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Federal grants to Open Technology Fund

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Open Technology Fund in Washington, District of Columbia received $209 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 6 awards. Its largest program was International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations, with $209 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $16.2 million.

From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.

Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$209 million
Awards6
Awarded in FY 2025$16.2 million
Largest award$58.7 million

By year

Federal grants to Open Technology Fund by fiscal year
Fiscal year	Awards	Amount
FY 2021	2	$62.9 million
FY 2022	1	$27.3 million
FY 2023	1	$45.5 million
FY 2024	2	$56.7 million
FY 2025	1	$16.2 million

An award funded in several years counts in each of them, so yearly awards add up to more than the five-year total.

Programs that fund Open Technology Fund

Every program, fiscal 2021 to 2025
Program	Awards	Amount
International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations 90.500	6	$209 million

Awarding agencies

Agency	Awards	Amount
U.S. Agency for Global Media	6	$209 million

Largest awards

The 6 largest awards by money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025
Award	Program	First action	Amount
Planningandoperationsexpensesrelatedtointernationalbroadcastinginthemiddleeast ASST_NON_OT01-23-GO-00001_514 on USAspending	International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations	March 1, 2023	$58.7 million
Planningandoperationsexpensesrelatedtointernationalbroadcastingineasterneurope ASST_NON_OT01-21-GO-00001_514 on USAspending	International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations	May 28, 2021	$53.5 million
Planningandoperationsexpensesrelatedtointernationalbroadcastinginthemiddleeast ASST_NON_OT01-24-GO-00001_514 on USAspending	International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations	May 6, 2024	$43.5 million
Planningandoperationsexpensesrelatedtointernationalbroadcastinginthemiddleeast ASST_NON_OT01-22-GO-00001_514 on USAspending	International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations	July 21, 2022	$27.3 million
Planningandoperationsexpensesrelatedtointernationalbroadcastinginthemiddleeast ASST_NON_OT01-25-GO-00001_514 on USAspending	International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations	January 21, 2025	$16.2 million
Planningandoperationsexpensesrelatedtointernationalbroadcastingineasterneurope ASST_NON_OT01-20-GO-00001_514 on USAspending	International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations	February 16, 2021	$9.4 million

Amounts are net obligations: money committed, minus any amounts taken back. They are not payments. See how our data works.

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money does Open Technology Fund get?

$209 million in 6 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.

Which agency gives Open Technology Fund the most?

The U.S. Agency for Global Media, with $209 million in 6 awards.

What is Open Technology Fund's largest federal grant?

$58.7 million under International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations, with its first action in the period on March 1, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.

Other grant recipients in Washington

National Railroad Passenger Corporation
$40 billion
District of Columbia, Government of
$17 billion
Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees
$7.6 billion
Coalition for Green Capital
$5.1 billion
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
$4.5 billion
United Nations World Food Programme
$2.3 billion
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
$2.0 billion
District of Columbia, Government of
$1.9 billion

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