Federal contractor · SEATTLE, WA

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON received $255.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−38% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $19.7M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($255.1K). It also received $79.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$255.1K
New awards
3
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
NFJ3CMQ4B418
Parent company
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON INC
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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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 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON company family: 14 registered entities, $55.5M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA · Family page
    $52.8M
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    $2.3M
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    $149.3K
  4. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    $54.9K
  5. DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.3MFY2017
  2. 1.5MFY2018
  3. 2.4MFY2019
  4. 4.1MFY2020
  5. 5MFY2021
  6. 4.6MFY2022
  7. -230.8KFY2023
  8. 418.5KFY2024
  9. 411.5KFY2025
  10. 255.1KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$255.1K100%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$255.1K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. King County, WA$290.6K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $255.1K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $255.1K
  • 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. Department of Veterans Affairs$255.1K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. NJ AIRBORNE HAZARDS AND BURN PITS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE STATISTICS SERVICES CONTRACT$441.1K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· King County, WA· Research & development· Aug 3, 2026 – Aug 3, 2026· 36C24226N0553
  2. YEAR 2 NJ AIRBORNE HAZARDS AND BURN PITS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE STATISTICS SERVICES CONTRACT$348.9K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Essex County, NJ· Research & development· Aug 16, 2024 – Aug 3, 2026· 36C24224N0456
  3. AIRBORNE HAZARDS AND BURN PITS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE STATISTICS SERVICES AT NEW JERSEY VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM$208.9K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· King County, WA· Research & development· Sep 1, 2023 – Mar 2, 2026· 36C24223N0631

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.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON received $79.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 217 actions (9 new awards), −27% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($51.8M).

Assistance · FY2026
$79.7M
New awards
9
Actions
217
Since FY2021
$578.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 182.9MFY2021
  2. 35.9MFY2022
  3. 80.7MFY2023
  4. 90.4MFY2024
  5. 109.2MFY2025
  6. 79.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$56.5M71%
  2. Grants$23.2M29%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$51.8M65%
  2. 84.334 · Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs$14.2M18%
  3. 84.305 · Education Research, Development and Dissemination$3.5M4.4%
  4. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$2.6M3.3%
  5. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$1.9M2.4%
  6. 84.047 · Trio Upward Bound$1.5M1.8%
  7. 84.324 · Research in Special Education$1.2M1.5%
  8. 84.042 · Trio Student Support Services$1.1M1.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$79.1M99%
  2. Administration for Community Living$580.3K0.7%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$74.3M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 15, 2024 – Nov 14, 2025· P063P240417
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$71.5M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jun 23, 2025 – Sep 10, 2026· P063P250417
  3. RURAL INITIATIVE IN STEM EDUCATION AND UNDERGRADUATE PREPARATION (RISE UP) GEAR UP PARTNERSHIP$14.3M
    84.334 · Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs· Department of Education· Project grant· Sep 26, 2023 – Aug 31, 2026· P334A230011
  4. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON GEAR UP ACHIEVERS PARTNERSHIP$6.5M
    84.334 · Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs· Department of Education· Project grant· Sep 26, 2024 – Aug 31, 2026· P334A240027
  5. GRANT PROGRAM$6.1M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jun 19, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P260417
  6. RURAL INITIATIVE IN STEM EDUCATION AND UNDERGRADUATE PREPARATION (RISE UP) GEAR UP PARTNERSHIP$6.1M
    84.334 · Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs· Department of Education· Project grant· Aug 26, 2024 – Aug 31, 2026· P334A240028

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.

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: $12M (66 subawards)

32 sub-recipients

  1. AUBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT$1.1M9.3%
    AUBURN, WA · 1 subaward
  2. COUNTY OF YAKIMA 200 SCHOOL DISTRICT$1M8.4%
    GRANDVIEW, WA · 4 subawards
  3. HENSUN INNOVATION LLC$988.1K8.2%
    SPOKANE, WA · 2 subawards
  4. HIGHLINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS$831.9K6.9%
    BURIEN, WA · 2 subawards
  5. SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT$655.2K5.5%
    SUNNYSIDE, WA · 2 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$623.8K5.2%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 3 subawards
  7. EAST VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT$523.7K4.4%
    YAKIMA, WA · 3 subawards
  8. YAKIMA COUNTY SCHOOL DST 202$502.5K4.2%
    TOPPENISH, WA · 4 subawards
  9. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$492.5K4.1%
    MADISON, WI · 2 subawards
  10. WAHLUKE SCHOOL DISTRICT 73$481.8K4.0%
    MATTAWA, WA · 3 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $3.5M (4 subawards)

3 primes

  1. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$2M58%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 1 subaward
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$1.1M31%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  3. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$408.8K12%
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $4.7M paid out · $4.9M received
  • FY2022: $4.9M paid out · $2.1M received
  • FY2023: $3.7M paid out · $3.1M received
  • FY2024: $7.3M paid out · $3.1M received
  • FY2025: $10.6M paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2026: $12M paid out · $3.5M received
  • FY2027: $110.4K paid out · $0 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

689 companies · $1B reported

  1. ZIM - TTECH$67.2M
    HARARE, ZW · 17 subawards
  2. FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER$57.4M
    SEATTLE, WA · 294 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$32.9M
    SEATTLE, WA · 229 subawards

Primes that pay it

325 companies · $2.3B reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$988M
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 27 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. MILITARY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON STA$375.6M
    CAMP MURRAY, WA · 37 subawards
  3. SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$86.7M
    SEATTLE, WA · 234 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 38 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CASTELION CORPORATION$257.1M+201% in FY2026
    TORRANCE, CA · 66% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. ASSURANCE TECHNOLOGY CORP$247.6M−73% in FY2026
    CARLISLE, MA · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$416.3M−35% in FY2026
    AUSTIN, TX · 15 entities · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesNational Institutes of Health · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development services+3 more

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (14 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • University of WashingtonAI match · 100%
  • University of Washington MedicineAI match · 99%
Lobbying · 2025
$1.3M
15 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$3.7M
$3.7M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$820K
    12 reports
  2. 2024$880K
    12 reports
  3. 2025$1.3M
    15 reports
  4. 2026$630K
    9 reports

Top issues

  1. Education33 reports
  2. Budget and appropriations28 reports
  3. Defense14 reports
  4. Environment and Superfund14 reports
  5. Health issues14 reports
  6. Immigration14 reports
  7. Science and technology14 reports
  8. Labor issues, antitrust and workplace12 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES29 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE29 reports
  3. Education - Dept of14 reports
  4. Natl Science Foundation (NSF)14 reports
  5. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)12 reports
  6. Interior - Dept of (DOI)11 reports
  7. Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)9 reports
  8. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)7 reports
  9. Defense - Dept of (DOD)6 reports
  10. Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)4 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. WASHINGTON2 ADVOCATES$420K
    14 reports
  2. BALLARD PARTNERS$420K
    5 reports
  3. McDermott+ LLC$0
    15 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

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.