Federal contractor · PASADENA, CA

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY received $106.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 9 awards (+47% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $417.5M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($104M). It also received $202.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$106.1M
New awards
9
Sole-source
8.8%
Single offer
1.8%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY company family: 2 registered entities, $2.1B in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYPASADENA, CA · Family page
    $2B

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-29

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 688.6KFY2017
  2. 2.4MFY2018
  3. 9.2MFY2019
  4. 27.4MFY2020
  5. 42.1MFY2021
  6. 54.1MFY2022
  7. 48MFY2023
  8. 55.3MFY2024
  9. 72.2MFY2025
  10. 106.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$104M98%
    7 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$2.2M2.0%
    1 awards
  3. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$97.6M92%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$8.5M8.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Los Angeles County, CA$106.1M100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition11%
    US 39% · $11.3M
  • Sole-source awards8.8%
    US 30% · $9.4M
  • Single-offer competitions1.8%
    US 8.7% · $1.9M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. NUSTAR IS A PRICIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI)-LED SMALL EXPLORER (SMEX) MISSION THAT PERFORMS SURVEYS AND POINTED OBSERVATIONS. THIS ACQUISITION IS IN RESPONSE TO HQ AO NNG07ZDA003O AND EXTENDS THE BRIDGE PHASE B EFFORT FROM MARCH 1, 2008 TO JUNE 30, 2008. DURING THIS PERIOD, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL: 1. MANAGE THE PROPOSED NUSTAR TASKS, PROVIDE COST AND SCHEDULE INFORMATION TO NASA AS REQUIRED; 2. WORK WITH JPL TO DEVELOP THE NUSTAR PROJECT REQUIREMENTS TO BE READY FOR SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS REVIEW (SSR). 3. DESIGN THE FOCAL PLANE ASSEMBLY, PERFORM REQUIRED ANALYSES, IDENTIFY ALL LONG LEAD PARTS, AND INITIATE LONG LEAD PROCUREMENTS AS REQUIRED. 4. DESIGN THE INSTRUMENT ENCLOSURES, SHIELD, AND APERTURE, PERFORM REQUIRED ANALYSES, IDENTIFY ALL LONG LEAD ITEMS, AND INITIATE LONG LEAD PROCUREMENTS AS REQUIRED. 5. COMPLETE THE GLASS PRODUCTION FACILITY, PRODUCE THE NUSTAR GLASSES TO VERIFY THE PRODUCTION CAPABILITY. 6. DEVELOP PROTOTYPES FOR THE OPTICS ASSEMBLY, DESIGN THE OPTICS ASSEMBLY AND THE PRODUCTION FACILITY, AND PERFORM REQUIRED ANALYSIS. 7. COMPLETE THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF THE MAST, CANISTER AND INSTRUMENT STRUCTURE, IDENTIFY LONG LEAD PROCUREMENTS. 8. COMPLETE THE SPACECRAFT REQUIREMENTS, PERFORM SYSTEM ENGINEERING ANALYSES, AND CONTINUE THE BASELINE SPACECRAFT DESIGN. 9. COMPLETE THE MOS (MISSION OPERATIONS SYSTEM) REQUIREMENTS AND THE PRELIMINARY MOS PLAN.$139.4M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Mar 21, 2017 – May 29, 2026· NNG08FD60C
  2. SPHEREX MISSION IS AN ALL-SKY NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRAL SURVEY SATELLITE.$108.2M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 2, 2018 – Sep 10, 2026· 80GSFC18C0011
  3. THE ULTRAVIOLET EXPLORER (UVEX)$107M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Mar 21, 2023 – Aug 26, 2026· 80GSFC23CA028
  4. THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THE SERVICES REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THE ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE SUPPORT CENTER$53.3M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Oct 1, 2021 – Aug 19, 2026· 80GSFC22CA003
  5. SMALL, INNOVATIVE, MISSIONS FOR PLANETARY EXPLORATION (SIMPLEX)$51.6M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Sep 5, 2019 – Jul 23, 2026· 80MSFC19C0042
  6. THE GOAL OF THE NEAR-EARTH OBJECT SURVEILLANCE MISSION (NEOSM) IS TO FIND, TRACK, AND CHARACTERIZE THE ASTEROIDS AND COMETS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY THREATEN THE EARTH.$42.6M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Jun 30, 2020 – Aug 11, 2026· 80MSFC20C0043
  7. DARPA LINC PROGRAM$13.2M
    Department of the Navy· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Nov 21, 2022 – Mar 17, 2026· N6523623C8001
  8. EO14042. NOVEL ORBITAL AND MOON MANUFACTURING, MATERIALS, AND MASS-EFFICIENT DESIGN (NOM4D) PROGRAM.$5M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Dec 8, 2021 – Mar 12, 2026· HR001122C0054

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY received $202.3M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 533 actions (107 new awards), −8.4% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences ($59.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$202.3M
New awards
107
Actions
533
Since FY2021
$1.3B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 231.8MFY2021
  2. 208.1MFY2022
  3. 198.8MFY2023
  4. 207.2MFY2024
  5. 220.9MFY2025
  6. 202.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$197.8M98%
  2. Other assistance$2.8M1.4%
  3. Direct payments$1.8M0.9%

Top programs

  1. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$59.9M30%
  2. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$20.4M10%
  3. 43.001 · Science$19M9.4%
  4. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$12.4M6.1%
  5. 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants$7.2M3.5%
  6. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$7.1M3.5%
  7. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$6.8M3.4%
  8. 47.050 · Geosciences$6.6M3.3%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$78M39%
  2. National Institutes of Health$56.9M28%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Department of Energy$23.4M12%
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$19.9M9.8%
  5. Department of the Navy$6.8M3.4%
    Department of Defense
  6. U.S. Geological Survey$5.5M2.7%
    Department of the Interior
  7. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$3.6M1.8%
    Department of Defense
  8. Department of the Army$2.2M1.1%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: LIGO LABORATORY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 2024-2028 -- EXPLORING THE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE COSMOS -RESEARCHERS AT…$145M
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Dec 12, 2023 – Sep 9, 2026· 2309200
  2. ALLIANCE ALZHEIMERS DISEASE MODEL PORTAL$42M
    93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Aug 16, 2021 – Aug 4, 2026· U24HG010859
  3. DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF BROADLY NEUTRALIZING ANTI-HIV ANTIBODIES$39.1M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Nov 24, 2020 – Jan 28, 2026· P01AI100148
  4. IRSA ENABLES CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH BY PROVIDING CRITICAL LONG-TERM ACCESS TO DATA SETS DOCUMENTATION AND ANALYSIS TOOLS FROM 18 PAST AND…$37.1M
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Dec 29, 2020 – May 13, 2026· 80NSSC21M0037
  5. RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS GROUP$36.6M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Mar 31, 2021 – Sep 2, 2026· DESC0011925
  6. LIQUID SUNLIGHT ALLIANCE (LISA)$35.3M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Nov 12, 2020 – Aug 6, 2026· DESC0021266

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $2.5M (18 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $6.5M (49 subawards)

50 sub-recipients

  1. MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC$816.9K9.1%
    CHANDLER, AZ · 1 subaward
  2. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE$526.3K5.9%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 2 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$422.1K4.7%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 3 subawards
  4. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$415.8K4.6%
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards
  5. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$381K4.3%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 3 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS$360.6K4.0%
    DAVIS, CA · 1 subaward
  7. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$313.6K3.5%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 1 subaward
  8. NHANCED SEMICONDUCTORS, INC.$311.5K3.5%
    BATAVIA, IL · 2 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL$299K3.3%
    WORCESTER, MA · 1 subaward
  10. GLENAIR, INC.$279.9K3.1%
    GLENDALE, CA · 4 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $733.2K (3 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $17.4M (58 subawards)

39 primes

  1. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA$3.8M21%
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward
  2. DUKE UNIVERSITY$3.1M17%
    DURHAM, NC · 2 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE$1.1M5.9%
    IRVINE, CA · 2 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA$939.6K5.2%
    SANTA BARBARA, CA · 3 subawards
  5. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$785.2K4.3%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 3 subawards
  6. LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER$750K4.1%
    TORRANCE, CA · 1 subaward
  7. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$724.6K4.0%
    STANFORD, CA · 6 subawards
  8. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$635.8K3.5%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 2 subawards
  9. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$545K3.0%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward
  10. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE$473.6K2.6%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 2.3% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $53.5M paid out · $47.3M received
  • FY2022: $60.6M paid out · $25.6M received
  • FY2023: $92M paid out · $27.8M received
  • FY2024: $60.3M paid out · $24.3M received
  • FY2025: $24M paid out · $21.5M received
  • FY2026: $8.9M paid out · $18.2M received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

163 companies · $829.2M reported

  1. PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC$244M
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward
  2. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$83.3M
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 3 subawards
  3. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$65.8M
    OAKLAND, CA · 76 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

103 companies · $170.7M reported

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$17.6M
    OAKLAND, CA · 52 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$11.4M
    LAUREL, MD · 6 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$9.4M
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 44 subawards

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. BLUE ORIGIN MANUFACTURING, LLC$1.7B−38% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 26% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$7.8B−18% in FY2026
    LAUREL, MD · 13 entities · 20% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  3. ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.$788.7M−18% in FY2026
    BALTIMORE, MD · 3 entities · 8.6% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$480K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$1.7M

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$430K
    8 reports
  2. 2024$480K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$480K
    8 reports
  4. 2026$290K
    5 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations29 reports
  2. Science and technology14 reports
  3. Defense4 reports
  4. Health issues3 reports
  5. Copyright, patent and trademark2 reports
  6. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code2 reports
  7. Disaster planning and emergencies1 reports
  8. Education1 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES29 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE29 reports
  3. Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)19 reports
  4. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)2 reports
  5. Energy - Dept of2 reports
  6. Natl Security Council (NSC)2 reports
  7. American Battle Monuments Commission1 reports
  8. Office of Management & Budget (OMB)1 reports
  9. Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)1 reports
  10. White House Office1 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC$940K
    14 reports
  2. Federal Science Partners LLC$740K
    15 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.