Smithsonian Institution's contract dollars, traced to the source.
Smithsonian Institution · Independent agency
The Smithsonian Institution is the nation's museum, research, and education complex — 21 museums, the National Zoo, and a set of research centers — funded by a federal appropriation alongside its private trust endowment. Its contract dollars, roughly $0.43B in FY2025 obligations, are dominated by capital construction and facilities: the largest awards fund the National Air and Space Museum revitalization (Clark/Smoot/Consigli), a new collections pod at the Museum Support Center, and Hirshhorn sculpture-garden and National Zoo renewals, alongside unarmed guard services across its museums. The spend is a buildings-and-facilities book — revitalizing aging museum plant — more than research or IT.
Contract obligations (latest complete FY)
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Contract obligations (in progress)
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USAspending contract feed
What this monitor reads — and what it doesn't
This is the contract-signal tier: the live USAspending award feed for the Smithsonian Institution awarding sub-agency. It shows where Smithsonian's procurement dollars go — obligations over time and the largest awards — not total budget authority, which also includes payroll, grants, and transfers. The Smithsonian is a trust instrumentality funded by a federal appropriation alongside a private endowment; this contract feed reflects its federal procurement obligations, not its total operating budget or trust-funded activity. As an independent agency, Smithsonian reports its own appropriation directly rather than through a parent department — so this contract feed is the whole of its public procurement record.