Anderson Valley Unified School District

Anderson Valley Unified School District is a California-based public school district operating as a U.S. government entity that receives federal education and nutrition grants directly from the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture, and serves as a sub-recipient on state-administered federal education and food service programs flowing through the California Department of Education.

The district's federal footprint consists entirely of grant work — no federal contracts or IDVs — split between prime grants (47% of recent awards) and sub-awards under state pass-through vehicles (53%). The district is a recipient of direct federal grants rather than a competitive contractor. Over the past five years, award volume has grown significantly: one award in 2022 to fifteen in 2026, with $3.9 million in combined dollars obligated across all 47 recent awards. The district holds concentration with the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (28 awards, covering 91% of the active award count together with the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service's 11 awards). Smaller exposure includes the Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition, the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

As a prime grant recipient, Anderson Valley Unified has secured four direct federal awards from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program — formula grants awarded on July 1, 2022, July 1, 2023, July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, each running to September 30 of the following year. A fifth prime award, a congressionally delegated community project grant from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service dated September 20, 2024, extends to September 20, 2026. The district's sub-award volume dominates recent activity. The vast majority of sub-awards flow from the California Department of Education as pass-through grant funding for school nutrition programs (National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program), English Language Acquisition grants, Title I school improvement funding for high-poverty schools, and community learning centers that provide academic enrichment to at-risk students. Additional sub-awards from the California Department of Social Services support the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and a single sub-award from the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (dated January 10, 2024) relates to sewer infrastructure cost-sharing. The most recent sub-awards are dated September 30, 2026, indicating active funding into the current fiscal year. Only one award completes within the next twenty-four-month recompete window.