State budget

State checkbook

What state agencies paid out, added up by agency, by kind of spending and by the organizations paid. From the state’s own checkbook, FY14 to FY26.¹ The state budget · The source data

$9.42B

paid to vendors and others, FY14

$7.80B

to organizations we can name (83%)

$1.61B

to individuals and others, unnamed (17%)²

$6.83B

more in transfers between state accounts³

Year by year

Payments to vendors and others by fiscal year, not counting transfers.

$17.02B

Show the numbers

Year	Paid	Individuals and others	Transfers
FY26	$17.02B	$1.24B	$9.20B
FY25	$13.40B	$1.24B	$12.41B
FY24	$13.10B	$1.17B	$11.38B
FY23	$13.05B	$1.19B	$9.89B
FY22	$13.68B	$1.57B	$8.57B
FY21	$12.46B	$1.36B	$8.64B
FY20	$11.09B	$1.18B	$8.87B
FY19	$11.25B	$1.27B	$6.91B
FY18	$10.34B	$1.34B	$7.32B
FY17	$10.20B	$1.26B	$7.34B
FY16	$10.24B	$1.43B	$7.59B
FY15	$9.87B	$1.53B	$7.50B
FY14	$9.42B	$1.61B	$6.83B

By agency, FY14

Education$3.50B37%
Transportation$1.25B13%
Revenue$963.8M10%
Treasurer of State$638.5M7%
Human Services Assistance Payments$587.8M6%
Homeland Security and Emergency Management$294.9M3%
Alcoholic Beverages$180.1M2%
Iowa Economic Development Authority$179.3M2%
Board of Regents$176.2M2%
Public Health$143.2M2%
Administrative Services$141.2M1%
Management$119.9M1%

Every agency

Agency	Paid	Individuals and others	Transfers
Education	$3.50B	$233.2M	$242K
Transportation	$1.25B	$265.0M	$44.8M
Revenue	$963.8M	$28.1M	$4.2M
Treasurer of State	$638.5M	$27.0M	$66.7M
Human Services Assistance Payments	$587.8M	$253.4M	$4.77B
Homeland Security and Emergency Management	$294.9M	$60.8M	$74K
Alcoholic Beverages	$180.1M	$101.4M	$26K
Iowa Economic Development Authority	$179.3M	$25.0M	$154K
Board of Regents	$176.2M	$9.7M	$479.3M
Public Health	$143.2M	$58.4M	$44.5M
Administrative Services	$141.2M	$108.8M	$2.7M
Management	$119.9M	$8.5M	$11K
Human Rights	$84.3M	$48.6M	$298
Natural Resources	$82.0M	$29.0M	$2.2M
Iowa Lottery Authority	$76.4M	$39.6M	$7.9M
State Accounting Trust Accounts	$75.7M	$42.8M	$705.9M
College Aid	$72.3M	$30.1M	$24K
Workforce Development	$60.8M	$13.8M	$522.0M
IPERS	$53.8M	$32.4M	$151.9M
General Services Capitals	$47.1M	$9.8M	$0
Regents, Capital Expenditures	$44.8M	$50K	$0
Human Services Capitals	$39.2M	$1.6M	$4,422
Soybean Promotion Board	$34.8M	$0	$0
State Public Defender	$34.7M	$23.4M	$17K
Agriculture and Land Stewardship	$31.4M	$18.4M	$240K
Attorney General	$24.6M	$12.4M	$1.2M
Iowa Department on Aging	$24.2M	$9.1M	$56K
Iowa Communications Network	$23.3M	$7.6M	$41K
Human Services Community Serv	$23.0M	$4.5M	$171K
Public Defense	$22.4M	$6.3M	$681K
Public Safety	$21.5M	$6.8M	$12.2M
Finance Authority	$20.8M	$148K	$0
CBC District V	$19.4M	$0	$0
Corn Promotion Board	$19.1M	$0	$0
Vocational Rehabilitation	$17.9M	$7.9M	$407K
Human Services Administration	$17.4M	$4.0M	$173K
Corrections Industries	$15.7M	$5.8M	$363K
CBC Dictrict VI	$14.6M	$0	$0
CBC District I	$14.1M	$0	$0
Human Services Woodward	$14.0M	$7.2M	$432K
Iowa Veterans Home	$12.3M	$2.4M	$1.7M
Treasurer of State Ust	$12.0M	$3.6M	$0
Corrections Iowa Medical and Classification Center	$11.2M	$8.3M	$316K
CBC Dictrict II	$10.9M	$0	$0
Human Services Glenwood	$9.6M	$4.7M	$698K
Corrections Capitals	$9.2M	$1.2M	$0
Corrections Fort Madison	$9.2M	$2.5M	$277K
Corrections Central Office	$8.6M	$1.5M	$28K
CBC District VIII	$8.2M	$0	$0
Corrections Mitchellville	$7.9M	$1.3M	$99K
CBC District VII	$7.6M	$7.6M	$0
Education, Iowa Public Tv	$7.6M	$5.3M	$0
CBC District III	$7.1M	$0	$0
Transportation, Capitals	$6.7M	$665K	$0
Utilities	$6.3M	$361K	$0
Education, Infrastructure	$6.0M	$2.4M	$0
CBC District IV	$5.5M	$0	$0
Corrections Anamosa	$5.4M	$2.5M	$171K
Cultural Affairs	$5.3M	$2.6M	$119K
Public Defense, Capitals	$4.4M	$1.8M	$0
Insurance	$4.1M	$1.6M	$0
Corrections Fort Dodge	$3.8M	$1.3M	$1.1M
Corrections Newton	$3.6M	$1.5M	$88K
State Fair	$3.5M	$3.5M	$0
Gov Off.of Drug Ctrl Policy	$3.2M	$347K	$518
Corrections Clarinda	$2.9M	$1.1M	$252K
Corrections Mt Pleasant	$2.8M	$1.7M	$275K
Human Services Independence	$2.6M	$1.0M	$84K
Inspections and Appeals	$2.3M	$959K	$40K
Human Services Cherokee	$2.2M	$1.2M	$82K
Public Safety, Capitals	$2.0M	$60K	$0
Veterans Affairs	$2.0M	$832K	$150K
Department for the Blind	$1.9M	$841K	$183K
Corrections Rockwell City	$1.7M	$795K	$46K
DHS Trng School Eldora	$1.6M	$306K	$333K
Racing Commission - Inspect and Appeals	$1.3M	$408K	$11K
Ag- Egg Council	$1.1M	$0	$0
Civil Commitment Unit for Sexual Offenders	$931K	$701K	$24K
Corrections Farm Account	$921K	$400K	$0
Secretary of State	$866K	$101K	$17K
Human Services Clarinda	$724K	$390K	$64K
Human Services Mt Pleasant	$717K	$521K	$72K
Banking	$698K	$446K	$95K
DHS Juv. Home Toledo	$643K	$282K	$59K
Ag- Loess Hills Soil	$600K	$600K	$0
Auditor of State	$579K	$362K	$22K
Professional Licensing/reg	$552K	$200K	$0
Iowa Veterans Home Capitals	$483K	$376K	$5,452
Law Enforcement Academy	$391K	$184K	$34K
Ag- Turkey Marketing Council	$365K	$0	$0
Executive Council	$298K	$70K	$0
State Fair Capitals	$250K	$250K	$0
Governor	$242K	$30K	$38K
Trea of St Tobacco Settlement	$168K	$21K	$0
Civil Rights Commission	$147K	$93K	$0
Parole Board	$146K	$8,584	$0
Credit Union	$131K	$121K	$0
Consumer Advocate	$112K	$46K	$1,021
Public Employment Relations	$101K	$85K	$16K
Ethics and Campaign Disclosure	$39K	$5,435	$0
Public Information Board	$18K	$17K	$0

By kind of spending, FY14

The state’s expense categories. “Aid to individuals” and “State aid” are money passed on to people, schools and local governments.

State Aid$4.38B47%
Capitals$1.03B11%
Refunds-Other$839.0M9%
Refunds-Local Option$716.2M8%
Aid to Individuals$446.9M5%
Prof & Scientific Services$358.6M4%
Outside Services$316.0M3%
Intra-State Transfers$312.8M3%
Inventory$175.2M2%
Other Expenses & Obligations$104.7M1%
Claims$86.3M1%
Securities$61.9M1%

Organizations paid the most, FY14

Des Moines Independent Community Schools$259.7M 3%
Cedar Rapids City of$134.1M 1%
Cedar Rapids CSD$130.4M 1%
Sioux City Comm Sch Dist$119.1M 1%
Davenport Comm Sch Dist$118.5M 1%
Waterloo Comm Sch Dist$89.3M 1%
Area Education Agency 11$79.9M 1%
Dubuque Comm Sch Dist$75.0M 1%
University of Iowa$73.5M 1%
Iowa City Comm Sch Dist$72.6M 1%
Wellmark Health Plan Ia$69.8M 1%
Council Bluffs Comm Schl$66.9M 1%
Des Moines City of$61.7M 1%
Peterson Contractors Inc$59.8M 1%
Manatts Inc$59.1M 1%
Ankeny Comm Sch Dist$56.9M 1%
Mathy Construction Company$51.1M 1%
West Des Moines Comm SD$48.9M 1%
University of Ia Risk Mg$47.0M 0%
Southeast Polk Comm SD$46.3M 0%

Share of all payments that year. Every agency’s payments added together.

Payments to individuals and others

In FY14, $1.61B (17% of payments) went to payees that aren’t named here: people, and payees whose names don’t show they’re an organization. The state also lists $423.3M of its transfers and other entries under RESTRICTED payees.⁴

Notes

The executive branch’s central accounting system only. It leaves out the Legislature and the courts, and spending recorded in other systems. A fiscal year runs July 1 to June 30, plus payments made in July and August for goods and services received by June 30. Refunds and voided payments count as negative amounts. ↩
Iowa Funnel names a payee only when its name shows it is an organization: a company (Inc, LLC, Corp and the like), a government, a school district, a college, a hospital, a bank, a church or another institution. Payments to everyone else are added into one total for each agency and year. Their names aren’t kept or searchable. When we can’t tell, a payee counts with individuals, so that total also holds some businesses. ↩
The state marks some entries as not a payment to an outside vendor: transfers between state accounts, payroll deductions and similar entries. They count in an agency’s total but not under any payee. ↩
The state removes names it must keep confidential under state or federal law and lists them as RESTRICTED. Among payments to vendors, they count with individuals here; most are recorded as transfers and other entries. Some payments are only recorded as totals in the state’s accounting system, such as Medicaid, IPERS pensions, unemployment benefits and tax refunds, so the people paid aren’t listed at all. ↩

Sources: State of Iowa Executive Branch Checkbook on the Iowa Data Hub (Iowa Department of Administrative Services): the full ledger (dataset 1021), its yearly files, and the last 90 days (1076) for the year still open.