Anchorage School District

Anchorage School District (ASD), a U.S. government entity and Alaska's largest school district serving 44,325 students across more than 2,000 square miles, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering K-12 education and student support services to federally connected and Native Alaskan student populations. ASD holds 79 prime federal grants (26% of its 306 total awards) and receives an additional 227 sub-awards (74%), predominantly in the sub-recipient posture for nutrition and education programs flowing through Alaska state agencies.

ASD's federal grant portfolio concentrates heavily on education and nutrition funding. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education leads by award count with 91 grants, followed by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service with 127 awards across school breakfast, lunch, and child and adult care food programs. The Department of Education's special education and English language acquisition offices account for an additional 16 awards. Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster assistance comprises 38 awards, reflecting ASD's participation in hazard mitigation and disaster recovery programs following the 2018 November Cook Inlet earthquake and subsequent weather events. These five funding sources account for 89% of ASD's recent award count.

As a prime recipient, ASD manages Title I, special education, Indian education, and targeted student-support grants through the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Representative grants include a $2.329 million Indian Education Formula Grant (CFDA 84.060, July 2025–June 2026) supporting culturally responsive programming for Alaska Native students, a $2.416 million Indian Education Formula Grant (CFDA 84.060, July 2024–June 2025), and a $439,630 project grant for school emergency response and violence prevention under the School Safety National Activities program (CFDA 84.184, January–June 2026). ASD also received a $672,250 STOP School Violence Program grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.839, October 2024–September 2027) for its Project Brighter Futures initiative, combining districtwide training in emergency response, integrated threat assessment, and school safety equipment procurement in collaboration with the Anchorage Police Department and behavioral health partners. A $5.18 million SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services grant (awarded December 2022, completing September 2026) funds comprehensive school mental health system development across elementary, middle, and high school settings, serving an estimated 10,778 students annually through the Interconnected Systems Framework.

Sub-award activity is dominated by nutrition and education pass-throughs from Alaska's Department of Education and Early Development, which manages the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Summer Food Service Program, Title I Basic Grants, Title III English Language Acquisition, Title IIA Teacher Quality, special education, and migrant education allocations to ASD. Disaster recovery sub-awards from Alaska's Department of Military and Veterans Affairs fund school building and equipment reconstruction following the 2018 earthquake; notable projects include a $3.923 million sub-award for Gruening Middle School renovation (FEMA Public Assistance Program, ultimately completing September 2029), a $2.295 million sub-award for Bartlett High School repairs (September 2027), and a $2.429 million sub-award for Fire Lake Elementary School reconstruction (April 2026). ASD also received a $235,792 sub-award from the Department of Homeland Security's State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (October 2024) and a $123,800 sub-award from the State Homeland Security Program (September 2025).

Activity has grown year over year — 31 awards in 2022 to 90 in 2024 — before moderating to 66 in 2025 and 29 through May 2026. Five awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, posing limited recompete exposure for ASD as a grant recipient. ASD's grant work centers on serving federally impacted and economically disadvantaged students under Impact Aid (CFDA 84.041) for students connected to military installations and federal property, Native Alaskan cultural and academic programming, school nutrition, special education, and emergency response capacity. The source lists combined potential value as $5 thousand, which reflects a data anomaly in the potential-value field; obligated value stands at $575.4 million across all awards.