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Assistance listing · 85.002
MCC Foreign Assistance for Overseas Programs
Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 85.002, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.
USAspending caveat. Figures are obligations reported by federal agencies to USAspending.gov, not payments. In USAspending's words: "An outlay occurs when federal money is actually paid out, not just promised to be paid ('obligated')." "Every agency has a Senior Accountable Official who must officially certify that the quarterly financial data submitted by their agency is accurate and complete." "If there are any discrepancies in procurement data, FPDS is the authoritative source." Contract data for the Department of Defense and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is published with a 90-day delay. Data loaded 30 Sep 2026.
Federal agencies obligated $251M in awards under assistance listing 85.002, MCC Foreign Assistance for Overseas Programs, in FY2025, and $2.6B over the five fiscal years since FY2022; the program ranks 179 of 1056 on this site.
Obligations were down 83% on FY2024 ($1.5B), with $0 so far in FY2026.
The largest recipient organisations over FY2022–FY2025 were American Councils for International Education: Actr/Accels, Inc. ($17M), International Labor Organization ($6.1M) and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ($2.3M).
By place of performance, the most money went to DC.
Obligations by fiscal year
Compared with the largest program FY2025
| Measure | This program | Grants to States for Medicaid | All assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obligations, FY2025 | $251M | $666B | $4.5T |
| Five-year total | $2.6B | $3.2T | $21T |
| Share of all assistance obligations, five years | 0% | 15.2% | 100% |
Largest recipients obligations, FY2022–FY2025
$2.5B among the top 40 went to recipients not shown: aggregated payments to individuals, withheld names and individuals.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards
Where the money goes
Largest awards since FY2022
| Recipient | Awarding agency | Type | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient not shown | Millennium Challenge Corporation | GrantProject Grant (B) | $625M | 6 Sep 2024 | — | USAspending |
| Recipient not shown | Millennium Challenge Corporation | GrantProject Grant (B) | $510M | 30 Aug 2023 | — | USAspending |
| Recipient not shown | Millennium Challenge Corporation | GrantProject Grant (B) | $329M | 7 May 2024 | — | USAspending |
| Recipient not shown | Millennium Challenge Corporation | GrantProject Grant (B) | $261M | 2 Apr 2024 | — | USAspending |
| Recipient not shown | Millennium Challenge Corporation | GrantProject Grant (B) | $185M | 18 Jul 2025 | — | USAspending |
| Recipient not shown | Millennium Challenge Corporation | GrantProject Grant (B) | $181M | 30 Apr 2024 | — | USAspending |
| Recipient not shown | Millennium Challenge Corporation | GrantProject Grant (B) | $57M | 30 Oct 2024 | — | USAspending |
| Recipient not shown | Millennium Challenge Corporation | GrantProject Grant (B) | $51M | 27 Jul 2022 | — | USAspending |
| Recipient not shown | Millennium Challenge Corporation | GrantProject Grant (B) | $50M | 27 Sep 2023 | — | USAspending |
| Recipient not shown | Millennium Challenge Corporation | GrantProject Grant (B) | $42M | 30 Sep 2024 | — | USAspending |
Questions and answers
How much is obligated under assistance listing 85.002?
$251M in FY2025 and $2.6B over the five fiscal years since FY2022, counting every award type recorded under the listing (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance and other assistance). Obligations are commitments, not payments.
Who receives the most under MCC Foreign Assistance for Overseas Programs?
American Councils for International Education: Actr/Accels, Inc. ($17M), International Labor Organization ($6.1M), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ($2.3M), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($1.7M), Swiss Association for Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets (safeem) ($829K). Individuals are never listed; where a program pays individuals, USAspending records aggregated rows that appear here as "not shown".
What is an assistance listing (CFDA) number?
A five-digit number that identifies a federal financial assistance program on SAM.gov (formerly the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance). Every grant, loan, direct payment or other assistance award on USAspending carries one; contracts do not.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending by category (assistance listing) by fiscal year, recipient cross-tabulation for FY2022–FY2025 and award search, loaded 30 Sep 2026. State figures come from each state's top-100 listing table, so small amounts in a state may be missing. See methodology.