Follow the flow › Step 15 of 16 · Money path
15. Grants and other payments
Grants send money to states, cities, schools, nonprofits and researchers for a purpose. Other payments include things like loans and direct payments to people. A lot of state and local money starts as a federal grant.
Who holds the money or the vote here?
The grant recipient (often your state, county or city) holds and spends it.
How often does it happen?
Every day; many grants are yearly.
Where the records come from
Federal data is the same for everyone. When you pick a state, the state and local rows are the places to look for your state. "Have now" means PSI Sci already collects it; "Planned" means we list the source but do not collect it yet.
| Level | Source | Format | How often | On PSI Sci |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal | USAspending grants and financial assistance PSI Sci collects state, county and district totals | API/bulk | daily | Have now |
| State | State grant programs / single audit (Federal Audit Clearinghouse) | bulk | yearly | Planned |
| County | County grants in budget and single audit | bulk | yearly | Planned |
| City | City grants in budget and single audit | bulk | yearly | Planned |
| District | USAspending grants by district | API | monthly | Have now |
| ZIP | USAspending grants by recipient ZIP | API | daily | Planned |
See these sources as searchable records (rendered live).
See it on PSI Sci now
Variable names
| Variable | Federal | State | County | City | District | ZIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
grant_amount | fed_grant_amount | st_grant_amount | cnty_grant_amount | cty_grant_amount | dist_grant_amount | zip_grant_amount |
grant_recipient | fed_grant_recipient | st_grant_recipient | cnty_grant_recipient | cty_grant_recipient | dist_grant_recipient | zip_grant_recipient |
assistance_listing | fed_assistance_listing | st_assistance_listing | cnty_assistance_listing | cty_assistance_listing | dist_assistance_listing | zip_assistance_listing |
recipient_type | fed_recipient_type | st_recipient_type | cnty_recipient_type | cty_recipient_type | dist_recipient_type | zip_recipient_type |
place_of_performance_zip | fed_place_of_performance_zip | st_place_of_performance_zip | cnty_place_of_performance_zip | cty_place_of_performance_zip | dist_place_of_performance_zip | zip_place_of_performance_zip |
IDs (like bioguide_id, bill_id, piid, zcta) have no prefix because they already say what they point to.