Federal contractor · WASHINGTON, DC

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION received $17K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−100% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $44.6M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($17K). It also received $4.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$17K
New awards
1
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
100%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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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.

Part of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION company family: 2 registered entities, $62.3M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONCAMBRIDGE, MA · Family page
    $62.3M

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · jev-1.13.0 · 2026-09-30

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 779.4KFY2017
  2. 608.9KFY2018
  3. 154.7KFY2019
  4. 137KFY2020
  5. 144.8KFY2021
  6. 148.9KFY2022
  7. 153KFY2023
  8. 21.4MFY2024
  9. 21.1MFY2025
  10. 17KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$17K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$17K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$17K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $17K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions100%
    US 8.8% · $17K
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. DC NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM$17K
    Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Construction & real property· Feb 9, 2026 – Mar 11, 2026· N0018926PZ023

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.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION received $4.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 37 actions (10 new awards), −32% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.074 · Biological Sciences ($2.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$4.5M
New awards
10
Actions
37
Since FY2021
$46.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 8.9MFY2021
  2. 10.2MFY2022
  3. 9.5MFY2023
  4. 6.6MFY2024
  5. 6.7MFY2025
  6. 4.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$4.5M100%
  2. Other assistance-$3480.0%

Top programs

  1. 47.074 · Biological Sciences$2.6M57%
  2. 43.001 · Science$903.5K20%
  3. 66.484 · Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program$500K11%
  4. 47.050 · Geosciences$403.5K8.9%
  5. 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research$270.3K5.9%
  6. 10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)-$24.130.0%
  7. 10.001 · Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research-$3480.0%
  8. 15.945 · Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System-$3,4400.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$3M66%
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$903.5K20%
  3. Environmental Protection Agency$500K11%
  4. National Institutes of Health$270.3K5.9%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) HAS BEEN AN ENDURING PARTNER OF THE SMITHSONIAN S NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM…$10M
    43.003 · Exploration· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Sep 10, 2021 – Apr 22, 2026· 80NSSC21K1203
  2. UNDERSTANDING AND MODELING CURRENT AND FUTURE ''HOT MOMENTS'' IN COASTAL WETLANDS$1M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Sep 12, 2023 – Jun 30, 2026· DESC0024327
  3. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE ROLE OF BELOWGROUND RESOURCE PARTITIONING IN TREE BIODIVERSITY-ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS -FORESTS…$809.5K
    47.074 · Biological Sciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jul 7, 2026 – Jul 7, 2026· 2621907
  4. INVESTIGATING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF FOLLICULAR EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE MIRNAS: FROM GONADOTROPIN CONTROL OF BIOGENESIS TO…$801.5K
    93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Sep 17, 2024 – Jul 14, 2026· R01HD110572
  5. EO14042 CAN IMPROVED STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATION PREVENT HUMAN-CAUSED MANGROVE LOSS IN THE MESOAMERICAN REEF ECOREGION?$747.6K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Mar 1, 2023 – Apr 7, 2026· 80NSSC23K0527
  6. LTREB RENEWAL: LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTAL MANIPULATION OF A TIDAL MARSH -TIDAL MARSHES HAVE A REMARKABLE ABILITY TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES AND…$600K
    47.074 · Biological Sciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· May 11, 2026 – May 11, 2026· 2530657

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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-grants: $126K (2 subawards)

2 sub-recipients

  1. PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE$72.1K57%
    TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward
  2. RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$53.9K43%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.6M (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $648K (4 subawards)

5 primes

  1. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC, THE$1.6M71%
    LAUREL, MD · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE$253.3K11%
    KNOXVILLE, TN · 1 subaward
  3. DEPARTMENT OF GAME & FISH NORTH DAKOTA$250.2K11%
    BISMARCK, ND · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA$119.5K5.4%
    SANTA BARBARA, CA · 1 subaward
  5. PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE$24.9K1.1%
    TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $1.4M paid out · $630.5K received
  • FY2022: $289.1K paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2023: $1.4M paid out · $4.3M received
  • FY2024: $414.2K paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2025: $1.2M paid out · $1.9M received
  • FY2026: $126K paid out · $2.2M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

56 companies · $13.4M reported

  1. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$1.1M
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 6 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$907.2K
    BOSTON, MA · 3 subawards
  3. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$693.9K
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 3 subawards

Primes that pay it

57 companies · $61.6M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$17M
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 2 subawards
  2. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$12.4M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 9 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE$7.8M
    DURHAM, NH · 21 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ADNET SYSTEMS INC$218.2M−21% in FY2026
    BETHESDA, MD · 83% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  2. AERODYNE-SGT ENGINEERING SERVICES, LLC$258.1M−31% in FY2026
    CAPE CANAVERAL, FL · 83% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  3. RSI-QUANTITECH JV LLC$207.2M−7.4% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 73% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.