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

$13.68B

paid to vendors and others, FY22

$12.11B

to organizations we can name (89%)

$1.57B

to individuals and others, unnamed (11%)²

$8.57B

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, FY22

Education$4.89B36%
Revenue$1.93B14%
Transportation$1.62B12%
Human Services Assistance Payments$1.31B10%
Treasurer of State$822.1M6%
Management$369.4M3%
Alcoholic Beverages$311.5M2%
Public Health$263.5M2%
Homeland Security and Emergency Management$210.6M2%
Board of Regents$172.0M1%
Iowa Economic Development Authority$162.8M1%
Administrative Services$157.3M1%

Every agency

Agency	Paid	Individuals and others	Transfers
Education	$4.89B	$139.4M	$203K
Revenue	$1.93B	$33.2M	$11.4M
Transportation	$1.62B	$247.4M	$170K
Human Services Assistance Payments	$1.31B	$230.1M	$6.68B
Treasurer of State	$822.1M	$39.0M	$44.4M
Management	$369.4M	$253.4M	$2,552
Alcoholic Beverages	$311.5M	$102.5M	$71K
Public Health	$263.5M	$35.5M	$40.2M
Homeland Security and Emergency Management	$210.6M	$21.6M	$117K
Board of Regents	$172.0M	$11.5M	$445.5M
Iowa Economic Development Authority	$162.8M	$23.8M	$213K
Administrative Services	$157.3M	$41.1M	$363.3M
Human Rights	$136.0M	$41.8M	$47K
Chief Information Officer	$99.9M	$48.1M	$58K
College Aid	$95.4M	$31.1M	$15K
Natural Resources	$88.0M	$15.5M	$3.2M
Workforce Development	$82.6M	$22.1M	$443.4M
Iowa Lottery Authority	$68.1M	$1.8M	$19.4M
Human Services Administration	$49.7M	$18.6M	$135K
State Accounting Trust Accounts	$46.3M	$25.2M	$274.8M
Soybean Promotion Board	$42.2M	$0	$0
Agriculture and Land Stewardship	$41.2M	$23.1M	$315K
Finance Authority	$40.3M	$32K	$141K
Regents, Capital Expenditures	$40.2M	$0	$0
State Public Defender	$39.4M	$20.2M	$19K
Attorney General	$34.2M	$12.5M	$1.6M
Public Safety	$33.2M	$10.4M	$36.6M
Public Defense	$32.6M	$4.4M	$1.1M
IPERS	$29.9M	$13.2M	$177.1M
General Services Capitals	$28.7M	$4.5M	$0
Iowa Department on Aging	$28.3M	$5.6M	$102K
Corn Promotion Board	$24.3M	$0	$0
Iowa Communications Network	$24.2M	$3.6M	$763K
Corrections Industries	$23.9M	$11.1M	$535K
CBC District V	$22.5M	$0	$0
Vocational Rehabilitation	$21.3M	$6.9M	$875K
Human Services Community Serv	$18.9M	$2.4M	$110K
Transportation, Capitals	$16.4M	$2.4M	$0
CBC District I	$15.6M	$0	$0
CBC Dictrict VI	$15.4M	$0	$0
Human Services Woodward	$15.3M	$6.5M	$1.2M
Corrections Iowa Medical and Classification Center	$13.3M	$1.0M	$2.1M
CBC Dictrict II	$12.0M	$0	$0
Corrections Central Office	$11.4M	$1.2M	$54K
Racing Commission - Inspect and Appeals	$10.7M	$3.7M	$10K
Iowa Veterans Home	$10.2M	$1.7M	$2.9M
Cultural Affairs	$8.9M	$4.1M	$69K
CBC District VIII	$8.8M	$0	$0
CBC District VII	$8.2M	$8.2M	$0
Human Services Glenwood	$8.2M	$3.0M	$1.6M
CBC District III	$7.5M	$0	$0
Iowa PBS	$7.5M	$4.1M	$133K
State Fair	$6.0M	$6.0M	$0
CBC District IV	$5.9M	$0	$0
Corrections Fort Madison	$4.9M	$2.6M	$1.2M
Legislative Capital	$4.9M	$1,553	$0
Corrections Newton	$4.9M	$1.6M	$683K
Corrections Anamosa	$4.5M	$1.3M	$2.1M
Secretary of State	$4.3M	$631K	$112K
Corrections Clarinda	$4.1M	$1.4M	$935K
Gov Off.of Drug Ctrl Policy	$3.6M	$427K	$6,150
Corrections Mitchellville	$3.5M	$698K	$551K
Inspections and Appeals	$3.3M	$1.0M	$118K
Corrections Mt Pleasant	$3.3M	$998K	$868K
Human Services Independence	$3.1M	$760K	$258K
Corrections Fort Dodge	$3.0M	$1.1M	$2.4M
Human Services Cherokee	$2.8M	$630K	$462K
DHS Trng School Eldora	$2.8M	$736K	$536K
Veterans Affairs	$2.7M	$741K	$18K
Insurance	$2.6M	$782K	$56K
Public Defense, Capitals	$2.4M	$1.3M	$0
Department for the Blind	$1.9M	$577K	$1.4M
Public Safety, Capitals	$1.8M	$1.7M	$0
Corrections Rockwell City	$1.8M	$614K	$607K
Executive Council	$1.7M	$682K	$0
Ag- Cattle Promotion Board	$1.7M	$0	$0
Judicial Capitals	$1.7M	$367K	$1,061
Utilities	$1.6M	$270K	$44K
Treasurer of State Ust	$1.4M	$298K	$0
Civil Commitment Unit for Sexual Offenders	$1.3M	$722K	$85K
Law Enforcement Academy	$1.2M	$364K	$67K
Banking	$1.0M	$354K	$84K
Corrections Farm Account	$893K	$306K	$1,791
Ag- Egg Council	$859K	$0	$0
Ethics and Campaign Disclosure	$784K	$3,340	$0
CBC Statewide	$663K	$442K	$0
Auditor of State	$523K	$261K	$37K
Ag- Turkey Marketing Council	$344K	$0	$0
Corrections Capitals	$295K	$0	$0
Public Employment Relations	$231K	$33K	$15K
Credit Union	$203K	$88K	$1,157
Governor	$187K	$59K	$17K
Parole Board	$141K	$12K	$6,073
Blind - Capitals	$139K	$0	$0
Board of Educational Examiners	$139K	$93K	$7,264
Professional Licensing/reg	$125K	$40K	$5,601
Civil Rights Commission	$107K	$43K	$9,504
Ag- Loess Hills Soil	$105K	$105K	$0
Consumer Advocate	$87K	$68K	$7,478
Trea of St Tobacco Settlement	$40K	$10K	$0
Public Information Board	$16K	$5,471	$0

By kind of spending, FY22

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

State Aid$5.78B42%
Refunds-Other$1.39B10%
Capitals$1.28B9%
Refunds-Local Option$1.19B9%
Aid to Individuals$1.15B8%
Outside Services$601.1M4%
Intra-State Transfers$563.5M4%
Prof & Scientific Services$361.7M3%
Inventory$289.1M2%
IT Outside Services$143.6M1%
Claims$121.1M1%
Other Expenses & Obligations$119.4M1%

Organizations paid the most, FY22

Des Moines Independent Community Schools$363.2M 3%
Dept Human Services-Modernization-Reg Fmap-Modernization-Reg FMAP$351.3M 3%
Cedar Rapids CSD$172.2M 1%
Sioux City Comm Sch Dist$169.5M 1%
Davenport Comm Sch Dist$155.3M 1%
Waterloo Comm Sch Dist$132.5M 1%
Cramer & Assoc Inc$127.2M 1%
Des Moines City of$125.0M 1%
Iowa City Comm Sch Dist$116.8M 1%
University of Iowa$111.5M 1%
Dept Human Services-Arpa-Hcbs$111.1M 1%
Heartland Area Education Agency$107.1M 1%
Cedar Rapids City of$106.2M 1%
Dept Human Services-Modernization-Ihwp Newly-Modernization-Ihwp Newly$105.6M 1%
Dubuque Comm Sch Dist$104.6M 1%
Council Bluffs Comm Schl$101.0M 1%
Waukee Comm Sch Dist$94.9M 1%
Ankeny Comm Sch Dist$92.3M 1%
Polk Co Treasurer$84.5M 1%
Ames Construction Inc$84.1M 1%

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

Payments to individuals and others

In FY22, $1.57B (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 $396.5M 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.