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Source: USAspending.gov award data archive, VA (agency 036), FY2008–present · measure: net obligations · latest action 2026-09-04 · figures computed 2026-09-25 · data-quality register also uses SAM.gov and SBA extracts · data sources
How unevenly VA contract and grant dollars are spread across the organisations that receive them — cumulative net obligations, FY2008 through 2026-09-04. The dataset shows 94,185 recipients with positive net obligations totalling $701.8B; the largest holds 16.5% and the ten largest hold 48.8%.
Recipients sorted from smallest to largest total; the curve shows what share of dollars the bottom x% received. The dashed line is perfect equality; the further the curve sags below it, the higher the Gini.
Cumulative net obligations, FY2008 through 2026-09-04 · organisation recipients only
| Population | Grouping | Recipients | Total | Top-1 share | Top-10 share | Gini |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contracts + assistance to organisations | Recipient (UEI) | 94,185 | $701.8B | 16.5% | 48.8% | 0.98 |
| Parent organisation | 84,565 | $701.8B | 16.5% | 50.4% | 0.98 | |
| Contracts only | Recipient (UEI) | 93,114 | $667.9B | 17.4% | 51.2% | 0.98 |
| Parent organisation | 83,561 | $667.9B | 17.4% | 52.9% | 0.98 | |
| Assistance to organisations only | Recipient (UEI) | 1,437 | $33.9B | 3.7% | 24.5% | 0.87 |
| Parent organisation | 1,378 | $33.9B | 3.7% | 24.5% | 0.88 |
federal_action_obligation), summed per recipient.recipient_parent_uei as reported on each award (3,362,532 of 3,368,967 organisation awards carry one, often the recipient's own UEI). Each recipient is placed under the parent reported on most of its dollars (6,366 recipients report more than one parent over time); 2,713 parents combine two or more UEIs. The linkage is not independently verified, and corporate relationships USAspending does not report are not merged.