Department

Dept of State

$2.4B
total checkbook spend · FY18–present
9Fiscal years
20Programs
15+Top vendors
+16% in FY25 vs FY24

Budget vs. actual

Appropriated budget (state budget dataset, converted from thousands) against actual checkbook payments. Differences reflect fund types, timing, and spending outside the checkbook — a lead, not a verdict.

Fiscal yearBudgetedCheckbook actualActual / budget
FY18 $79,625,200 $108,338,574 136%
FY19 $88,070,300 $168,527,324 191%
FY20 $94,321,600 $162,792,167 173%
FY21 $96,772,100 $387,158,120 400%
FY22 $99,804,500 $310,795,600 311%
FY23 $103,269,700 $254,985,767 247%
FY24 $108,878,700 $312,109,515 287%
FY25 $115,149,300 $362,442,996 315%
FY26 $118,791,100 $331,892,765 279%

Budget source: “State” in the appropriated budgets dataset. Open source dataset ↗

Money anatomy

From 14,371,805 expenditure line items — how this department's spending breaks down by fund and account.

By fund

General Fund (General)
$785.8M
General Fund (Special)
$689.8M
Federal Funds (Federal)
$69.2M
Capital Projects (Capital)
$27.4M
Federal Funds (General)
$35K
Federal Funds (Special)
$6K

Top spending accounts

Grants
$694.8M
Passthru Account Expense
$153.0M
Corp Recording Passthru
$140.1M
Salaries/Wages-Employees
$122.3M
Software Maintenance
$34.2M
Health Ins/Employers' Sh
$33.0M
Pensions/Employer'S Share
$30.9M
Late Chg-Al Otr/Int-Sv Chg
$30.8M
IT Professional Services
$25.5M
Consultants
$24.5M
Building/Grounds Repair
$21.3M
Temporary Employment Service
$20.2M

Source: checkbook expenditure details. Open source dataset ↗

Programs

ProgramTotalVendorsYears
Delaware Economic Development $1,005,674,285 4,882 FY19–FY26
Corporations $414,493,516 141 FY18–FY26
Libraries $198,548,008 355 FY18–FY26
Veterans Home $170,138,754 490 FY18–FY26
Administration $166,763,373 714 FY18–FY26
Office of the Director $84,917,619 501 FY18–FY26
Professional Regulation $71,936,178 417 FY18–FY26
Arts, Office of the Director $66,899,326 1,287 FY18–FY26
State Banking Commission $53,817,632 146 FY18–FY26
Public Service Commission $35,611,763 198 FY18–FY26
Delaware Tourism Office $31,856,064 236 FY19–FY26
Del Comm. of Veterans Affairs $27,920,221 390 FY18–FY26
Delaware Public Archives $26,724,945 246 FY18–FY26
Government Information Center $21,499,955 67 FY18–FY26
Public Advocate $8,720,048 57 FY18–FY26
Employment Relations Boards $3,149,827 41 FY18–FY26
Human and Civil Rights $2,960,898 60 FY23–FY26
Off of the Alcoholic Bev Contr $2,545,905 40 FY24–FY26
Human Relations $2,384,764 67 FY19–FY22
Public Integrity Commission $1,949,940 41 FY18–FY26

Spending by fiscal year

Fiscal yearTotalPaymentsVendors
FY18 $108,338,574 28,4011,312
FY19 $168,527,324 30,9821,424
FY20 $162,792,167 30,8871,691
FY21 $387,158,120 34,7945,106
FY22 $310,795,600 26,8151,367
FY23 $254,985,767 28,6861,329
FY24 $312,109,515 30,4691,388
FY25 $362,442,996 30,5531,460
FY26 $331,892,765 31,4371,478