USAspending.gov · federal agency · CY2024 · code 417
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Federal contract spending profile, contract obligations, budget authority and top contractors, from USAspending.gov.
- Corpus rank
- #54 of 65
- Contract obligations (CY2024)
- $5.8M
- Budget authority
- $284.5M
- Agency
- NEA
Year-over-year change, 2019–2024
Across the calendar years on file, National Endowment for the Arts’s annual contract obligations rose from $4.9M in 2023 to $5.8M in 2024. 18% vs 2023
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 National Endowment for the Arts shows up on the thin-tail obligation band
$5.8M · #54 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, National Endowment for the Arts slipped from #52 to #55 of 66 agencies in the annual contract-obligation series. Its share of that year’s tracked agency total moved from 0.0008% to 0.0008%. Across the available annual series, its obligations ranged from $3.0M in 2021 to $5.8M in 2024, a 2.0x spread.
No attributable prime-contractor breakdown is available for this agency in the current extract. Contract obligations ($5.8M) are a thin slice of the $284.5M budget-authority ceiling - most of the legal authority is outside this contract window. 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
- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (KENNEDY CENTER) $6.5M
- Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) $6.7M
- Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) $4.0M
- Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) $8.1M
- Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) $3.2M
- Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) $3.2M
Similar budget authority
- National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) $305.0M
- Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) $306.5M
- American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) $256.5M
- United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) $227.4M
- Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA) $384.5M
- Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) $392.4M
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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