FEMA's budget, with the disaster money kept honest.
FEMA's appropriations are dominated by the Disaster Relief Fund, which dwarfs base and swings with disaster activity. This monitor holds the DRF strictly apart from base discretionary — the way the budget documents themselves do — so neither hides the other. Built entirely from public records; every number resolves to its source.
Two kinds of money — kept apart
Base — Net Discretionary
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FY2027 President's Budget · the appropriations that fund FEMA's standing operations, grants, and procurement
Disaster Relief Fund — Major Disasters
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FY2027 President's Budget · a Stafford-Act cap adjustment for major-disaster response, recovery, and mitigation — separate from base by design
The DRF is roughly —the size of base discretionary in FY2027. Folding it into a single “FEMA budget” figure would obscure both the standing agency and the disaster cap adjustment. We never do.
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Total budget authority (FY2027 PB)
base + DRF + flood insurance, gross
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Obligations FY
all award types — USAspending
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Of which contracts FY
grants & direct aid are the rest
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DRF, FY2027 PB
kept separate from base
Appropriations →
Account-level base PPAs across three fiscal years, plus the FY2026 enacted-bill detail from the House explanatory statement.
Spending →
Live obligations by fiscal year and award type, and the largest contract awards — straight from USAspending.
Methodology →
Every source, every validation check, every flag. How base stays separate from the DRF, and how each subtotal is proven.