# Federal Awards & Spending Lookup (USAspending.gov) (`whetstonetools/federal-awards-lookup`) Actor Search U.S. Treasury USAspending.gov for federal contracts, grants, loans, direct payments, and IDVs by recipient name. Returns normalized award records with amounts, agency, dates, UEI, and source links. No API key. B2G sales intelligence and vendor due-diligence. - **URL**: https://apify.com/whetstonetools/federal-awards-lookup.md - **Developed by:** [Griffin](https://apify.com/whetstonetools) (community) - **Categories:** Business - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## 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 | ### 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. # Actor input Schema ## `recipientName` (type: `string`): Company or organization name to search for in the federal awards database (USAspending.gov). Partial names are supported — the API uses fuzzy matching. ## `awardTypes` (type: `array`): Which categories of federal awards to return. Each category is queried separately (USAspending requires same-group codes per request) and merged. Defaults to all. ## `sinceFiscalYear` (type: `integer`): Earliest federal fiscal year to include (FY starts Oct 1). Defaults to 5 years back. Minimum: 2008 (USAspending earliest reliable data). ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum total award records to return across all award types. Defaults to 50. Higher values increase run time and cost. ## Actor input object example ```json { "recipientName": "Booz Allen Hamilton", "awardTypes": [ "contracts", "grants", "loans", "direct_payments", "idvs", "other_financial_assistance" ], "maxResults": 50 } ```` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "recipientName": "Booz Allen Hamilton" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("whetstonetools/federal-awards-lookup").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "recipientName": "Booz Allen Hamilton" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("whetstonetools/federal-awards-lookup").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "recipientName": "Booz Allen Hamilton" }' | apify call whetstonetools/federal-awards-lookup --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=whetstonetools/federal-awards-lookup", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Federal Awards & Spending Lookup (USAspending.gov)", "description": "Search U.S. Treasury USAspending.gov for federal contracts, grants, loans, direct payments, and IDVs by recipient name. Returns normalized award records with amounts, agency, dates, UEI, and source links. No API key. B2G sales intelligence and vendor due-diligence.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "Wt7gCGraW3OAYGjNi" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/whetstonetools~federal-awards-lookup/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-whetstonetools-federal-awards-lookup", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/whetstonetools~federal-awards-lookup/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-whetstonetools-federal-awards-lookup", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/whetstonetools~federal-awards-lookup/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-whetstonetools-federal-awards-lookup", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "recipientName" ], "properties": { "recipientName": { "title": "Recipient name", "type": "string", "description": "Company or organization name to search for in the federal awards database (USAspending.gov). Partial names are supported — the API uses fuzzy matching." }, "awardTypes": { "title": "Award types to include", "type": "array", "description": "Which categories of federal awards to return. Each category is queried separately (USAspending requires same-group codes per request) and merged. Defaults to all.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "contracts", "grants", "loans", "direct_payments", "idvs", "other_financial_assistance" ], "enumTitles": [ "Contracts (A/B/C/D)", "Grants (02-05)", "Loans (07/08)", "Direct Payments (06/10)", "IDVs / Indefinite Delivery Vehicles", "Other Financial Assistance (09/11)" ] }, "default": [ "contracts", "grants", "loans", "direct_payments", "idvs", "other_financial_assistance" ] }, "sinceFiscalYear": { "title": "Since fiscal year", "minimum": 2008, "maximum": 2030, "type": "integer", "description": "Earliest federal fiscal year to include (FY starts Oct 1). Defaults to 5 years back. Minimum: 2008 (USAspending earliest reliable data)." }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum total award records to return across all award types. Defaults to 50. 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