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Smithsonian Institution in District of Columbia

Federal obligations from Smithsonian Institution to District of Columbia

Total obligated

$1.98B

Awards

2K

The Smithsonian Institution shows $1,829,705,525.53 in USAspending.gov obligations coded to District of Columbia, across 1,771 awards. Awarding-agency 3300 and District of Columbia (DC) are the pair. One thousand seven hundred seventy-one awards is a mid-count Smithsonian file on a DC tag — not a thin HQ-only list, not a nationwide grant flood. The implied mean is about $1.03 million per award — a quotient of two packet facts, not a typical project. USAspending.gov is the source. Amounts are obligations, not outlays.

Key figures

  • Smithsonian in District of Columbia: $1,829,705,525.53 across 1,771 USAspending awards.
  • Implied mean about $1.03 million per record — a packet quotient, not a typical project.
  • Agency 3300 × DC is not a measure of museums, visitors, or unique collection objects.
  • Cite obligations from USAspending.gov, not outlays.
  • District of Columbia federal spending and Smithsonian Institution are parents, not amounts to add into $1,829,705,525.53.

Smithsonian awards tagged to the District

Smithsonian Institution as awarding agency, District of Columbia as place-of-performance: 1,771 records summing to $1,829,705,525.53. A Smithsonian Institution award coded outside DC is out. An award in District of Columbia from a different awarding agency is out even if the topic sounds related. District of Columbia (DC) excludes Maryland and Virginia even when a collection or warehouse sits a Metro ride away. Place of performance is DC, not a capital-region catchment.

One thousand seven hundred seventy-one awards is a mid-count Smithsonian file on a DC tag — not a thin HQ-only list, not a nationwide grant flood. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 1,771 as 1,771 unique museums, visitors, or unique collection objects. The overlay Smithsonian Institution in District of Columbia is the both-keys table. District of Columbia federal spending is the all-agency state hub. Smithsonian Institution is the agency book without a DC filter. All spending ties lists other joins.

Place of performance in the District is not the Institution’s nationwide obligation total. Awards tagged elsewhere stay on those ties. Correlation is not causation: District of Columbia did not cause $1,829,705,525.53 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 3300 × DC only.

Not a Mall visitor or collection count

$1,829,705,525.53 does not measure museums, visitors, or unique collection objects. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 3300 and a DC place-of-performance tag.

Do not treat 1,771 awards as a census of museums, visitors, or unique collection objects. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If District of Columbia federal spending or Smithsonian Institution matched $1,829,705,525.53 and 1,771, the join would be pointless. Use the overlay when both keys must stay on. Maryland and Virginia Smithsonian joins are other pairs, not addends.

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Questions

How much has the Smithsonian Institution obligated in District of Columbia?
USAspending.gov records $1,829,705,525.53 across 1,771 awards with awarding agency 3300 and a District of Columbia tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a count of museums, visitors, or unique collection objects. Smithsonian Institution in District of Columbia is the live overlay for this pair. Keep both keys when quoting $1,829,705,525.53.
Is $1,829,705,525.53 a measure of museums, visitors, or unique collection objects?
No. The packet publishes $1,829,705,525.53 and 1,771 awards for agency 3300 inside DC coding. Those other series are unpublished here. Unique recipients are unpublished. Quote the dollar total and the award count together. Obligations are not outlays.
Why does this Smithsonian file have 1,771 awards?
That is the award-record count for 3300 × DC. Combined with $1,829,705,525.53, the average is about $1.03 million. Modifications and repeat instruments add rows. 1,771 is not unique museums, visitors, or unique collection objects. Later ingests can revise the count. Prefer the overlay if the table moved.
Where is the live Smithsonian–District of Columbia table?
Smithsonian Institution in District of Columbia is the overlay. District of Columbia federal spending and Smithsonian Institution are the parents, not addends. All spending ties lists other pairs. Keep both sides of the join when citing $1,829,705,525.53. USAspending.gov is the source. Obligations are not outlays. Place of performance is DC.

USAspending.gov aggregate of federal obligations by state and awarding agency. Obligations are not outlays.

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