license: other
license_name: tensorust-sample-license
license_link: https://tensorust.com/datasets/federal-grant-terminations/
pretty_name: Federal Grant Termination Ledger (free sample)
language:
- en
tags:
- tensorust
- sample
- grants-and-nonprofits
- government-data
- finance
size_categories:
- n<1K
configs:
- config_name: sample
data_files:
- split: train
path: sample.csv
- config_name: summary
data_files:
- split: train
path: summary_by_recipient_state.csv
Federal Grant Termination Ledger: free sample (Tensorust LLC)
Every grant HHS and NSF list as terminated, with the dollars obligated and the dollars left unpaid when the money stopped.
Headline: When a federal grant is terminated, the obligated money that was not yet paid out is what the recipient loses or must fight for in closeout.
This repository is a free teaser, not the dataset. It holds 25 example rows and a summary table with no names in it. The full file has 3,483 rows and is sold by Tensorust LLC: https://tensorust.com/datasets/federal-grant-terminations/.
Files here
| file | what it is |
|---|---|
sample.csv |
25 rows of the full file (the same sample shown on tensorust.com) |
summary_by_recipient_state.csv |
row counts and totals by recipient state across the full file, no entity names (groups with fewer than 3 rows are folded into "Other") |
Summary by recipient state (largest groups)
| Recipient state | rows | Obligated (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| (blank) | 1,667 | 1,345,131,506 |
| TEXAS | 171 | 5,704,431,219 |
| NEW YORK | 144 | 235,927,189 |
| MASSACHUSETTS | 119 | 172,764,549 |
| PENNSYLVANIA | 78 | 166,775,434 |
| FLORIDA | 77 | 2,496,399,495 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | 76 | 298,234,347 |
| GEORGIA | 71 | 1,162,959,024 |
| CALIFORNIA | 68 | 115,804,305 |
| VIRGINIA | 49 | 1,015,822,388 |
| MISSOURI | 47 | 768,873,456 |
| OHIO | 45 | 1,330,360,898 |
| TOTAL | 3,483 | 24,033,726,162 |
Full table: summary_by_recipient_state.csv.
What the full file has
- 3,483 rows
- Key fields: agency, opdiv, directorate, award_id, obligation_document, recipient_name, recipient_state, country, award_title, termination_date
- Parquet and CSV, a README with sources, method and limits, and the build script
- Free 25-row sample (no personal contact data)
Coverage: 1,816 HHS grants across 6 operating divisions (NIH, CDC, SAMHSA, ACF, FDA, CMS/CMMI), terminations dated 2025-01-28 to 2025-12-08; 1,667 NSF awards; 964 recipients. HHS list as generated Nov 6 2026; NSF list export 6/5/2025; built Nov 6 2026
Columns in the full file
| column | meaning |
|---|---|
agency |
HHS or NSF |
opdiv |
HHS operating division (NIH, CDC, SAMHSA, ACF and so on); NSF for NSF rows |
directorate |
NSF directorate (NSF rows) |
award_id |
FAIN (HHS) or NSF award id |
obligation_document |
HHS obligation document number |
recipient_name |
Recipient organization, upper case |
recipient_state |
Recipient state (HHS rows) |
country |
Recipient country (HHS rows) |
award_title |
Award title |
termination_date |
Action date of the termination (HHS rows) |
termination_basis |
HHS stated basis: Presidential Action, Departmental Authority, Termination for Cause and so on |
for_cause |
HHS marked the termination as for cause |
total_obligated |
Total amount obligated on the award, USD |
total_expended |
Total expended as of termination, USD (HHS) |
total_paid |
Total paid as of termination, USD (HHS) |
unliquidated_at_termination |
Obligated money not yet paid out when the grant was terminated, USD (HHS) |
pct_unpaid_at_termination |
unliquidated_at_termination / total_obligated |
source_list |
Which official list the row comes from |
award_url |
Award page (TAGGS or NSF award search) |
Get the full file
| tier | price | includes |
|---|---|---|
| Termination file | $750 | All 3,483 terminated HHS and NSF awards with obligated, paid and unliquidated dollars, basis, dates, and the recipient rollup. CSV and Parquet. |
| Closeout watch | $3,500 a year | Monthly refresh from both lists, new and removed terminations flagged (removals often mean reinstatement), per-recipient alerts for up to 25 institutions. |
| Portfolio license | $12,000 a year | Weekly refresh, joins to USAspending award history on request, internal use across research finance, legal and audit teams of a university system or funder. |
Email mattbusel@tensorust.com with the tier and a billing contact, and we will send a proper invoice (ACH or card). The file is delivered once the invoice is paid. Details and the live sample: https://tensorust.com/datasets/federal-grant-terminations/. All datasets: https://tensorust.com/datasets/
Method and limits
The HHS PDF is parsed table by table (14 columns, header rows dropped); dollar strings are parsed, a dash is zero. The NSF CSV is read as published. Both are stacked into one table; recipient names are upper-cased for the rollup, so a recipient spelled two ways appears twice.
Not every terminated federal grant: only HHS and NSF publish lists, and these are the agencies' own lists (grants later reinstated by court order may still appear or may have been removed). NSF does not publish paid or unliquidated amounts, so those are blank for NSF rows. Not a legal finding about any termination and not a list of people.
Sources
- HHS TAGGS, HHS Grants Terminated list (PDF, generated Nov 6 2026), https://taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data/HHS_Grants_Terminated.pdf
- NSF terminated awards list (CSV, export date 6/5/2025), https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/NSF-Terminated-Awards.csv, linked from https://www.nsf.gov/updates-on-priorities
License
The sample and summary here are free to view, analyze and cite with attribution to "Tensorust LLC, https://tensorust.com/datasets/federal-grant-terminations/". The full dataset is licensed separately per tier. No resale or redistribution of Tensorust data without a written license.
Tensorust LLC, Tuckahoe NY. mattbusel@tensorust.com | https://tensorust.com