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National Endowment for the Arts

Share of this agency’s prime contract dollars that it coded “not competed”, by fiscal year, from USAspending’s agency totals.

FY2024

3.8%

of contract dollars were not competed: $210K of $5.5M

USAspendingas of Oct 3

FY2025

1.2%

of contract dollars were not competed: $45K of $3.9M

USAspendingas of Oct 3

FY2026

5.2%

of contract dollars were not competed: $537K of $10.4M

USAspendingas of Oct 3

Source: USAspending.govCoverage: Agency contract totals FY2024–FY2026 · Contract awards FY2024–FY2026Updated: Oct 3, 2026, 6:55 PM ETMethodology →

Contract dollars by fiscal year

All prime contract obligations of the agency, split by the agency's competition code. Every figure is from USAspending's agency totals.

Contract obligations, non-competed and competed, by fiscal year
Fiscal year	All contract obligations	Not competed	Competed	Share not competed
FY2024Oct 1 – Sep 30, 2024	$5.5M	$210K	$5.2M	3.8%
FY2025Oct 1 – Sep 30, 2025	$3.9M	$45K	$3.8M	1.2%
FY2026Oct 1 – Sep 30, 2026	$10.4M	$537K	$9.8M	5.2%

Source: USAspending.gov agency totals, prime contract types A–D, by contract-action date; fetched Oct 3, 2026. “Not competed” = extent-competed code not available for competition, not competed, not competed under simplified acquisition, or non-competitive delivery order. Orders placed under a competed contract keep its code, so they count as competed.

Largest non-competed awards in our records

A look at the biggest individual awards behind the share. These rows do not add up to the totals above.

No non-competed award of $1M+ from this agency is in our records for this period.