Federal contractor · CHICAGO, IL

FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

No contract obligations recorded for FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY in FY2026. Since FY2017: $24.5K. It also received $791.4K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Sole-source
—
Single offer
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UEI
CBHQF44BQYN5
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 0FY2017
  2. 26.5KFY2018
  3. -1.9KFY2020

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

No contract obligations recorded for FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY in FY2026.

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

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.

FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY received $791.4K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 10 actions (2 new awards), −15% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.074 · Biological Sciences ($811.9K).

Assistance · FY2026
$791.4K
New awards
2
Actions
10
Since FY2021
$19.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 11.1MFY2021
  2. 832.7KFY2022
  3. 5.5MFY2023
  4. 141KFY2024
  5. 927.1KFY2025
  6. 791.4KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$791.4K100%

Top programs

  1. 47.074 · Biological Sciences$811.9K100%
  2. 15.922 · Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act$8,8371.1%
  3. 45.301 · Museums for America-$29.3K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$811.9K100%
  2. National Park Service$8,8371.1%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. NSFDEB-BSF: EVOLUTION OF THE AERODYNAMIC FEATHERED WING: DEVELOPMENT OF SHAPE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP THROUGH DEEP TIME -BIRDS ARE THE MOST…$811.9K
    47.074 · Biological Sciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jul 16, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026· 2611252
  2. REFRACTORY MINERALS - ARCHIVES FROM THE EARLY SOLAR SYSTEM$515.9K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Feb 5, 2021 – Jan 26, 2026· 80NSSC21K0389
  3. THE FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY WILL PARTNER WITH THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM TO CONDUCT A COLLECTIONS DIGITIZATION PROJECT OF THEIR…$249.6K
    45.301 · Museums for America· Institute of Museum and Library Services· Project grant· Jul 11, 2022 – Feb 6, 2026· MA-251645-OMS-22
  4. THE FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY WILL PRESENT "CHANGING FACE OF SCIENCE," AN EXHIBITION SERIES TARGETING PRE-TEENS AND TEENAGERS AND…$220K
    45.301 · Museums for America· Institute of Museum and Library Services· Project grant· Jul 16, 2021 – Aug 19, 2026· MA-249085-OMS-21
  5. 15.922 NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACTTHE NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT ASSISTS MUSEUMS…$20.1K
    15.922 · Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act· National Park Service· Grant· Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 12, 2026· P26AP01051
  6. THE FIELD MUSEUM IS DEVELOPING A NETWORK IN COLLABORATION WITH US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE THAT WILL LEVERAGE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM…$15K
    15.670 · Adaptive Science· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Cooperative agreement· Sep 9, 2024 – Mar 24, 2026· F24AC03023

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $137.5K paid out · $315.5K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · -$121.4K received
  • FY2023: $141.5K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $55.9K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $84.6K 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

5 companies · $279K reported

  1. MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM$86.7K
    MILWAUKEE, WI · 1 subaward
  2. FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY$62.7K
    BOCA RATON, FL · 1 subaward
  3. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$54.8K
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

5 companies · $334.6K reported

  1. PURDUE UNIVERSITY$89.1K
    WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · 5 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$84.6K
    MADISON, WI · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC$67.2K
    LAWRENCE, KS · 1 subaward

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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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.