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Polk County
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Federal agencies obligated $66M to Polk County, Des Moines, IA, in the listed fiscal years 2023, 2025.
Polk County ranks 49 of 223 listed organisations located in IA by five-year obligations, and 7,748 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Defense and Environmental Protection Agency: 4 awards worth $9.7M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $58,005,357 | under $1.0M | $58,005,357 | — |
| FY2024 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2025 | $7,735,639 | under $1.0M | $7,735,639 | — |
| 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 IA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $66M | $29B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | under $1.0M | $7.2B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $66M | $29B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 7,748 of 30,989 | 1 of 223 in IA | 1 |
Largest in state: IA Department of Human Services. 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 Housing and Urban Development | 2 | $7.2M | 74% |
| 2 | Department of Defense | 1 | $1.5M | 15% |
| 3 | Environmental Protection Agency | 1 | $1.0M | 10% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Polk County, IA $8.2M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentOffice of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes | GrantProject Grant (B) | 14.900 Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program | $6.0M | 30 Sep 2025 | IA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 12.021 Army National Guard Army Compatible Use Buffer Program | $1.5M | 18 Mar 2023 | IA | USAspending |
| Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentOffice of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes | GrantProject Grant (B) | 14.900 Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program | $1.2M | 11 Jun 2024 | IA | USAspending |
| Environmental Protection Agency | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 66.046 Climate Pollution Reduction Grants | $1.0M | 1 Aug 2023 | IA | 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.
- $6.0M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 30 Sep 2025: PURPOSE: THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION (LHR) GRANT PROGRAM IS TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIX PROTECTED FROM LEAD POISONING BY A
- $1.5M, Department of Defense, 18 Mar 2023: ARMU COMPATIBLE USE BUFFER, CAMP DODGE, IA
- $1.2M, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 11 Jun 2024: PURPOSE: THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION (LHR) GRANT PROGRAM IS TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIX PROTECTED FROM LEAD POISONING BY A
- $1.0M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1 Aug 2023: DESCRIPTION:THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING UNDER THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) TO POLK COUNTY/DES MOINES, IOWA TO DEVELOP OR UPDATE EXISTING REGIONAL CLIMA
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Polk County receive?
$66M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $58M; FY2025: $7.7M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Polk County?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Housing and Urban Development ($7.2M), Department of Defense ($1.5M) and Environmental Protection Agency ($1.0M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program (14.900), Army National Guard Army Compatible Use Buffer Program (12.021) and Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (66.046).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: IA ($9.7M).
Is Polk County a large federal recipient?
It ranks 7,748 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 49 of 223 located in IA. 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.