Bradford Community Unit School District #1

Bradford Community Unit School District #1, doing business as Bradford Grade School, is a U.S. local government school district based in Bradford, Illinois, that receives federal education grants as a prime recipient from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and as a sub-recipient from the Illinois State Board of Education. The district does not hold federal contracts and operates exclusively in the federal grant space, with no involvement in federal procurement vehicles.

Bradford Grade School's federal footprint concentrates in two education grant programs. The district holds five prime awards under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA not specified in source), with awards dated July 1 of each year from 2022 through 2026, spanning from award to ultimate completion dates between September 2023 and September 2027. The district also receives sub-grants from the Illinois State Board of Education, the prime recipient of federal funds flowing through the U.S. Department of Education. These sub-grants (nine awards between November 2021 and September 2026) fund special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part B, at-risk student instructional support, emergency relief activities, and student educational activities and equipment. Sub-grant descriptions indicate the district uses funds for instructional staff salaries and benefits, paraprofessional support, professional development, supplies, materials, equipment, travel, and purchased services to address students with disabilities ages 3–21 and students at risk of academic failure.

The district's customer concentration is singular: the Department of Education accounts for 100% of awards, split between the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (24 awards) and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (2 awards). Over the past five years, the district has received one to three awards annually, with 26 total awards since 2007 and $1.6 million combined obligated across all awards. One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Bradford Grade School operates as a prime recipient on 69% of awards and as a sub-recipient on 31%, with all sub-awards flowing through the Illinois State Board of Education as the pass-through entity. The district neither competes for contracts nor sits on federal procurement vehicles; its federal engagement is limited to formula grant distribution and sub-grant administration in K–12 education.