Department of Commerce
DOC · FY2025 spending data
Conducts the decennial census, monitors weather and oceans through NOAA, issues patents and trademarks, promotes economic development, and sets industrial standards through NIST. Manages $4.2 billion in contracts and $21.2 billion in grants.
💰 Taxpayer Accountability
The department's grant portfolio has ballooned with broadband subsidies and climate research funding — programs where political priorities often outweigh cost-effectiveness. Commerce is a sprawling collection of loosely related agencies whose combined mission creep has turned it into a vehicle for industrial policy that picks winners and losers with taxpayer money.
Total Spending
$25.4B
Total Contracts
$4.2B
Total Grants
$21.2B
Contracts vs Grants
Spending Breakdown
Contracts
$4.2B
16.4% of total spending
Grants
$21.2B
83.6% of total spending
Historical budget trend data is not available for this agency. FY2025 contract and grant totals shown.
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Read more →Source: USASpending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury