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World Resources Institute
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USAspending records $51M in award obligations to World Resources Institute (Washington, DC) over the fiscal years it is listed for (2023, 2024).
World Resources Institute ranks 189 of 527 listed organisations located in DC by five-year obligations, and 9,433 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of State, Agency for International Development and Department of Agriculture and 1 other agency: 6 awards worth $29M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $26,574,595 | under $1.0M | $26,574,595 | — |
| FY2024 | $24,574,349 | under $1.0M | $24,574,349 | -8% |
| FY2025 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2026 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in DC | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $51M | $36B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | under $1.0M | $7.3B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $51M | $36B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 9,433 of 30,000 | 1 of 527 in DC | 1 |
Largest in state: National Railroad Passenger Corporation. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of State | 3 | $14M | 47% |
| 2 | Agency for International Development | 1 | $9.2M | 32% |
| 3 | Department of Agriculture | 1 | $5.2M | 18% |
| 4 | Department of Energy | 1 | $1.0M | 3% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: District of Columbia, DC $10M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agency for International Development | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 98.001 Usaid Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas | $9.2M | 25 Sep 2023 | DC | USAspending |
| Department of State | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 19.017 Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs | $8.1M | 28 Sep 2023 | — | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureForest Service | Other assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance | 10.699 Partnership Agreements | $5.2M | 18 Sep 2023 | — | USAspending |
| Department of State | GrantProject Grant (B) | 19.705 Trans-National Crime | $2.9M | 25 Sep 2024 | — | USAspending |
| Department of State | GrantProject Grant (B) | 19.017 Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs | $2.8M | 30 Sep 2024 | — | USAspending |
| Department of Energy | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 81.086 Conservation Research and Development | $1.0M | 26 Jul 2024 | DC | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $9.2M, Agency for International Development, 25 Sep 2023: THE NATURE CRIME CONSORTIUM: A CONVERGENCE-ORIENTED APPROACH (NC)
- $8.1M, Department of State, 28 Sep 2023: BUILD CAPACITY OF GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS, INCLUDING CSOS, TO UNDERSTAND AND USE EXISTING MECHANISMS RELATED TO ACCESSING ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION,
- $5.2M, Department of Agriculture, 18 Sep 2023: WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE CF AGREEMENT
- $2.9M, Department of State, 25 Sep 2024: COUNTER ILLEGAL GOLD MINING AND LOGGING IN THE COLOMBIAN AND PERUVIAN AMAZON.
- $2.8M, Department of State, 30 Sep 2024: THE PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE VIA SUB-GRANTS TO THREE NATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS) IN PRIORITY COUNTRIES TO INVE
- $1.0M, Department of Energy, 26 Jul 2024: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO TRAIN AND CONNECT ± 20 CLEAN CITIES COALITIONS ON TOPICS RELATED TO SCHOOL BUS FLEET ELECTRIFICATION, WHO WILL IN TURN EDUCA
Questions and answers
How much federal money does World Resources Institute receive?
$51M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $27M; FY2024: $25M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to World Resources Institute?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of State ($14M), Agency for International Development ($9.2M), Department of Agriculture ($5.2M) and Department of Energy ($1.0M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (19.017), Usaid Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (98.001) and Partnership Agreements (10.699).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: DC ($10M).
Is World Resources Institute a large federal recipient?
It ranks 9,433 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 189 of 527 located in DC. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.