Federal contractor · WASHINGTON, DC

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE) received $6.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 25 awards (−2.1% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $77.6M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($6.3M). It also received $127.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$6.5M
New awards
25
Sole-source
99%
Single offer
0.5%
UEI
ECR5E2LU5BL6
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.

6 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $6.5M in FY2026 together.

  1. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)WASHINGTON, DC · Family page
    $6.5M
  2. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THEWASHINGTON, DC
    $0
  3. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THEWASHINGTON, DC
    $0
  4. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THEASHBURN, VA
    $0
  5. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYWASHINGTON, DC
    $0
  6. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THEASHBURN, VA
    -$1.66

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.3MFY2017
  2. 5.5MFY2018
  3. 7.1MFY2019
  4. 9MFY2020
  5. 10.3MFY2021
  6. 11.5MFY2022
  7. 8.7MFY2023
  8. 7MFY2024
  9. 6.7MFY2025
  10. 6.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$6.3M96%
    9 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$609K9.3%
    6 awards
  3. U.S. Secret Service$551.3K8.4%
    1 awards
  4. District of Columbia Courts$32.5K0.5%
    1 awards
  5. Federal Bureau of Investigation$30.3K0.5%
    1 awards
  6. Department of Veterans Affairs$21.4K0.3%
    2 awards
  7. Smithsonian Institution$14.9K0.2%
    1 awards
  8. Department of the Army$00.0%
    1 awards
  9. Federal Highway Administration$00.0%
    1 awards
  10. Food and Drug Administration-$20.5K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$6M90%
  2. Health & medical$443K6.7%
  3. Professional services$187.4K2.8%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$14.9K0.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$5.4M83%
  2. Montgomery County, MD$554K8.5%
  3. Prince George's County, MD$551.3K8.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition99%
    US 39% · $6.5M
  • Sole-source awards99%
    US 30% · $6.5M
  • Single-offer competitions0.5%
    US 8.7% · $32.4K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Navy$6.3M
    Department of Defense · 5 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$121.3K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
  3. District of Columbia Courts$32.5K
    District of Columbia Courts · 1 awards
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs$21.4K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards
  5. Smithsonian Institution$14.9K
    Smithsonian Institution · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. CONTRACT 70RSAT20C00000006 FOR THE MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) WITH A CONCENTRATION IN SECURITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION (STT) PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) DIRECTORATE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (S&T) OFFICE$6M
    Office of Procurement Operations· District of Columbia, DC· Education & social services· Jun 30, 2020 – Feb 9, 2026· 70RSAT20C00000006
  2. RATIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT-AT-FALUT RETROACTIVE TUITION FOR SPRING 2026 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES.$3M
    Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Education & social services· May 1, 2026 – May 1, 2026· N3560A26FB178
  3. RATIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT-AT-FALUT RETROACTIVE TUITION FOR FALL 2025 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES.$2.9M
    Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Education & social services· Apr 27, 2026 – Apr 27, 2026· N3560A26FB082
  4. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY - RESIDENT SERVICES CONTRACT NOVEMBER 1, 2019-OCTOBER 31, 2020$2.5M
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Health & medical· Nov 1, 2019 – Aug 26, 2026· 75N93020F00001
  5. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A DATABASE THAT ALLOWS FDA REVIEWERS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO SHARE AND RETRIEVE BCOS ALONG WITH RELATED FILES AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION FOR STORING, ACCESSING, AND RETRIEVING BCOS IN THE DATABASE AND$2.2M
    Food and Drug Administration· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Sep 20, 2019 – Jul 25, 2026· 75F40119C10136
  6. SERDP PROJECT ER21-1070$1.5M
    Department of the Army· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Jan 21, 2022 – Jan 15, 2026· W912HQ22C0008
  7. MEDICAL RESIDENTS FOR NIH'S CLINICAL CENTER$934.3K
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Health & medical· May 30, 2025 – May 5, 2026· 75N93025F00001
  8. THIS CONTRACT IS BEING WRITTEN FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONDER - EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDER COURSE TRADITIONAL FORMAT.$885.9K
    U.S. Secret Service· Prince George's County, MD· Education & social services· Jul 17, 2025 – Jul 16, 2026· 70US0925C70093538

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.

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE) received $127.4M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 647 actions (72 new awards), −1.6% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research ($18.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$127.4M
New awards
72
Actions
647
Since FY2021
$825.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 162.1MFY2021
  2. 131.1MFY2022
  3. 134.7MFY2023
  4. 141MFY2024
  5. 129.4MFY2025
  6. 127.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$107.3M84%
  2. Direct payments$19.9M16%
  3. Other assistance$146.6K0.1%

Top programs

  1. 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research$18.1M14%
  2. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$14.5M11%
  3. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$14M11%
  4. 11.620 · Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach$9.6M7.6%
  5. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research$8.1M6.4%
  6. 93.393 · Cancer Cause and Prevention Research$4.5M3.5%
  7. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$4.5M3.5%
  8. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$4.4M3.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$73.8M58%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Education$20.7M16%
  3. National Institute of Standards and Technology$9.7M7.6%
    Department of Commerce
  4. National Science Foundation$6.4M5.0%
  5. Department of the Navy$6.4M5.0%
    Department of Defense
  6. Department of Energy$2.3M1.8%
  7. Health Resources and Services Administration$1.8M1.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$1.5M1.2%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. AIDS AND CANCER SPECIMEN RESOURCE (ACSR)$56.7M
    93.395 · Cancer Treatment Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Nov 10, 2020 – Apr 2, 2026· UM1CA181255
  2. DATA COORDINATING CENTER (DCC) FOR COMPLETION OF ONGOING MFMU NETWORK PROTOCOLS (U24 CLINICAL TRIAL OPTIONAL) - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT…$55.9M
    93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Mar 31, 2021 – Apr 7, 2026· U24HD036801
  3. POST DPP FOLLOW UP STUDY: DATA COORDINATING CENTER$54.2M
    93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Mar 4, 2021 – Oct 1, 2025· U01DK048489
  4. THE DC COHORT: A LONGITUDINAL POPULATION-BASED COHORT STUDY OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN WASHINGTON, DC$37.9M
    93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 19, 2021 – Sep 10, 2026· R24AI152598
  5. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CENTER FOR AIDS RESEARCH (DC CFAR)$28.6M
    93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jun 3, 2021 – Aug 25, 2026· P30AI117970
  6. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE RESEARCHERS, INDIVIDUALS WITH BACHELORS OR MASTER'S…$15.3M
    11.620 · Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Cooperative agreement· Apr 5, 2023 – Aug 27, 2026· 70NANB23H019

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

  • Sub-contracts: $877.6K (4 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $43.9M (140 subawards)

102 sub-recipients

  1. EMORY UNIVERSITY$3.8M8.5%
    ATLANTA, GA · 4 subawards
  2. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE$2.6M5.9%
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 2 subawards
  3. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$2.6M5.7%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$2.3M5.0%
    TUCSON, AZ · 2 subawards
  5. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE$1.1M2.5%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 2 subawards
  6. HOWARD UNIVERSITY$1.1M2.4%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 5 subawards
  7. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$1.1M2.4%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  8. H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE HOSPITAL, INC.$1.1M2.4%
    TAMPA, FL · 1 subaward
  9. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$1.1M2.3%
    TEMPE, AZ · 2 subawards
  10. RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY$970.4K2.2%
    NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.9M (3 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $21.7M (66 subawards)

40 primes

  1. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$3.2M14%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 4 subawards
  2. CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$2.9M12%
    CLEVELAND, OH · 2 subawards
  3. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$2.8M12%
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 1 subaward
  4. INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE INC.$2.1M8.8%
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards
  5. SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$1.7M7.2%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 1 subaward
  6. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$1.6M6.7%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 7 subawards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON$1.2M4.9%
    EUGENE, OR · 2 subawards
  8. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$860.6K3.6%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 4 subawards
  9. WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY$726.8K3.1%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  10. THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$695.6K2.9%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 13% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $30.2M paid out · $175.7M received
  • FY2022: $7.9M paid out · $23.7M received
  • FY2023: $20.5M paid out · $32.8M received
  • FY2024: $40.5M paid out · $23.3M received
  • FY2025: $24.1M paid out · $43.8M received
  • FY2026: $44.8M paid out · $23.6M 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

213 companies · $168M reported

  1. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE$10.7M
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 5 subawards
  2. WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY$7.6M
    NEW YORK, NY · 4 subawards
  3. WHITMAN-WALKER INSTITUTE INC$6.6M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 18 subawards

Primes that pay it

124 companies · $323.5M reported

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$153.2M
    OAKLAND, CA · 12 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON$25.2M
    EUGENE, OR · 8 subawards
  3. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$14.3M
    NEW YORK, NY · 10 subawards

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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.

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 28 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO$15.4M−2.2% in FY2026
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 70% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY$15.8M−12% in FY2026
    JACKSONVILLE, FL · 70% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. THE CITADEL$12.3M+25% in FY2026
    CHARLESTON, SC · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

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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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE) (6 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • George Washington UniversityAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$310K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2024–2026
$770K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2024$260K
    4 reports
  2. 2025$310K
    4 reports
  3. 2026$200K
    3 reports

Top issues

  1. Education8 reports
  2. Veterans1 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES9 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE7 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. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP$750K
    10 reports
  2. The Cormac Group, LLC$20K
    1 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

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.