Tracking the USA Government Spending

Here are several websites that provide detailed tracking and searching of U.S. government spending, including agencies like USAID:

• USAspending.gov: This is a free, searchable database of federal government spending based upon Census and General Services Administration statistical data. Users can search for grants and contracts by individual organization or grant recipient, by place of performance (including by congressional district), or by federal department or agency[4][5][7].
• Federal Aid to States (FAS): Provided by the Census Bureau, FAS details actual expenditures of federal grant funds to state and local governments. Figures are presented to the state level by program area and agency[4][5].
• Consolidated Federal Funds Report (CFFR): Also from the Census Bureau, CFFR includes grants representing obligations and payments to both state and local governments and to nongovernmental recipients. Data is provided for state and county levels[4][5].
• Treasury's Beta.USAspending.gov: Launched to track nearly $4 trillion in government spending, this site allows taxpayers to follow federal agency spending and links spending data to awards distributed by the government. It provides search capabilities by location, federal agency, or keyword[2].
• Tracking Federal Expenditures in Real Time: Tools from the Brookings Institution and The Hamilton Project allow users to track federal government spending in real time, with daily updates on outlays to key programs, departments, states, Congress, and the Judiciary[3][11].
• Rockefeller Institute of Government: Produces an annual report titled "Giving or Getting?: New York's Balance of Payments with the Federal Government," which includes federal spending data for all states, attempting to show the balance of payments by state[7].

These websites offer various levels of detail and functionality for tracking federal spending, from real-time data to historical reports, and can be used by the public, researchers, and policymakers to understand how federal funds are allocated and spent.

Citations:
[1] https://www.publishwhatyoufund.org/2025/02/usaid-where-to-find-the-data/
[2] https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/treasury-unveils-new-website-to-track-federal-spending
[3] https://www.brookings.edu/articles/tracking-federal-expenditures-in-real-time/
[4] https://takano.house.gov/tracking-federal-funds
[5] https://tonko.house.gov/constituent-services/tracking-federal-funds.htm
[6] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-politico-payments-fact-check/
[7] https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R44027
[8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ABwzIyCNI
[9] https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106214
[10] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkRPxYQE1i4
[11] https://www.hamiltonproject.org/data/tracking-federal-expenditures-in-real-time/
[12] https://fedspendingtransparency.github.io
[13] https://www.usaspending.gov
[14] https://www.usaspending.gov/agency
[15] https://www.usaspending.gov/explorer
[16] https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/agency-for-international-development
[17] https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/
[18] https://www.crfb.org/interactive-tools
[19] https://results.usaid.gov/index.html
[20] https://www.itdashboard.gov
[21] https://foreignassistance.gov
[22] https://govspend.com
[23] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/06/what-the-data-says-about-us-foreign-aid/
[24] https://www.usaspending.gov/data-sources
[25] https://www.hamiltonproject.org/data/tracking-federal-expenditures-in-real-time/
[26] https://www.usaspending.gov/explorer/budget_function
[27] https://www.propublica.org/datastore/collection/government-spending
[28] https://emory.libanswers.com/faq/44445