Federal contractor · WASHINGTON, DC

JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS received $167.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (+308% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $555.2K. Its largest customer was District of Columbia Courts ($117.4K). It also received $8.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$167.2K
New awards
2
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 59.5KFY2017
  2. -2.9KFY2019
  3. 70.9KFY2020
  4. 31.1KFY2021
  5. -4.7KFY2022
  6. 286.2KFY2023
  7. -93KFY2024
  8. 41KFY2025
  9. 167.2KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. District of Columbia Courts$117.4K70%
    1 awards
  2. National Endowment for the Humanities$49.8K30%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$117.4K70%
  2. Education & social services$49.8K30%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$167.2K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $167.2K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $167.2K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • 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. District of Columbia Courts$117.4K
    District of Columbia Courts · 1 awards
  2. National Endowment for the Humanities$49.8K
    National Endowment for the Humanities · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. FUNDING OF $415,919.56 FOR WASHINGTON HILTON (VENUE RENTAL) - IN SUPPORT OF DCSC-23-SAS-41 JULY 2023 BAR EXAM. ~ PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: JULY 24 - 28, 2023. AMOUNT NTE $415,919.56$117.4K
    District of Columbia Courts· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Dec 10, 2025 – Jun 3, 2026· 95C67826P0040
  2. KENNEDY CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS - NEH JEFFERSON LECTURE$49.8K
    National Endowment for the Humanities· District of Columbia, DC· Education & social services· Dec 1, 2025 – Dec 1, 2025· 43310126P00009

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.

JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS received $8.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 8 actions (5 new awards), −4.5% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.351 · Arts in Education ($8M).

Assistance · FY2026
$8.5M
New awards
5
Actions
8
Since FY2021
$59.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 50KFY2021
  2. 15.1MFY2022
  3. 8.4MFY2023
  4. 18.9MFY2024
  5. 8.9MFY2025
  6. 8.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$8.5M100%

Top programs

  1. 84.351 · Arts in Education$8M94%
  2. 15.954 · National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education$524K6.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$8M94%
  2. National Park Service$524K6.1%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. KENNEDY CENTER NATIONAL ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM$32M
    84.351 · Arts in Education· Department of Education· Project grant· Sep 19, 2022 – Sep 1, 2026· S351A220007
  2. THE GOAL OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO OUTLINE THE PRODUCTION OF THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY, AND LABOR DAY CONCERTS FROM THE…$524K
    15.954 · National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education· National Park Service· Cooperative agreement· Aug 21, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026· P26AC01506

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.

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.