Smithsonian Institution federal obligations

$2.52 billion on 3,727 Smithsonian awards

The precise total is $2,515,982,286.51. Divided by 3,727 awards, the implied mean is about $675,000 per award. Facilities, exhibits, research, and operations contracts can occupy those rows; this packet does not split the 3,727 count by museum, so Air and Space versus Natural History shares are not stated here.

Fiscal year 2026 is the latest year. Multi-year construction and research vehicles can remain open, so $2,515,982,286.51 is not a single exhibition season’s cash. USAspending.gov is the source.

That mix is the research takeaway from the two packet facts together. 3,727 awards at a mean near $675,000 blend facilities, exhibits, research, and operations on four-digit CGAC 3300. A later extract can change both the dollar total and the award count as multi-year construction and research vehicles remain open inside FY 2026.

CGAC 3300 in the hub URL

SpendingVault keys the Smithsonian to /agencies/3300/. CGAC 3300 is the awarding-agency identifier in this extract. The $2,515,982,286.51 total and 3,727 award count belong to that code. The award count is not a count of visitors, objects, or research staff. Trust-fund and federal-appropriation distinctions used in Smithsonian budget books are not in this packet.

What the obligation file omits

Private donations, membership revenue, and museum-shop receipts are not USAspending award rows. This hub cites $2,515,982,286.51 in obligations through FY 2026 on 3,727 awards tagged 3300. Attendance and collection-size statistics are omitted. Outlays are not in the packet.

Researchers sometimes treat an agency obligation total as cash already paid. For Smithsonian Institution, that reading is wrong. Attendance, collection inventories, private donations, membership revenue, or museum-by-museum splits belong in other publications. The USAspending figure on this hub remains an obligation sum through FY 2026. Multi-year construction and research vehicles remain open inside FY 2026.

State geography for Smithsonian awards

Place-of-performance often follows the National Mall, Suitland, New York, and other facility locations, plus contractors. A construction vehicle coded to one jurisdiction can dominate that cell of $2,515,982,286.51. The state table is a coding view of the 3,727 awards through FY 2026, not a tourism ranking.

Place-of-performance is a coding field, not a complete economic-impact model. On this agency, Mall, Suitland, New York, and contractor locations can dominate cells; a construction vehicle can skew one state. Read the state table after the agency hub, not instead of it. Read /agencies/3300/ as CGAC 3300, not a three-digit cabinet code.

Smithsonian on the all-agencies list

Compare $2,515,982,286.51 and 3,727 awards only with other obligation totals from this extract. The hub does not sell tickets and does not appraise collections.

The all-agencies list is useful only inside this extract’s obligation definition and FY 2026 cap. 3,727 awards at a mean near $675,000 blend facilities, exhibits, research, and operations on four-digit CGAC 3300. Ranking on dollars alone hides that mix. Read /agencies/3300/ as CGAC 3300, not a three-digit cabinet code.

Smithsonian federal award rows versus trust receipts

Private donations and shop receipts are not USAspending award rows. The packet facts are $2,515,982,286.51, 3,727 awards, CGAC 3300, and FY 2026. Trust-versus-federal distinctions used in Smithsonian budget books are not in this packet. A later USAspending extract can revise both the dollar total and the 3,727 count as new actions and modifications post against CGAC 3300. Until that refresh, the documented book is 2515982286.51 in obligations. That figure is not a performance score, not an enacted one-year appropriation, and not a recommendation to apply for funds. It is the award-file rollup this packet carries through FY 2026.

Museum-level splits are omitted. The 3,727 count is not a visitor census. Rank the Smithsonian only against other obligation totals from this extract. The state table is award coding, not a tourism ranking. CGAC 3300 is the awarding-agency identifier on every row in this rollup, and the overlay path stays /agencies/3300/. The award population is 3,727 records. Those rows still sum to the same obligation total through fiscal year 2026. Readers who need place-of-performance should open the state table from that hub; readers who need peer context should open the all-agencies list. Neither view converts obligations into outlays. CGAC 3300 is the awarding-agency identifier on every row in this rollup, and the overlay path stays /agencies/3300/. The award population is 3,727 records. Those rows still sum to the same obligation total through fiscal year 2026. Readers who need place-of-performance should open the state table from that hub; readers who need peer context should open the all-agencies list. Neither view converts obligations into outlays.

Questions

How much has the Smithsonian obligated on USAspending through FY 2026?

Smithsonian Institution records (CGAC 3300) sum to $2,515,982,286.51 across 3,727 awards in this extract. That figure is an obligation total from USAspending.gov through fiscal year 2026, not attendance, not private donations, and not a collection inventory.

What is CGAC 3300?

CGAC 3300 is the USAspending awarding-agency identifier for the Smithsonian Institution in this extract. SpendingVault’s hub is /agencies/3300/. The $2,515,982,286.51 obligation total and 3,727 award count belong to that code through FY 2026.

Does the award count include every museum’s contracts?

Only if those actions appear as USAspending rows tagged to awarding-agency 3300 in this extract. The published totals are $2,515,982,286.51 and 3,727 awards through FY 2026. Museum-level splits are not in this packet.

Where can I see Smithsonian spending by state?

The state table from the CGAC 3300 agency page uses place-of-performance fields on the same obligation extract. Geography rows still sit under $2,515,982,286.51 and 3,727 awards through FY 2026.