Transportation | $347M |
| Department of Justice | $316M |
| Program | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 96.002 Social Security Retirement Insurance | $2.3B |
| 11.035 Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program | $1.5B |
| 84.027 Special Education Grants to States | $1.4B |
| 84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies | $1.3B |
| 14.871 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers | $571M |
| 96.001 Social Security Disability Insurance | $374M |
| 96.006 Supplemental Security Income | $265M |
| 64.109 Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability | $260M |
| Sector | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing | $283M |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | $271M |
| Utilities | $102M |
| Construction | $101M |
| Administrative, support, waste management and remediation services | $42M |
| Health care and social assistance | $29M |
| Transportation and warehousing | $25M |
| Educational services | $16M |
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 Richmond city
| District | Part of the county area | District obligations FY2026 | For each resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia's 4th congressional district | 100% | $4.5B | $5,820 |
The counties that touch Richmond city or are near it, in order of name. The figure is the obligations in FY2026. A former county of Connecticut has no figure.
- Chesterfield County, VA$2.2B
- Colonial Heights city, VA$139M
- Goochland County, VA$255M
- Hanover County, VA$697M
- Henrico County, VA$2.6B
- Hopewell city, VA$158M
- Petersburg city, VA$280M
- Powhatan County, VA$196M
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 Richmond city, Virginia". Data: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, loaded .
https://fedspendmap.com/county/va/richmond-city/
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 Department of Education: $4.4B.
The second amount came from the Social Security Administration: $3.2B.
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.
$159M 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 Virginia 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: 237,257 residents.
The population is the Census Bureau estimate of 2025.
Direct payments, for example Social Security, are in the figure.