Where federal tax dollars land around Burlingame

Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Burlingame, CA — the yearly total, the biggest agencies and the largest recipients.

USAspending.gov API, federal awards by place of performance.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

$4.4B in federal awards was spent in San Mateo County.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $4.4B — $5,939 per county resident

Federal awards in San Mateo County, by fiscal year

2016: 3094434755
2017: 3241637191
2018: 3489781490
2019: 3492102821
2020: 5895034199
2021: 5573287481
2022: 4154190464
2023: 4492503021
2024: 5072266100
2025: 4424907355

Biggest awarding agencies

Social Security Administration: 3368859564
Department of Housing and Urban Development: 222503324
Department of Homeland Security: 177464689
Department of Defense: 174749377
Department of Veterans Affairs: 144695532
Department of Health and Human Services: 118012499

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 3750496697
COVENANT AVIATION SECURITY, LLC: 165336384
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF COUNTY OF SAN M: 157864650
SRI INTERNATIONAL: 133537375
ACUMEN LLC: 59944775
TECHNICAL COMMUNITIES, INC.: 49990156

What it means

Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $3.4B of the $4.4B total.

That works out to about $5,939 for every resident of the county, counting contracts, grants, loans and direct payments.

Place of performance means the work happened here — the money may be awarded to a company or agency headquartered elsewhere, and multi-year awards can land in a single year's total.

Sources

U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates — Population, income, housing, education, commuting and poverty figures
Census Bureau API — ACS Detailed Tables — The endpoint these pages are generated from
data.census.gov — Look up the same tables for any place yourself
ACS accuracy statement — Estimates carry margins of error; small places vary the most

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