American Samoa Community College

American Samoa Community College, a U.S. government entity and 1862 land-grant institution based in Pago Pago, serves as the sole provider of postsecondary education in American Samoa and operates as a grant recipient across multiple federal programs, with minimal prime federal contracting activity. The college's federal footprint centers on grant awards from the Department of Agriculture, Department of the Interior, and Department of Education that fund agricultural research, extension programming, workforce development, and institutional operations.

ASCC's prime grant portfolio is dominated by USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) funding across formula and project grant vehicles. Recent representative awards include a $3.328 million Hatch Act formula grant (CFDA 10.203) for taro crop improvement through conventional breeding and vegetable crop variety trials, a $3.501 million Smith-Lever Extension Funding award (CFDA 10.511) supporting cooperative agricultural extension programming through the Division of Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources, and a $103,886 Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program grant (CFDA 10.514) targeting nutrition education for low-income families and youth. USDA Forest Service awards under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) have funded forest stewardship and invasive species management; recent examples include a $361,500 award (August 2026) for greenhouse maintenance and seedling production, a $345,800 award (August 2025) for native tree seed and seedling propagation, and a $750,000 Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program grant (August 2023) for forest resource planning and management. The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs provides formula grants for college operations and personnel costs, with a $1.002 million award (October 2025, CFDA 15.082) exemplifying operational support. The college also receives workforce and infrastructure grants: a $260,000 project grant (April 2024, CFDA 15.875) supports Phase II of the Apprentice Workforce Development program targeting vocational certification in trades and technology, and a $3 million capital improvement project grant (June 2022, CFDA 15.875) funds a new classroom building.

ASCC maintains federal grant relationships concentrated in five agencies covering 66 percent of recent awards. USDA NIFA leads with 128 awards (primary focus on agricultural research and extension), followed by the Department of the Interior Insular Affairs (34 awards, institutional operations and workforce development), the Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (19 awards, adult education and family literacy under CFDA 84.002), and the USDA Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region (18 awards, forest stewardship). The college received a single contract award—a $23,220 purchase order from NOAA's Pacific West Region (September 2024) for an NPSA marine debris display project with completion in April 2025—representing negligible prime contracting exposure. Activity has remained steady across 2022–2025 (13 to 19 awards per year), with 11 awards facing completion in the next twenty-four months.

ASCC acts as a sub-recipient on grant awards managed primarily by the University of Hawaii, including recurring sub-awards for the Pacific Basin University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Model State-Supported Area Health Education Centers (AHEC), and Louis Stokes STEM Pathways and Research Alliance. A sub-award from Portland State University (November 2024) supports continuation of the EXITO training model and research dissemination. The college's capability portfolio reflects its land-grant mission: agricultural research and crop improvement (taro breeding, vegetable variety trials), extension outreach and education (farm safety, 4-H youth development, family consumer sciences), forest stewardship and invasive species management, nutrition education targeting low-income populations, and workforce development in trades, technology, and computer science. Work is performed in American Samoa and the surrounding Pacific region, with place of performance designated as the United States for most awards. The college operates as a government entity with no SBA set-aside designations and competes full-and-open in all federal funding mechanisms.