Belfield School District 13

Belfield School District 13, doing business as Belfield Elementary School, is a U.S. government entity and rural North Dakota school district that receives federal funding as a grant recipient, not a federal contractor. The district operates primarily as a sub-recipient (88% of recent awards) of nutrition and educational grants flowing from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service and the U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with only 12% of awards held as prime recipient status.

Belfield Elementary is headquartered at 308 3rd Street NE, Belfield, North Dakota 58622. The district's federal funding footprint is concentrated in two programs: the Small, Rural School Achievement Program administered through the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which Belfield holds as a prime grant recipient on a rolling fiscal-year basis (awards dated July 1, 2024, July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026, each running through September 30 of the following year); and child nutrition programs administered through the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service via the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction as the pass-through grantor. The nutrition sub-awards include the National School Lunch Program (Free/Reduced and Paid components), the School Breakfast Program, Commodity Nutrition Block grants, and Title I education funding comingled through the state agency. Sub-award distribution is monthly or quarterly, with consistent award dates across the calendar year.

The district's recent award activity shows modest volatility but consistent participation. From 2021 through 2026, the district received one award in 2021, fifteen awards in 2023, seventeen in 2024, twenty-three in 2025, and nineteen through July 2026. Combined dollars obligated across all eighty-one awards total $591 thousand, reflecting the formula-driven, modest scale typical of small rural elementary schools. The two customer agencies account for 100% of awards: the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service carries sixty-four awards, while the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education carries seventeen awards. One award has an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. Belfield Elementary does not hold seats on federal contract vehicles, IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs; federal funding flows exclusively through grant and sub-grant mechanisms characteristic of rural K-12 school operations.