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The Rand Corporation
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The Rand Corporation, of Santa Monica, CA, was obligated $1.0B in federal awards across the 4 fiscal years in which it reached the $1.0M listing floor (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $136M, of which $108M (80%) came through contracts.
That is down 32% on FY2025 ($199M).
The Rand Corporation ranks 72 of 2,947 listed organisations located in CA by five-year obligations, and 831 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Health and Human Services and 5 other agencies: 99 awards worth $766M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), where it ranks 12 of 598 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $349,017,030 | $305,421,240 | $43,595,790 | — |
| FY2024 | $323,885,185 | $266,471,427 | $57,413,758 | -7% |
| FY2025 | $198,972,402 | $159,188,190 | $39,784,212 | -39% |
| FY2026 | $135,596,407 | $107,872,031 | $27,724,376 | -32% |
| 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 CA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $1.0B | $416B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $136M | $118B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $839M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $169M | $416B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 831 of 30,989 | 1 of 2,947 in CA | 1 |
Largest in state: Health Care Services, California Department of. 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 Defense | 35 | $540M | 71% |
| 2 | Department of Homeland Security | 29 | $122M | 16% |
| 3 | Department of Health and Human Services | 28 | $93M | 12% |
| 4 | Department of Education | 2 | $4.2M | 1% |
| 5 | Environmental Protection Agency | 2 | $3.2M | 0% |
| 6 | National Science Foundation | 1 | $1.5M | 0% |
| 7 | Department of State | 1 | $1.4M | 0% |
| 8 | Department of Commerce | 1 | $1.1M | 0% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 541990: 12 of 598 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services.
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Los Angeles County, CA $463M · District of Columbia, DC $245M · Frederick County, MD $11M · Suffolk County, MA $5.9M · Baltimore County, MD $3.9M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of DefenseWashington Headquarters Services | ContractDelivery Order | 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $78M | 21 Nov 2022 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseWashington Headquarters Services | ContractDelivery Order | 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $71M | 27 Oct 2023 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of Homeland SecurityFederal Emergency Management Agency | ContractDelivery Order | 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | $56M | 3 Apr 2023 | DC | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseWashington Headquarters Services | ContractDelivery Order | 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $39M | 6 Jun 2025 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force | ContractDelivery Order | 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | $36M | 14 Oct 2022 | DC | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | ContractDelivery Order | 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $35M | 1 Nov 2023 | DC | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force | ContractDelivery Order | 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | $33M | 26 Sep 2025 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force | ContractDelivery Order | 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | $32M | 24 Sep 2024 | DC | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | ContractDelivery Order | 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $31M | 15 Nov 2024 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force | ContractDelivery Order | 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | $31M | 5 Sep 2023 | DC | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseWashington Headquarters Services | ContractDelivery Order | 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $31M | 18 Nov 2025 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | ContractDelivery Order | 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $30M | 22 Nov 2022 | CA | 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.
- $78M, Department of Defense, 21 Nov 2022: RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER RESEARCH AND STUDIES
- $71M, Department of Defense, 27 Oct 2023: RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER RESEARCH AND STUDIES
- $56M, Department of Homeland Security, 3 Apr 2023: THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) PUBLIC ASSISTANCE DIVISION HAS A REQUIREMENT TO ACQUIRE SUBJECT MATTER EXPE
- $39M, Department of Defense, 6 Jun 2025: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
- $36M, Department of Defense, 14 Oct 2022: PKH: SANTOS/TEIXEIRA/FY23 PROJECTS AIR FORCE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CORE SUPPORT
- $35M, Department of Defense, 1 Nov 2023: CORE WORK - BASIC ORDERING PERIOD
- $33M, Department of Defense, 26 Sep 2025: PROJECT AIR FORCE (PAF) - FY26 CORE RESEARCH PROJECTS - 72 STAFF-YEAR OF TECHNICAL EFFORTS
- $32M, Department of Defense, 24 Sep 2024: RAND FY25 CORE PLAN
Questions and answers
How much federal money does The Rand Corporation receive?
$1.0B in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $349M; FY2024: $324M; FY2025: $199M; FY2026: $136M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to The Rand Corporation?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Defense ($540M), Department of Homeland Security ($122M), Department of Health and Human Services ($93M), Department of Education ($4.2M) and Environmental Protection Agency ($3.2M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, NAICS 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities and NAICS 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services. Assistance falls under Mental Health Research Grants (93.242), Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering (12.630) and Aging Research (93.866).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: CA ($477M), DC ($245M), MD ($17M) and MA ($5.9M).
Is The Rand Corporation a large federal recipient?
It ranks 831 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 72 of 2,947 located in CA. 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.