U.S. Agency for Global Media
Obligations in fiscal year 2026, reporting period 11 of 12, through August 31, 2026:
An obligation is money the agency commits to pay: a signed contract, a grant award, a benefit payment. The figure in full is copied from the official record. The rounded reading beside it is ours.
Year by year
Budgetary resources are the Treasury's figure for the money available to the agency in the year, new and carried over from earlier years. Obligations are money the agency commits to pay. Outlays are money paid out. Fiscal year 2026 figures run through August 31, 2026.
| Fiscal year | Budgetary resources | Obligations | Outlays | Through |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $919,481,964.95 | $554,967,396.30 | $523,249,995.52 | August 31, 2026 (period 11 of 12) |
| 2025 | $991,508,584.58 | $762,743,620.21 | $778,561,171.39 | September 30, 2025 |
| 2024 | $1,022,728,327.45 | $905,944,680.62 | $906,275,661.10 | September 30, 2024 |
| 2023 | $1,022,975,117.53 | $905,419,825.23 | $906,855,115.93 | September 30, 2023 |
| 2022 | $981,259,024.56 | $874,436,298.12 | $857,785,219.51 | September 30, 2022 |
| 2021 | $909,305,836.21 | $838,791,126.55 | $810,350,901.87 | September 30, 2021 |
| 2020 | $902,200,087.53 | $818,778,126.60 | $802,328,621.89 | September 30, 2020 |
| 2019 | $892,996,272.76 | $815,673,698.46 | $818,384,459.15 | September 30, 2019 |
| 2018 | $884,822,642.99 | $810,062,764.33 | $781,783,983.11 | September 30, 2018 |
| 2017 | $849,607,649.15 | $792,567,696.48 | $777,490,575.80 | September 30, 2017 |
Awards by type
Awards are contracts, grants, loans and direct payments. The Treasury gives award obligations and total obligations in two separate reports. It gives contracts and standing contracts as two figures. Fiscal year 2026, through August 31, 2026.
| Award type | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Contracts | $94,577,585.43 |
| Direct payments | $0.00 |
| Grants | $286,166,743.00 |
| Standing contracts that the agency places orders against (indefinite delivery vehicles, IDVs) | $0.00 |
| Loans | $0.00 |
| Other | $0.00 |
| Award obligations, the Treasury's total | $380,744,328.43 |
| Total obligations, from the Treasury's yearly figures | $554,967,396.30 |
Sub-agencies
The offices and bureaus inside this agency. The Treasury's record lists one sub-agency here.
| Sub-agency | Obligations | Transactions | New awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Agency for Global Media USAGM | $380,744,328.43 | 705 | 203 |
Federal accounts
A federal account is one line of the agency's books at the Treasury. All 3 federal accounts, by obligations.
| Federal account | Obligations | Outlays |
|---|---|---|
| International Broadcasting Operations, United States Agency for Global Media 514-0206 | $553,262,468.86 | $515,752,805.81 |
| Foreign Service National Separation Liability Trust Fund, United States Agency for Global Media 514-8285 | $872,451.82 | $1,415,965.00 |
| Broadcasting Capital Improvements, Broadcasting Board of Governors 514-0204 | $832,475.62 | $6,081,224.71 |
Budget functions
A budget function is the purpose the money serves. All 2 budget functions, by obligations.
| Budget function | Obligations | Outlays |
|---|---|---|
| International Affairs | $554,094,944.48 | $521,834,030.52 |
| Income Security | $872,451.82 | $1,415,965.00 |
Object classes
An object class is the Treasury's name for a kind of spending: what the money buys, such as pay, rent or grants. Top 10 of 24 object classes, by obligations.
| Object class | Obligations | Outlays |
|---|---|---|
| Grants, subsidies, and contributions | $284,743,964.40 | $256,612,399.73 |
| Full-time permanent (pay of full-time permanent employees) | $116,037,304.65 | $113,360,943.44 |
| Civilian personnel benefits | $44,791,106.56 | $43,094,094.93 |
| Other services from non-Federal sources | $42,222,055.86 | $31,457,952.13 |
| Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges | $20,813,972.93 | $23,793,699.22 |
| Other personnel compensation | $14,627,543.21 | $14,872,680.20 |
| Benefits for former personnel | $9,711,363.90 | $9,670,863.90 |
| Equipment | $7,667,910.67 | $15,943,343.35 |
| Special personal services payments | $3,624,400.67 | $3,723,573.90 |
| Operation and maintenance of equipment | $3,393,040.74 | $2,190,731.75 |
Emergency-fund laws
The Treasury tags some dollars with the law that provides them. These are the tags on this agency's record, worded as the Treasury words them.
Tag Q, “Not Designated Nonemergency/Emergency/Disaster/Wildfire Suppression”, is the Treasury's tag for dollars it does not mark as emergency, disaster or wildfire money under a named law.
1 tag.
Where this comes from
Source: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury. The dollar figures written in full on this page are copied from the saved official answers below.