Federal contractor · BOSTON, MA

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE received $9,900 in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards. Its largest customer was Smithsonian Institution ($9,900).

Obligations · FY2026
$9,900
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 9.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Smithsonian Institution$9,900100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$9,900100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Suffolk County, MA$9,900100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $9,900
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $9,900
  • 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. Smithsonian Institution$9,900
    Smithsonian Institution · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. COVES MEMBERSHIP.$9,900
    Smithsonian Institution· Suffolk County, MA· Professional services· Sep 19, 2026 – Sep 19, 2026· 33330226CF0010410

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.

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE received -$48.7K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 2 actions (0 new awards), −103% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 45.312 · National Leadership Grants (-$48.7K).

Assistance · FY2026
-$48.7K
New awards
0
Actions
2
Since FY2021
$9.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 6MFY2021
  2. 505.1KFY2022
  3. 1.9MFY2023
  4. -1.9KFY2024
  5. 1.5MFY2025
  6. -48.7KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants-$48.7K0.0%

Top programs

  1. 45.312 · National Leadership Grants-$48.7K0.0%

Largest awards

  1. THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, BOSTON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A COALITION OF MUSEUMS AND MEDIA PRODUCERS WILL BUILD THE FOUNDATION FOR MUSEUMS OF ANY…$228.5K
    45.312 · National Leadership Grants· Institute of Museum and Library Services· Project grant· Jul 7, 2023 – Mar 13, 2026· MG-252985-OMS-23
  2. THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, BOSTON WILL ESTABLISH MEASURES AND METHODS FOR ONGOING ASSESSMENT RELATED TO ITS NEWLY ADOPTED MISSION STATEMENT: TO…$196K
    45.301 · Museums for America· Institute of Museum and Library Services· Project grant· Jul 12, 2022 – Mar 5, 2026· MA-251735-OMS-22

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: $15K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE$15K100%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $593.9K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $547.2K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $315.9K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $338.5K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $224.9K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $15K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

11 companies · $2M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$364.8K
    ROCHESTER, NY · 2 subawards
  2. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$319.2K
    BOSTON, MA · 5 subawards
  3. TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE$304.1K
    BOSTON, MA · 5 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.

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.