USAspending Federal Award Search — Contracts, Grants & Loans
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USAspending Federal Award Search — Contracts, Grants & Loans
Search US federal contracts, grants, loans and other awards by keyword, category, date and amount. Structured JSON with recipient, amount, agency and award links.
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Kenneth Bonnet
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Search US federal awards — contracts, grants, loans, direct payments — by keyword, category, date range, and dollar amount. Get clean, structured JSON with the recipient, amount, awarding agency, and a direct link to the award page — no browser, no API key, no rate-limit headaches.
Point it at
"artificial intelligence","cybersecurity", a competitor's name, or an agency's spending, filter by amount and date, and get a ready-to-use feed of who won what.
What it does
This Actor queries the official USAspending.gov API v2 (api.usaspending.gov)
— the U.S. government's system of record for federal spending — and flattens the
results into a tidy dataset. Coverage spans FY2008 (Oct 2007) to today.
Each result row includes:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
award_id | Federal award / contract number (PIID, FAIN, etc.) |
recipient_name | The company or entity that received the award |
award_amount | Total obligated/awarded amount in USD |
awarding_agency | Federal agency that made the award |
awarding_sub_agency | Sub-agency (when available) |
award_type | Award type descriptor |
start_date / end_date | Period of performance |
description | Award description |
agency_slug | Agency identifier |
award_url | Direct link to the USAspending award page |
internal_id | USAspending internal award id |
scraped_at | UTC timestamp of extraction |
Example use cases
- GovCon sales & lead gen — find every contract mentioning your product area, who won it, for how much, and which agency bought it.
- Competitive intelligence — track a competitor's federal award wins over time.
- Market sizing — total federal spend on a topic (AI, cyber, cloud) by agency.
- Journalism & research — surface awards by keyword with citable links.
- Grant discovery — filter to
grantsand a keyword to map funding.
Input
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
keywords | array | Words/phrases to match |
award_categories | array | contracts, grants, direct_payments, loans, other |
start_date / end_date | string | Date range (YYYY-MM-DD) |
min_amount / max_amount | integer | Award amount bounds (USD) |
max_results | integer | Cap on records returned |
Example input:
{"keywords": ["artificial intelligence"],"award_categories": ["contracts"],"start_date": "2026-01-01","min_amount": 1000000,"max_results": 200}
Output
A dataset of federal award records (see the table above), sorted by award amount (largest first). Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel, or read it via the dataset API.
Pricing
Pay per result — you are charged only for award records actually delivered. No monthly rental, no charge for empty searches.
Notes
- Data comes directly from USAspending.gov, whose contents are in the public domain. This Actor does not alter award data.
- The Actor sends a descriptive
User-Agentand paces requests politely.
Disclaimer
This tool retrieves publicly available U.S. federal spending data from USAspending.gov. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Provided for informational purposes only.