USAspending.gov · federal agency · CY2024 · code 3301
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (KENNEDY CENTER)
Federal contract spending profile, contract obligations, budget authority and top contractors, from USAspending.gov.
- Corpus rank
- #53 of 65
- Contract obligations (CY2024)
- $6.5M
- Budget authority
- $0
- Agency
- KENNEDY CENTER
Year-over-year change, 2019–2024
Across the calendar years on file, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’s annual contract obligations fell from $7.0M in 2023 to $6.5M in 2024. 7.5% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2020 at $10.5M.
Calendar-year prime contract obligations by action date (award types A-D). Annual figures share the calendar-year basis of the CY2024 headline above; budget authority is a separate measure.
How John F. Kennedy Center shows up on the thin-tail obligation band
$6.5M · #53 of 65 by CY2024 contract obligations (bottom quartile nationally) - thin-tail on the obligations board (same order as the agencies listing; obligations > 0, ETL-bug stamp excluded). See methodology.
From calendar 2019 to 2024, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts slipped from #49 to #53 of 66 agencies in the annual contract-obligation series. Its share of that year’s tracked agency total moved from 0.0017% to 0.0009%. Across the available annual series, its obligations ranged from $350.5K in 2021 to $10.5M in 2020, a 29.8x spread.
No attributable prime-contractor breakdown is available for this agency in the current extract. Contract obligations measure reported procurement commitments, while the $0 budget-authority figure is a separate legal spending ceiling. Methodology documents the distinct populations and the Treasury source fields.
Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury
Nearby thin-tail agencies
Data-derived peers across the USAspending agency extract: nearest contract-obligation scale and nearest budget authority. Not recommendations or same-department siblings.
Closest CY2024 contract obligations
- Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) $6.7M
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) $5.8M
- Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) $8.1M
- Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) $4.0M
- Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) $9.2M
- Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) $3.2M
Similar budget authority
- Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (ABILITYONE) $17.6M
- Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) $19.7M
- United States Chemical Safety Board (CSB) $19.8M
- Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (UDALL) $29.1M
- Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) $30.1M
- Selective Service System (SSS) $38.1M
Disclaimer: Data from USAspending.gov public records. For informational purposes only. Contract amounts are aggregated and may not reflect the most current modifications or de-obligations. Always verify with official sources.
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