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

$13.05B

paid to vendors and others, FY23

$11.87B

to organizations we can name (91%)

$1.19B

to individuals and others, unnamed (9%)²

$9.89B

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, FY23

Education$4.89B37%
Revenue$1.90B15%
Transportation$1.81B14%
Treasurer of State$855.0M7%
Human Services Assistance Payments$695.9M5%
Alcoholic Beverages$317.1M2%
Public Health$238.9M2%
Administrative Services$161.3M1%
Management$153.7M1%
Iowa Economic Development Authority$152.2M1%
Human Rights$145.4M1%
Board of Regents$131.7M1%

Every agency

Agency	Paid	Individuals and others	Transfers
Education	$4.89B	$133.0M	$176K
Revenue	$1.90B	$32.7M	$7.8M
Transportation	$1.81B	$178.6M	$355K
Treasurer of State	$855.0M	$41.3M	$44.4M
Human Services Assistance Payments	$695.9M	$180.1M	$7.87B
Alcoholic Beverages	$317.1M	$101.3M	$58K
Public Health	$238.9M	$45.4M	$52.8M
Administrative Services	$161.3M	$35.7M	$379.4M
Management	$153.7M	$13.1M	$11K
Iowa Economic Development Authority	$152.2M	$24.2M	$387K
Human Rights	$145.4M	$42.7M	$196K
Board of Regents	$131.7M	$11.7M	$491.5M
Homeland Security and Emergency Management	$126.1M	$12.6M	$86K
Chief Information Officer	$112.9M	$39.4M	$71K
Iowa Lottery Authority	$107.4M	$1.8M	$21.6M
College Aid	$106.8M	$34.3M	$63K
Natural Resources	$99.5M	$15.2M	$3.8M
Workforce Development	$85.9M	$18.2M	$455.8M
Agriculture and Land Stewardship	$55.6M	$29.3M	$389K
Soybean Promotion Board	$49.8M	$0	$0
Human Services Administration	$49.0M	$16.1M	$226K
Finance Authority	$47.9M	$74K	$167K
Regents, Capital Expenditures	$46.9M	$0	$0
State Public Defender	$42.5M	$22.0M	$20K
Public Safety	$40.1M	$11.1M	$39.1M
Attorney General	$37.8M	$12.9M	$1.7M
Iowa Department on Aging	$37.5M	$6.7M	$92K
General Services Capitals	$36.6M	$7.5M	$0
Public Defense	$36.4M	$4.3M	$1.2M
IPERS	$33.3M	$22.3M	$178.9M
Transportation, Capitals	$26.5M	$908K	$0
Vocational Rehabilitation	$24.1M	$7.5M	$1.4M
CBC District V	$23.4M	$0	$0
Iowa Communications Network	$23.1M	$3.1M	$701K
Corn Promotion Board	$22.9M	$0	$0
Human Services Woodward	$21.7M	$7.5M	$1.6M
State Accounting Trust Accounts	$21.6M	$5.1M	$306.5M
Human Services Community Serv	$21.3M	$2.9M	$132K
Corrections Industries	$20.5M	$8.7M	$620K
CBC Dictrict VI	$16.8M	$0	$0
CBC District I	$16.2M	$0	$0
Iowa Veterans Home	$14.6M	$1.9M	$3.0M
Corrections Iowa Medical and Classification Center	$13.0M	$787K	$2.3M
CBC Dictrict II	$12.8M	$0	$0
Corrections Central Office	$10.9M	$1.3M	$54K
Human Services Glenwood	$10.5M	$2.3M	$899K
CBC District VII	$9.7M	$9.7M	$0
CBC District VIII	$9.2M	$0	$0
CBC District III	$7.7M	$0	$0
Iowa PBS	$7.6M	$4.2M	$235K
Cultural Affairs	$6.4M	$2.7M	$109K
CBC District IV	$6.2M	$0	$0
Utilities	$5.7M	$2.1M	$86K
Corrections Anamosa	$5.7M	$1.9M	$2.5M
Corrections Fort Madison	$5.3M	$2.8M	$1.3M
Legislative Capital	$5.0M	$540	$0
Human Services Independence	$4.8M	$799K	$350K
State Fair	$4.7M	$4.7M	$0
Executive Council	$4.6M	$1.4M	$0
State Library	$4.6M	$892K	$45K
Inspections and Appeals	$4.5M	$1.0M	$89K
Corrections Newton	$4.4M	$1.6M	$1.2M
Secretary of State	$3.7M	$1.0M	$111K
Corrections Mitchellville	$3.7M	$745K	$599K
Corrections Clarinda	$3.7M	$1.3M	$853K
Public Defense, Capitals	$3.6M	$432K	$0
Human Services Cherokee	$3.5M	$865K	$621K
Corrections Fort Dodge	$3.4M	$1.1M	$2.8M
Gov Off.of Drug Ctrl Policy	$3.4M	$251K	$4,679
Corrections Mt Pleasant	$3.1M	$1.2M	$933K
Department for the Blind	$3.0M	$1.6M	$1.6M
Insurance	$2.7M	$749K	$79K
DHS Trng School Eldora	$2.7M	$832K	$673K
Treasurer of State Ust	$2.0M	$699K	$0
Veterans Affairs	$2.0M	$505K	$59K
Corrections Rockwell City	$1.8M	$512K	$812K
Ag- Cattle Promotion Board	$1.7M	$0	$0
Racing Commission - Inspect and Appeals	$1.6M	$434K	$20K
Civil Commitment Unit for Sexual Offenders	$1.1M	$790K	$98K
Judicial Capitals	$1.1M	$334K	$1,135
Corrections Farm Account	$1.1M	$255K	$3,498
Law Enforcement Academy	$1.1M	$732K	$89K
Banking	$950K	$508K	$120K
Ag- Egg Council	$939K	$0	$0
Auditor of State	$730K	$201K	$28K
Public Employment Relations	$549K	$31K	$587
State Fair Capitals	$405K	$405K	$0
Ag- Turkey Marketing Council	$322K	$0	$0
Credit Union	$283K	$143K	$6,477
Public Safety, Capitals	$257K	$0	$0
Corrections Capitals	$165K	$0	$0
Professional Licensing/reg	$157K	$55K	$7,429
Board of Educational Examiners	$145K	$89K	$4,730
Ag- Loess Hills Soil	$140K	$140K	$0
Civil Rights Commission	$139K	$55K	$13K
Governor	$131K	$93K	$28K
Ethics and Campaign Disclosure	$107K	$8,488	$0
Blind - Capitals	$105K	$0	$0
Parole Board	$104K	$3,478	$4,829
Consumer Advocate	$54K	$34K	$5,823
Trea of St Tobacco Settlement	$29K	$0	$0
Public Information Board	$12K	$1,943	$0

By kind of spending, FY23

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

State Aid$5.81B45%
Capitals$1.48B11%
Refunds-Other$1.38B11%
Refunds-Local Option$1.24B10%
Outside Services$606.7M5%
Aid to Individuals$451.0M3%
Prof & Scientific Services$382.6M3%
Inventory$299.6M2%
Intra-State Transfers$285.4M2%
Claims$153.8M1%
IT Outside Services$144.8M1%
IT Equipment & Software$115.4M1%

Organizations paid the most, FY23

Des Moines Independent Community Schools$375.0M 3%
Sioux City Comm Sch Dist$187.6M 1%
Cedar Rapids CSD$177.7M 1%
Davenport Comm Sch Dist$168.9M 1%
Waterloo Comm Sch Dist$136.4M 1%
Iowa City Comm Sch Dist$126.9M 1%
Des Moines City of$115.0M 1%
C J Moyna & Sons LLC$114.8M 1%
Heartland Area Education Agency$109.9M 1%
Council Bluffs Comm Schl$104.1M 1%
Cramer & Assoc Inc$103.7M 1%
Ankeny Comm Sch Dist$99.9M 1%
Waukee Comm Sch Dist$99.7M 1%
Dubuque Comm Sch Dist$98.9M 1%
Cedar Rapids City of$91.5M 1%
Polk County$78.5M 1%
University of Iowa$71.7M 1%
Southeast Polk Comm SD$68.9M 1%
Ames Construction Inc$68.7M 1%
West Des Moines Comm SD$68.1M 1%

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

Payments to individuals and others

In FY23, $1.19B (9% 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 $424.7M 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.