Smithsonian Institution federal obligations in District of Columbia

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 Unique recipients are unpublished.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.

The District is not a nationwide Smithsonian budget

Place of performance DC is a geography tag on the award, not a metro list and not a commuting zone. 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. Recipient address can differ from that state tag.

Place of performance in the District is not the Institution’s nationwide obligation total. Awards tagged elsewhere stay on those ties. This packet does not split $1,829,705,525.53 by city, county, or named facility. 1,771 awards stay statewide. A county table would be a different extract.

Headquarters geography versus cash already paid

Even a thick or thin file records obligations, not necessarily outlays. $1,829,705,525.53 can include amounts that pay on a later schedule. Citing it as cash already sent in District of Columbia confuses two concepts. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

District of Columbia’s own budget is a different ledger. Mixing it with the 1,771-award USAspending file leaves this series. No fiscal year is published in this packet, so this page does not invent one. Keep the obligation label on $1,829,705,525.53.

Citing the Smithsonian–D.C. join

Cite USAspending.gov: Smithsonian Institution (agency 3300) obligated $1,829,705,525.53 on 1,771 awards coded to District of Columbia. Name both sides. Keep “obligations.” Do not relabel the total as museums, visitors, or unique collection objects.

Prefer Smithsonian Institution in District of Columbia if the overlay has refreshed after an ingest. District of Columbia federal spending still includes every other awarding agency tagged to DC. Smithsonian Institution is the 3300 parent without the DC filter. All spending ties indexes other pairs. Do not add those parents into $1,829,705,525.53.

A usable footnote names Smithsonian Institution, District of Columbia, $1,829,705,525.53, and 1,771. The compact headline $1.83 billion is that same dollar total rounded. It is not a second extract. The implied mean near $1.03 million is $1,829,705,525.53 divided by 1,771. Means are not medians. USAspending.gov remains the originating system.

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.