Federal Awards & Spending Lookup (USAspending.gov)

Search the U.S. Treasury's official USAspending.gov database for federal contracts, grants, loans, direct payments, and IDVs awarded to any company or organization. No API key required — uses the public USAspending REST API.

Use case

B2G (business-to-government) sales intelligence and vendor due diligence: "Has this company received federal money, how much, from which agencies, and for what?"

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
recipientName	string	required	Company or org name to search (partial/fuzzy OK)
awardTypes	array	all	contracts, grants, loans, direct_payments, idvs, other_financial_assistance
sinceFiscalYear	integer	last 5 FYs	Earliest FY to include (FY starts Oct 1; min 2008)
maxResults	integer	50	Max total award records across all types

Input example

{
  "recipientName": "Lockheed Martin",
  "awardTypes": ["contracts", "idvs"],
  "sinceFiscalYear": 2022
}

Output record shape

Field	Description
recipientName	Recipient name as reported by USAspending
awardId	Award ID (contract number, grant number, etc.)
awardType	Contract / Grant / Loan / Direct Payment / IDV / Other
awardingAgency	Top-level awarding agency
awardingSubAgency	Awarding sub-agency or office
amount	Obligated amount in USD
description	Award description (may be lengthy for contracts)
startDate	Award start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
endDate	Award end or expiry date
placeOfPerformanceState	2-letter state code for place of performance
recipientUei	Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) if available
sourceUrl	Direct link to the award page on usaspending.gov
retrievedAt	ISO timestamp of data retrieval

Billing

Priced per returned award record (apify-default-dataset-item). A query that returns 0 results costs nothing beyond the minimal run overhead.

Caveats

• Award-type grouping: USAspending requires all codes in one request to be from the same award group (contracts, grants, loans, etc.). This actor queries each group separately and merges results.
• Recipient name fuzziness: USAspending's recipient_search_text matches broadly. This actor applies a word-overlap filter to reduce false positives but may include subsidiaries or name variants of the queried company.
• Amount = obligated: The amount field reflects the obligated amount, not the total contract ceiling or base-and-all-options value.
• Coverage: Reliable data from FY 2008 onward (USAspending's stated earliest reliable coverage).

Data source

U.S. Department of the Treasury — USAspending.gov public API: https://api.usaspending.gov
Public domain data, no authentication required.

FAQ

How do I find out how much federal money a company has received? Run this actor with the company's recipientName. It searches the official USAspending.gov database and returns every federal contract, grant, loan, direct payment, and IDV awarded to that recipient, with the obligated amount, awarding agency, dates, and a direct link to each award.

Is there a free API to search federal contracts by company? This actor is pay-per-result (you only pay for award records returned; a zero-result query costs nothing beyond minimal overhead) and it runs on the U.S. Treasury's free, public USAspending REST API — no API key required.

What kinds of federal awards does it cover? Contracts, grants, loans, direct payments, IDVs, and other financial assistance, from fiscal year 2008 onward (USAspending's earliest reliable coverage).

Can I use this for B2G sales or vendor due diligence? Yes — that's the core use case: see whether a prospect or counterparty has won federal money, how much, from which agencies, and for what work.