BEAD Money Tracker

Last verified: 27 September 2026. Where the US$42.45bn BEAD programme's money is going — one row per subaward, each with its source. This is a structured, citable feed, not a headline count: every row carries a named source you can check.

Dataset release 2026.09.27.1 — schema v1.0.0, 38 rows, Texas + Louisiana + North Dakota + Washington, US$1,695,943,628 across 364,401 locations promised. Machine-readable copies: CSV · JSON · release notes.

Prefer a ranked view? Our first quarterly data story charts the 25 biggest published awards with a downloadable CSV. Prefer a searchable view? The same release also powers the county awards database — every award in one filterable table with a county/parish column. For the full history behind these awards, see the BEAD timeline: 2021–2026. For the numbers over time, see the BEAD accountability time-series — one cumulative snapshot per dataset release.

Texas — final subgrantee awards

Seventeen provider-level final BEAD subgrantee agreements, announced by the Texas Broadband Development Office around 3 June 2026 and reported on 4 June 2026 — US$1,067,572,760 across 208,873 locations. Verification: press report (re-verified 26 September 2026). The Texas BDO has not published an official final award list or a county breakdown, so these rows are not presented as an official record — each is transcribed from a trade-press report that quotes the BDO, with that report linked per row. Rows older than 90 days without re-verification are retired from the published feed.

Note: in August 2026 the Texas Comptroller paused all BEAD disbursements pending an audit (reported by Fierce Network). The awards below remain awarded; disbursement timing may change.

Subgrantee	Amount	Locations	Technology	Verification	Source
360 Broadband LLC	US$16,071,631	2,716	Fibre	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
4 IP Technology and Media LLC, d.b.a. Nexstream	US$401,831,807	32,404	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
AMG Technology Investment Group LLC, d.b.a. Nextlink Internet	US$42,161,852	34,417	Fixed wireless	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Aristotle Unified Communications Inc.	US$56,914,449	10,795	Fibre	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
AT&T Services Inc., on behalf of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. LLC	US$32,196,465	6,653	Fibre	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Charter Communications, d.b.a. Spectrum	US$47,810,536	7,830	Fibre	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Connect Holding II LLC, d.b.a. Brightspeed	US$24,396,727	6,574	Fibre	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Frontier Southwest Inc./Verizon	US$59,185,393	8,259	Fibre	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
IBT Group USA LLC	US$2,300,708	1,264	Fixed wireless	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Lucky Fiber	US$4,469,117	1,447	Fibre	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Lyte Fiber LLC	US$115,992,900	9,666	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Plains Internet	US$96,116,680	13,055	Fibre	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Rural Telecommunications of America Inc.	US$15,803,008	3,314	Fibre	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., d.b.a. Starlink Services LLC	US$108,787,903	63,887	Satellite	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
USConnect Holdings Inc., d.b.a. Livingston Telephone Co.	US$36,634,389	3,928	Fibre	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Valor Telecommunications of Texas LLC, d.b.a. Uniti	US$4,778,788	2,403	Fibre	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
VTX Communications LLC	US$2,120,407	261	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source

Amounts are awards as published, not money disbursed. County-level splits have not been published for Texas, so rows are provider-level. Subgrantee names are copied exactly as published.

Louisiana — announced Benefit-of-the-Bargain awards

Twelve provider-level BEAD awards announced by ConnectLA (Louisiana's broadband office) under the post-restructure "Benefit of the Bargain" round — US$498,296,587 across 126,798 locations promised. The round is documented in Louisiana's BEAD Final Proposal v7.0 (18 November 2025), which incorporates the June 2025 federal restructuring. Verification: press report (re-verified 26 September 2026). The per-provider amounts below are transcribed from a trade-press report of the state's announcement, linked per row — the Final Proposal's narrative confirms the round and its results (~$500m for about 127,000 locations) but does not publish per-provider figures in its text, and no county breakdown or per-provider technology split has been published. These rows are not presented as an official award list; they carry status "announced" rather than "awarded".

Note: the state's announced total of $499,079,587 includes a $783,000 line for 1,044 "potential additional" LEO locations that are explicitly not yet awarded — that line is excluded from the rows below and from the totals. The state's initial (pre-restructure) recommendations of $748m for 139,677 locations were superseded by this round.

Subgrantee	Amount	Locations	Technology	Verification	Source
Louisiana Local Fiber Consortium	US$378,042,581	68,535	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
AT&T	US$21,507,805	19,784	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Nextlink	US$18,490,698	7,460	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Cajun Broadband	US$18,203,892	4,067	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Comcast Cable Communications LLC	US$16,233,318	6,561	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Direct Communications	US$10,000,000	1,504	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Conexon Connect LLC	US$9,349,697	3,443	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
SpaceX	US$7,745,250	10,327	Satellite	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Brightspeed	US$5,751,955	2,609	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
SkyRider Communications LLC	US$5,418,804	718	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Pelican Broadband	US$4,022,689	1,232	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Coushatta Tribe of LA	US$3,529,898	558	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source

Amounts are awards as announced, not money disbursed. The state reports roughly 80% of locations will get fibre and 9% LEO satellite, but no per-provider technology split has been published — rows without a published technology are labelled accordingly. Subgrantee names are copied exactly as published.

North Dakota — finalized subgrantee awards

Two finalized BEAD subgrantee contracts, announced by the North Dakota Information Technology department (NDIT) in early May 2026 — US$6,133,968 across 279 locations promised. Verification: official document (checked 26 September 2026). The figures are transcribed from an official North Dakota Legislative Management presentation (November 2025) recording the NTIA-approved sub-awards; NDIT announced the finalized contracts with both providers on 6 May 2026 (reported by Broadband Communities). No county breakdown or per-provider technology split has been published — NDIT describes the state's BEAD projects as primarily fiber — so rows are provider-level and labelled accordingly. With 279 locations, this is the smallest state award list published so far.

Subgrantee	Amount	Locations	Technology	Verification	Source
BEK Communications Cooperative	US$5,942,467	257	Mixed / not published per provider	Official document last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source
Midco	US$191,501	22	Mixed / not published per provider	Official document last checked 26 Sep 2026	Source

Amounts are awards as published, not money disbursed. One published figure carries cents (BEK: $5,942,467.35) and is stored in whole dollars. Subgrantee names are copied exactly as published.

Washington — first-wave signed subgrantee contracts

Seven signed BEAD subgrantee contracts, announced by the Washington State Broadband Office (~24–25 September 2026) — US$123,940,313 across 28,451 locations promised. Verification: press report (checked 27 September 2026). The figures are transcribed from Telecompetitor’s report of the WSBO’s announced contract chart; the state has not published an official machine-readable award list. These are the first seven of 26 winners — contracts with the remaining 19 were still unsigned at publication, with a state signing deadline of 8 October 2026, so this section will grow as new contracts are announced. Per-provider technology has not been published (the state reports 21,858 wireless and 6,594 fibre locations across the seven in aggregate), and only the four largest awards are broken out by county — the three smaller awards serve Tribal communities.

Subgrantee	County / service area	Amount	Locations	Technology	Verification	Source
Broadlinc	Spokane	US$65,200,000	9,840	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 27 Sep 2026	Source
Declaration Networks Group, Inc.	Ferry, Skagit, Stevens, Whatcom	US$24,100,000	9,950	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 27 Sep 2026	Source
Concept Communications, LLC	Okanogan	US$18,100,000	4,780	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 27 Sep 2026	Source
Kitsap PUD	Kitsap	US$15,000,000	3,770	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 27 Sep 2026	Source
Spokane Tribe	Tribal (Spokane Tribe service area)	US$947,717	76	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 27 Sep 2026	Source
Lummi Indian Business Council	Tribal (Lummi Nation)	US$536,596	27	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 27 Sep 2026	Source
Hood Canal Communications	Tribal (Skokomish Tribe service area)	US$56,000	8	Mixed / not published per provider	Press report last checked 27 Sep 2026	Source

Amounts are awards as announced, not money disbursed. The state said the seven contracts total about US$165.1m including roughly US$41.2m in matching funds from state, private and other sources (project totals above are BEAD funding only); the three Tribal-award figures are exact, the four larger awards are rounded by the source, and the rows sum to US$123,940,313 against the state’s announced ~US$123.9m. Subgrantee names are copied exactly as published.

Coverage and what’s next

Watch checked 1 October 2026. Washington’s seven first-wave signed contracts remain the tracker’s latest extraction (US$123.9m BEAD, ~28,452 locations — see the Washington section above); the state still has 19 of 26 winners unsigned, with an 8 October 2026 signing deadline. North Carolina: the state’s caveat is unchanged: “All awards are contingent until they are contracted by the division in 2026” — our 207-row “Approved BEAD Awards” fetch stays archived until contracting is confirmed. California: the CPUC’s Final Proposal page still lists “preliminary awards”; the 17 September 2026 5–0 ratification stands, but the decision whether to sign the NTIA agreement is still ahead — the end-September acceptance deadline reported in press coverage has now passed: as of this check the agreement is still unsigned and no extension has been confirmed. Florida: FloridaCommerce documents still label the winners “provisional awardees” (Post-Award FAQs v22, 30 June 2026); no executed contracts announced. Missouri: still “Provisional Awardee” / “Provisional Award” on the state’s BEAD page (NTIA approved its final proposal on 6 January 2026).

Also on watch: Alabama (“preliminarily approved” projects, contract development under way — no new contracting confirmation), Michigan (still provisional; press reports say contracts were signed in August, but the state has not relabelled its list), Virginia and Georgia (both still “provisional BEAD awards” — press reports say Virginia signed agreements with 19 of its 22 winners in early August, but the state has not relabelled its list).

Rows land here as soon as verifiable lists publish; the plan is to expand toward the top-10 BEAD-allocation states over the coming weeks. Disputed, paused, or restated awards keep their row and their history — restatements get a new row linked from the old one, never a silent edit. The primary documents behind these figures — final proposals, NTIA approvals, broadband-office releases — live in our BEAD public-documents archive. Spotted something wrong or missing? Tell us — corrections are logged publicly on our corrections log. Our data discipline is set out in the methodology page.