Basis Charter Schools, Inc.

Basis Charter Schools, Inc., doing business as Basis Scottsdale, is a tax-exempt non-profit charter school operator that acts as a prime recipient of federal education grants and as a sub-recipient under state education agency pass-throughs, with 96% of recent federal activity in the form of grant sub-awards rather than prime contracts. The organization is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and receives federal funding through the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Food and Nutrition Service under the Department of Agriculture, and the Office of English Language Acquisition.

Basis Scottsdale's federal footprint centers on K-12 education funding and special education service delivery. On the prime side, the organization has received four consecutive annual formula grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, with awards in July 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, each running through September of the following year. The majority of federal dollars flow through sub-awards from state education agencies: the Arizona Department of Education passes through Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B Basic Entitlement grants, Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, and English Language Acquisition grants, under which Basis Scottsdale provides special education instruction, related support coordination by certified special education teachers and assistants, and coordination of professional services for children with disabilities aged 3 through 21 to ensure Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in compliance with 34 C.F.R. Part 300. The Louisiana Department of Administration passes through food and nutrition program funding that Basis Scottsdale distributes to support child nutrition operations. Basis Scottsdale also received sub-awards for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER III) grant programs managed by the Arizona Department of Education in 2022 and 2023.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward special education funding. The Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for 107 awards (59% of the 180-award portfolio), while the Food and Nutrition Service and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education each account for 36 awards (20% combined), and the Office of English Language Acquisition accounts for one award. All four agencies are covered across the portfolio. Activity peaked in 2024 with 62 awards, declining to 34 in 2025 and six in the current year through mid-October 2026; the organization has one award with ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Basis Scottsdale does not hold federal contract vehicles such as GWACs, BPAs, or IDIQs and does not operate as a prime contractor on federal service contracts.