WhereTaxMoneyGoesPeace Corps (PC): federal spending, contracts and grants
In fiscal year 2026, Peace Corps reported $393.1 million in obligations and $376.7 million in outlays, about 0.0% of all budgetary resources tracked on USAspending. Below: where its award money went, who received the most, and how its spending has changed since FY 2017.
FY 2026 figures are still being reported by agencies and will change as late submissions arrive.
Mission
To promote world peace and friendship by fulfilling three goals: (1) To help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women; (2) To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served, and (3) To help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.
How PC awarded money in FY 2026
Award obligations are the part of an agency's spending that goes out as contracts, grants, loans, direct payments and other awards to outside recipients. The rest pays for salaries, internal operations and transfers that are not awards.
| Award type | Amount | Relative size |
|---|---|---|
| Contracts | $163.1 million |
Obligations by fiscal year
FY 2026 obligations of $393.1 million were down 14% from FY 2025 ($456.9 million) and compare with $474.1 million in FY 2017.
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| Fiscal year | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY 2026 | $393.1 million |
| FY 2025 | $456.9 million |
| FY 2024 | $476.3 million |
| FY 2023 | $472.4 million |
| FY 2022 | $445.2 million |
| FY 2021 | $1.3 billion |
| FY 2020 | $928.2 million |
| FY 2019 | $451.4 million |
| FY 2018 | $422.1 million |
| FY 2017 | $474.1 million |
Top recipients, FY 2026
Ranked by award obligations from PC. "Multiple recipients" groups aggregated or redacted records, such as payments to individuals.
| # | Recipient | Amount | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees | $67.7 million | |
| 2 | Business Operational Concepts, LLC. | $7.7 million | |
| 3 | International Medical Group INC | $7.7 million | |
| 4 | Crosby Marketing Communications INC. | $3.7 million | |
| 5 | Countertrade Products, INC. | $2.7 million | |
| 6 | Didlake INC | $776,000 | |
| 7 | Govsmart, INC. | $716,000 | |
| 8 | Epoch Concepts LLC | $644,000 | |
| 9 | Medical Faculty Associates, INC. | $635,000 | |
| 10 | 1901 Group, LLC | $601,000 |
Top states, FY 2026
By place of performance — where the work is done or the money is used.
| # | State | Amount | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $19.2 million | |
| 2 | Indiana | $7.7 million | |
| 3 | Colorado | $2.7 million | |
| 4 | Virginia | $2.5 million | |
| 5 | Maryland | $2.0 million | |
| 6 | North Carolina | $296,000 | |
| 7 | Georgia | $293,000 | |
| 8 | California | $158,000 | |
| 9 | Minnesota | $19,000 | |
| 10 | Illinois | $12,000 |
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Source data last updated November 4, 2026 · Imported November 6, 2026 · Dollar figures are nominal and rounded. How these numbers are calculated · Report a problem