Federal contractor · FLAGSTAFF, AZ

LOWELL OBSERVATORY

No contract obligations recorded for LOWELL OBSERVATORY in FY2026. It also received $680.1K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

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

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 53.9KFY2020

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

No contract obligations recorded for LOWELL OBSERVATORY 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.

LOWELL OBSERVATORY received $680.1K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 19 actions (4 new awards), −62% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 43.001 · Science ($694.6K).

Assistance · FY2026
$680.1K
New awards
4
Actions
19
Since FY2021
$13.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 8.2MFY2021
  2. 1.2MFY2022
  3. 1.4MFY2023
  4. 294.4KFY2024
  5. 1.8MFY2025
  6. 680.1KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$680.1K100%

Top programs

  1. 43.001 · Science$694.6K100%
  2. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences-$14.5K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$694.6K100%

Largest awards

  1. THE MISSION ACCESSIBLE NEAR-EARTH OBJECT SURVEY (MANOS) CONDUCTS OBSERVATIONS TO CHARACTERIZE THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF NEAR- EARTH…$855.6K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Sep 22, 2021 – May 28, 2026· 80NSSC21K1328
  2. THE LAKES AND SEAS OF TITAN ARE COMPOSED OF METHANE AND ETHANE SATURATED WITH NITROGEN FROM THE ATMOSPHERE BUT THEY ALSO CONTAIN SMALLER…$515.4K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Dec 1, 2020 – Aug 25, 2026· 80NSSC21K0168
  3. WE WILL LOOK FOR CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE JET PROPERTIES AND THE COMET'S PRODUCTION RATES TO INVESTIGATE HOW THE HIGH ACTIVITY LEVELS…$490.6K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Sep 27, 2021 – Aug 25, 2026· 80NSSC21K1828
  4. YOUNG STARS ARE HIGHLY ACTIVE AND FREQUENTLY FLARE. THESE FLARES CAN HAVE DRASTIC CONSEQUENCES FOR THE ATMOSPHERE OF AN EXOPLANET.$460.5K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Jan 21, 2021 – Apr 22, 2026· 80NSSC20K1001
  5. EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE…$401K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026· 80NSSC26K1222
  6. EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE…$338.1K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Jan 20, 2026 – Jul 21, 2026· 80NSSC26K0088

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

  • Sub-grants: $50.5K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$50.5K100%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $349.5K paid out · $176.5K received
  • FY2022: $236.3K paid out · $95.2K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $165K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $255.1K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $271.2K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $50.5K 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

3 companies · $585.7K reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$349.5K
    TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$149.9K
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.$86.4K
    ORLANDO, FL · 2 subawards

Primes that pay it

10 companies · $1M reported

  1. WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY$212.4K
    HOUSTON, TX · 3 subawards
  2. PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE$166.7K
    TUCSON, AZ · 3 subawards
  3. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$165K
    LAUREL, MD · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.