Aurora Waasakone Community Of Learners

Aurora Waasakone Community Of Learners Aurora Waakasone Community Of Learners Division, a tax-exempt non-profit educational institution based in Bemidji, Minnesota, receives federal grants as a prime recipient in K-12 education funding and operates as a sub-recipient on pass-through grants from the Minnesota Department of Education. The organization does not hold federal contracts.

Aurora Waasakone operates exclusively in the federal grant space, with no contract footprint. As a prime grant recipient, it holds awards under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (three formula grants from July 2022 through July 2026) and the Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs (one formula grant awarded July 2023). The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education has funded all four of its prime grants, which total $203 thousand across the entire award portfolio. As a sub-recipient, Aurora Waasakone has received five pass-through awards from the Minnesota Department of Education in 2023 and 2024 under the 000-419 and 000-401 award series.

Customer concentration is narrow and consistent with the organization's mission. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for six of nine total awards (all prime grants); the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for the remaining three awards (all sub-awards routed through the Minnesota Department of Education). Award activity has been minimal and irregular — one award in 2022, three in 2023, three in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026 — reflecting the rhythm of formula grant distributions to rural and tribal educational institutions rather than competitive procurement. One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating a single recompete opportunity.

Aurora Waasakone's federal footprint is consistent with a small rural and tribal education recipient focused on federal formula grants for school operations and special education services. The organization does not appear in contracting databases and generates no contract revenue; its federal relationship is entirely grant-based and administered through Department of Education offices serving rural and underserved school districts.