Assistance recipient type attribute
The USAspending.gov recipient organization or person category reported for a federal financial assistance award.
- Type:
string | null - Value set: Enum
- Data types: Federal grant award
- Fields:
assistance_recipient_type
Assistance recipient type comes from federal financial assistance award data and classifies the kind of recipient, such as a state government, nonprofit, individual, or small business. Use it to compare recipient sectors; it does not describe the purpose of the grant program itself.
Values
GovTribe normalizes federal assistance recipient categories into customer-facing labels.
State government: The recipient is a state government.County government: The recipient is a county government.City or township government: The recipient is a city or township government.Special district government: The recipient is a special district government.Independent school district: The recipient is an independent school district.State controlled institution of higher education: The recipient is a state-controlled higher education institution.Indian tribe: The recipient is an Indian tribe.Private higher education: The recipient is a private higher education institution.Individual: The recipient is an individual.Profit organization: The recipient is a for-profit organization.Small business: The recipient is a small business.Other nonprofit: The recipient is another nonprofit organization.All other: The source reports another recipient category.
Observed usage
Data from May 2025 - May 2026. No recipient-type values were observed on grant award records in this one-year check.
| Value | Federal Grant Award |
|---|---|
| No value | 127,470 (100.0%) |