# USAspending API: Get agency spending > Gets a federal agency's fiscal-year budgetary resources, obligations, share of federal obligations, new award count, top recipients and spending classes from USAspending. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by USAspending. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/usaspending.gov/get-agency-spending - Method: `usaspending.gov/get_agency_spending`, version 1 - Website: usaspending.gov - Returns: budgetary resources, obligations, share of federal obligations, award count, top recipients, top spending categories, data date - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1ยข with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `agency` | string | yes | `"EPA"` | Federal agency name or common abbreviation, for example NASA or Department of Defense. | | `fiscal_year` | integer | no | | Federal fiscal year, for example 2025. Defaults to the latest year with agency data. | ## Output From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "agency": "EPA" } ``` Its output: ```json { "as_of_date": "2026-10-23", "agency_code": "068", "agency_link": "https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/environmental-protection-agency", "agency_name": "Environmental Protection Agency", "fiscal_year": 2026, "top_recipients": [ { "name": "FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION", "page_link": "https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/ae3e08de-48a4-ddbd-7a58-53e1fb14742f-C/latest", "amount_usd": 2007463505 }, { "name": "THE STATE OF OHIO OFFICE OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT", "page_link": "https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/615ca93b-904d-c303-bd34-715393928147-C/latest", "amount_usd": 813141191 }, { "name": "ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY", "page_link": "https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/fc0efc9e-c129-b96b-fa39-cfefcb2eb204-C/latest", "amount_usd": 705470519 } ], "number_of_awards": 3579, "total_obligations_usd": 21215321918.57, "top_spending_categories": [ { "name": "Grants, subsidies, and contributions", "page_link": "https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/environmental-protection-agency", "amount_usd": 14628663614.36 }, { "name": "Other services from non-Federal sources", "page_link": "https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/environmental-protection-agency", "amount_usd": 2267884750.52 }, { "name": "Full-time permanent", "page_link": "https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/environmental-protection-agency", "amount_usd": 1652459740.32 } ], "total_budgetary_resources_usd": 56866106074.7, "share_of_federal_obligations_percent": 0.2139 } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"usaspending.gov/get_agency_spending","input":{"agency":"EPA"}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - How much budget did NASA have available and how much did it obligate in fiscal year 2025? - What share of total federal obligations went to the Department of Defense in FY 2024, and who were its top recipients? - Show me the number of new awards the VA made last fiscal year along with its biggest spending categories on usaspending.gov. - Pull up the Department of Energy's budgetary resources and obligations for fiscal 2023, including the data date. - Which companies received the most money from the Department of Health and Human Services in 2025, and what were the main spending classes? ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "agency" ], "properties": { "agency": { "type": "string", "description": "Federal agency name or common abbreviation, for example NASA or Department of Defense." }, "fiscal_year": { "type": "integer", "description": "Federal fiscal year, for example 2025. Defaults to the latest year with agency data." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "agency_name", "fiscal_year", "total_budgetary_resources_usd", "total_obligations_usd", "number_of_awards", "top_recipients", "top_spending_categories", "as_of_date", "agency_link", "agency_code" ], "properties": { "as_of_date": { "type": "string" }, "agency_code": { "type": "string" }, "agency_link": { "type": "string" }, "agency_name": { "type": "string" }, "fiscal_year": { "type": "integer" }, "top_recipients": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "name": { "type": "string" }, "page_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "amount_usd": { "type": "number" } } } }, "number_of_awards": { "type": "integer" }, "total_obligations_usd": { "type": "number" }, "top_spending_categories": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "name": { "type": "string" }, "page_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "amount_usd": { "type": "number" } } } }, "total_budgetary_resources_usd": { "type": "number" }, "share_of_federal_obligations_percent": { "type": "number" } } } ``` ## See more - [USAspending API: Get company federal awards](https://fous.com/methods/usaspending.gov/get-company-federal-awards.md): Returns federal obligations and distinct awards for a company or organization, including its parent and child recipient records. Covers the selected fiscal year or the last five fiscal years. - [USAspending API: Search federal awards](https://fous.com/methods/usaspending.gov/search-federal-awards.md): Searches USAspending federal awards by keywords, awarding agency, state of performance and date across contracts, grants, loans and direct payments. Searches from October 1, 2007 onward. - [Grants.gov API: Search grant opportunities](https://fous.com/methods/grants.gov/search-grants.md): Finds U.S. federal grant opportunities by topic, agency, applicant type and status, with funding and eligibility details. Open results exclude opportunities whose closing date has passed. - [USAJOBS API: Search federal jobs](https://fous.com/methods/usajobs.gov/search-jobs.md): Searches USAJOBS federal jobs by keywords, location, salary threshold and applicant group, in website relevance order. Salary ranges may start below the threshold; annual pay or remote status is null when the announcement does not state it. - [NIH API: Search grants](https://fous.com/methods/reporter.nih.gov/search-grants.md): Finds NIH research grants by topic, organisation, or researcher name. Searches the last five fiscal years by default. - [U.S. Treasury API: Get national debt](https://fous.com/methods/home.treasury.gov/get-national-debt.md): Returns US national debt (Debt to the Penny) for a given date, or the latest published day. Dates without a record use the previous published day. - [SAM.gov API: Search contract opportunities](https://fous.com/methods/sam.gov/search-contract-opportunities.md): Finds active federal contract notices on SAM.gov that match keywords, agency, place of performance, set-aside, notice type and posting period. - [Federal Register API: Search rules and notices](https://fous.com/methods/federalregister.gov/search-rules.md): Find Federal Register rules, proposed rules, notices, and presidential documents by topic, agency, publication dates, and comment status. Significant means designated significant by the source; documents without that designation show no. - [All USAspending methods](https://fous.com/methods/usaspending.gov.md)