Box Elder School District #13-G

Box Elder School District #13-G, doing business as Box Elder Public Schools, is a Montana-based public school district operating as a non-profit organization that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient from the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with 83% of its recent awards held as a prime recipient and 17% received as a sub-recipient from the Montana Office of Public Instruction.

Box Elder Public Schools operates in Box Elder, Montana, and draws federal funding primarily through education and nutrition formula grants and project grants. The district's prime-recipient portfolio centers on three recurring grant programs: the Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs (administered by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education), the Impact Aid Program under Title VII, Section 7003 (CFDA 84.041), and the Small, Rural School Achievement Program. A representative example is the $3.010 million Impact Aid Program award issued October 1, 2025, by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education to offset revenue loss resulting from federally connected children in the district; the award carries a period of performance through September 30, 2031, and Box Elder qualifies because at least three percent of its eligible federally connected children in average daily attendance live on Federal property including Indian lands or have a parent employed on Federal property or on active duty in the uniformed services. The district also received a project grant from the Office of English Language Acquisition for the Box Elder School Culture and Language Literacy Program (September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2027), supporting culturally responsive instruction and English language development. As a sub-recipient, Box Elder Public Schools receives flow-through federal funding from the Montana Office of Public Instruction under Title I Part A (CFDA 84.010), Title IV (CFDA 84.424), Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief programs (ESSER I, II, and III under CFDA 84.425), and the School Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.555).

The district's customer base is concentrated with the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which accounts for the overwhelming majority of its 81 total awards. The Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service represent the remaining direct-award funders. Over the past five years (2022–2026), the district has received an average of roughly five awards annually, with combined dollars obligated across all awards totaling $47.4 million. Two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing minimal recompete exposure in the immediate window.