Federal Spending Report — Week of 2026-05-24
Federal Spending Report: May 24-30, 2026
The Department of Agriculture distributed $1.6 million across 24 awards during the week of May 24-30, 2026, with the vast majority flowing to grant recipients in rural areas across multiple states. A single New York agricultural organization captured nearly two-thirds of total spending, while a redacted contractor absorbed most of the remaining funds through a fragmented award pattern.
Chester Agricultural Center in New York received the lion's share of weekly spending with a $998,000 grant—a sum that dwarfs all other individual awards by a factor of five. The remaining top awards showed a sharp decline: Community Action Team Incorporated of Columbia County, Oregon secured $200,000, followed by Haywood Apartments LLC in South Dakota with a direct payment of $104,000. Two additional grants to unnamed recipients in Maine rounded out the five largest awards at $31,000 and $24,000 respectively.
One unidentified contractor—redacted due to privacy concerns—received the second-highest total funding at $299,000, though this amount was spread across 21 separate awards, averaging roughly $14,000 per transaction. This fragmented distribution pattern contrasts sharply with the top four named contractors, which received single lump-sum payments. Chester Agricultural Center remained the dominant named recipient with its $998,000 award, while Community Action Team and Haywood Apartments received significantly smaller amounts.
The Department of Agriculture was the sole federal agency involved in week's spending activity, directing all $1.6 million toward rural development and housing-related initiatives. Grants accounted for the overwhelming majority of outlays at $1.5 million across 23 awards, while a single direct payment represented the only alternative funding mechanism.
Geographic distribution remained concentrated in a handful of states, with New York commanding 62 percent of total spending. Oregon and South Dakota each captured meaningful portions at $200,000 and $104,000, while Maine and Texas received smaller allocations across multiple awards. The spending pattern suggests a focus on agricultural infrastructure and rural housing support, though the redaction of significant contractor information limits full visibility into funding destinations and purposes.