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Washington State University
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USAspending records $45M in award obligations to Washington State University (Puyallup, WA) over the fiscal years it is listed for (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $11M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is about level on FY2025 ($11M).
Washington State University ranks 213 of 636 listed organisations located in WA by five-year obligations, and 10,403 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Agriculture: 12 awards worth $38M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $12,123,170 | under $1.0M | $12,123,170 | — |
| FY2024 | $11,297,147 | under $1.0M | $11,297,147 | -7% |
| FY2025 | $10,784,693 | under $1.0M | $10,784,693 | -5% |
| FY2026 | $10,759,362 | under $1.0M | $10,759,362 | 0% |
| 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 WA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $45M | $73B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $11M | $23B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $45M | $73B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 10,403 of 30,989 | 1 of 636 in WA | 1 |
Largest in state: Department of Social & Health 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 Agriculture | 12 | $38M | 100% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Whitman County, WA $38M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.511 Smith-Lever Extension Funding | $4.8M | 23 Nov 2022 | WA | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.511 Smith-Lever Extension Funding | $4.8M | 21 Feb 2024 | WA | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.511 Smith-Lever Extension Funding | $4.8M | 5 Dec 2024 | WA | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.511 Smith-Lever Extension Funding | $4.7M | 5 Feb 2026 | WA | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.203 Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act | $2.9M | 22 Nov 2022 | WA | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.203 Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act | $2.9M | 22 Feb 2024 | WA | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.203 Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act | $2.9M | 5 Dec 2024 | WA | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.203 Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act | $2.9M | 4 Feb 2026 | WA | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.203 Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act | $2.2M | 23 Nov 2022 | WA | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.203 Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act | $2.0M | 20 Feb 2024 | WA | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.203 Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act | $1.8M | 11 Dec 2024 | WA | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 10.203 Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act | $1.8M | 4 Feb 2026 | WA | 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.
- $4.8M, Department of Agriculture, 23 Nov 2022: AT WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, USDA-ADMINISTERED SMITH LEVER CAPACITY FUNDS ARE USED TO SUPPORT FACULTY AND SELECT SUPPORT STAFF ACROSS THE WSU EXTENSION STATE
- $4.8M, Department of Agriculture, 21 Feb 2024: USDA-ADMINISTERED SMITH LEVER CAPACITY FUNDS ARE USED BY WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY TO SUPPORT FACULTY AND SELECT SUPPORT STAFF ACROSS THE WSU EXTENSION STATEW
- $4.8M, Department of Agriculture, 5 Dec 2024: USDA-ADMINISTERED SMITH LEVER CAPACITY FUNDS ARE USED BY WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY TO SUPPORT FACULTY AND SELECT SUPPORT STAFF ACROSS THE WSU EXTENSION STATEW
- $4.7M, Department of Agriculture, 5 Feb 2026: USDA-ADMINISTERED SMITH LEVER CAPACITY FUNDS ARE USED BY WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY TO SUPPORT FACULTY AND SELECT SUPPORT STAFF ACROSS THE WSU EXTENSION STATEW
- $2.9M, Department of Agriculture, 22 Nov 2022: WASHINGTON AGRICULTURE IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE, GROWING CROPS AND LIVESTOCK OVER A SIMILARLY DIVERSE LANDSCAPE WITH MANY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS. WSU WILL CONTINUE
- $2.9M, Department of Agriculture, 22 Feb 2024: WASHINGTON AGRICULTURE IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE, GROWING CROPS AND LIVESTOCK OVER A SIMILARLY DIVERSE LANDSCAPE WITH NUMEROUS ENVIRONMENTS. GENOMIC RESEARCH FOR ANI
- $2.9M, Department of Agriculture, 5 Dec 2024: WASHINGTON AGRICULTURE IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE, GROWING CROPS AND LIVESTOCK OVER A SIMILARLY DIVERSE LANDSCAPE WITH NUMEROUS ENVIRONMENTS. GENOMIC RESEARCH FOR ANI
- $2.9M, Department of Agriculture, 4 Feb 2026: WASHINGTON PRODUCES OVER 300 DIFFERENT CROPS AND LIVESTOCK OVER A SIMILARLY DIVERSE LANDSCAPE WITH NUMEROUS ENVIRONMENTS. GENOMIC RESEARCH FOR ANIMAL IMPROVEMEN
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Washington State University receive?
$45M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $12M; FY2024: $11M; FY2025: $11M; FY2026: $11M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Washington State University?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Agriculture ($38M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act (10.203) and Smith-Lever Extension Funding (10.511).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: WA ($38M).
Is Washington State University a large federal recipient?
It ranks 10,403 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 213 of 636 located in WA. 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.