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
$12.46B
paid to vendors and others, FY21$11.10B
to organizations we can name (89%)$1.36B
to individuals and others, unnamed (11%)2$8.64B
more in transfers between state accounts3Year by year
Payments to vendors and others by fiscal year, not counting transfers.
$17.02B
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| 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, FY21
Every agency
By kind of spending, FY21
The state’s expense categories. “Aid to individuals” and “State aid” are money passed on to people, schools and local governments.
Organizations paid the most, FY21
- Des Moines Independent Community Schools$380.0M 3%
- Sioux City Comm Sch Dist$157.7M 1%
- Cedar Rapids CSD$155.5M 1%
- Davenport Comm Sch Dist$140.2M 1%
- Waterloo Comm Sch Dist$120.7M 1%
- University of Iowa$112.8M 1%
- Iowa City Comm Sch Dist$106.3M 1%
- Internal Revenue Service-Ui-Dua Benefitsfema #1763$106.0M 1%
- Cramer & Assoc Inc$105.6M 1%
- Dubuque Comm Sch Dist$95.8M 1%
- Heartland Area Education Agency$95.0M 1%
- Polk Co Treasurer$93.7M 1%
- Ankeny Comm Sch Dist$90.8M 1%
- Council Bluffs Comm Schl$90.5M 1%
- Des Moines City of$89.3M 1%
- Waukee Comm Sch Dist$86.6M 1%
- Cedar Rapids City of$74.1M 1%
- Manatts Inc$73.5M 1%
- Peterson Contractors Inc$71.7M 1%
- C J Moyna & Sons LLC$70.0M 1%
Share of all payments that year. Every agency’s payments added together.
Payments to individuals and others
In FY21, $1.36B (11% 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 $413.4M of its transfers and other entries under RESTRICTED payees.4