BON Homme School District

BON Homme School District, a U.S. local government school district based in Tyndall, South Dakota, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and acts as a sub-recipient for pass-through grants from the South Dakota Department of Education. The district operates entirely within the federal grant ecosystem and holds no federal contracts or contract vehicles; all revenue flows from categorical education grants and sub-awards rather than procurement.

The district's customer concentration is narrow and statutory. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 37 of 48 total awards (77% of all awards), followed by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (9 awards) and the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service (1 award). The four-agency footprint reflects the structure of K-12 education funding: direct grants from ED/OESE, nutrition programs via USDA FNS, and rural infrastructure via USDA RHS.

BON Homme's primary grant vehicle is the Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.041, Title VII, Section 7002), a recurring five-year project grant designed to offset revenue losses from federally-acquired, non-taxable real property within the district's tax base. The district has received recurring $301,062 Impact Aid awards in six cycles spanning from February 2023 through September 2031. These awards support comprehensive K-12 educational programming including general instruction, special education, English language learning, school nutrition, career and technical education, teacher training, and technology integration. Alongside Impact Aid, BON Homme also receives Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from ED/OESE, awarded annually from 2022 through 2026. As a sub-recipient, the district receives pass-through awards from the South Dakota Department of Education covering Title I Basic, Title IV, Title IIA REAP, the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Block Grant, and pandemic-era relief funding including ESSER III and EANS.

Total federal dollars obligated across all 48 awards (prime and sub combined) reached $7.7 million. Activity peaked in 2023 (12 awards) but has declined to single-digit annual volume in 2024–2025 and one award in 2026. Within the next twenty-four months, one award faces ultimate completion and recompete exposure. The district's 63% prime-award share (30 awards) and 37% sub-award share (18 awards) reflects its dual role as a direct federal grantee and as a sub-recipient of state pass-through funding — a characteristic profile for rural school districts operating within constrained tax bases and federal land-holding constraints.