Other Financial Assistance

What $265,703,475,212.82 in 'other' assistance measures

The residual bucket holds $265,703,475,212.82. USAspending.gov uses Other Financial Assistance for award_type_code values that are still assistance but are not filed as a contract, a grant, a loan, or a Direct Payment. Insurance-style assistance and miscellaneous financial assistance codes often land here. The group is defined by exclusion: if the action does not fit the four named families, it can appear in other. That exclusion rule is why the residual can look thematically mixed even when the $265,703,475,212.82 total is a single line.

An obligation in this group is still a legal commitment on an award. It is not an outlay. Citing $265,703,475,212.82 as cash already paid is the same category error as on the grant or contract pages. This packet has no outlay column, so this guide does not estimate Treasury checks written against the residual codes.

619,640 awards in a catch-all code group

Six hundred nineteen thousand six hundred forty award records sit under Other Financial Assistance. That is a file tally, not a list of unique insurers, agencies, or beneficiaries. Dividing $265,703,475,212.82 by 619,640 yields about $428,803 per record. The average is a scale check. Residual groups mix unlike instruments, so a typical row is even less meaningful here than in a single-purpose family such as grants.

This packet does not split the 619,640 by agency, program, or insurance versus non-insurance codes. If the Other Financial Assistance awards overlay exposes those cuts, read them there. This prose stays on $265,703,475,212.82 and 619,640 awards.

Questions

How much is Other Financial Assistance in USAspending?

USAspending.gov award files indexed on SpendingVault show $265,703,475,212.82 in Other Financial Assistance obligations. That sum is an obligation total, not a Treasury outlay total. The same files record 619,640 awards in this residual award_type_code group. This packet does not name a fiscal-year window.

What does Other Financial Assistance include?

It is the residual USAspending award_type_code family: assistance that is not filed as a contract, grant, loan, or Direct Payment. Insurance-style and miscellaneous financial assistance codes often land here. The $265,703,475,212.82 total is that group only. This packet does not split it by program.

How many Other Financial Assistance awards are there?

The indexed files count 619,640 awards in Other Financial Assistance. That is a record tally, not a count of unique recipients. Dividing $265,703,475,212.82 by 619,640 yields about $428,803 per record as a scale check. Residual groups mix unlike instruments, so the average is not a typical award.

Are Other Financial Assistance totals outlays?

No. The $265,703,475,212.82 headline is obligations — legal commitments on award actions in the residual code group — not Treasury outlays. This packet has no outlay column, so this page does not estimate cash paid. Refreshing the hub can move both dollars and the 619,640-award count.