Bridgeport Exempted Village School District

Bridgeport Exempted Village School District, a U.S. local government entity based in Bridgeport, Ohio, receives federal grant funding as a sub-recipient (98% of recent awards) through pass-through arrangements with the Ohio Department of Education and other state agencies, with minimal prime grant work. The district operates exclusively in the federal grant space — no federal contract awards or IDVs — and functions as an end-use recipient of K-12 education and child nutrition funding streams rather than a vendor selling goods or services to the federal government.

The district's federal award portfolio consists almost entirely of sub-grant receipts flowing through state intermediaries, chiefly the Ohio Department of Education. Of 47 total awards in the past four years, 46 are sub-awards and one is a prime grant. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services together account for 41 awards, with secondary receipts from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (school lunch and breakfast programs) and smaller allocations from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service and the Department of the Treasury. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $23.1 million.

Bridgeport's grant work spans federal education and child nutrition statutes administered through Ohio's education pass-through mechanism. Representative sub-grant receipts include Title I-A Improving Basic Programs, IDEA-B Special Education, Title II-A Supporting Effective Instruction, Title IV-A Student Support and Academic Enrichment, McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance, IDEA Early Childhood Special Education, the School Lunch and Breakfast Programs (FFY25 and FFY26), the ARP ESSER program, and the Stronger Connections Grant. The district also received a sub-award from the Ohio Executive Office for Creation of an Appalachian Community Innovation Center. Most recently, the district earned a direct prime grant from the Rural Utilities Service (Alternate Name) for a Distance Learning Grant awarded August 26, 2025, with ultimate completion set for August 26, 2027.

Activity has accelerated modestly year over year — three awards in 2022 to twelve in 2024, with eleven in 2025 and eight in the first seven months of 2026. Only one award faces completion within the next twenty-four months, suggesting minimal recompete exposure in that window. Five distinct customer agencies are represented across the portfolio, though the Ohio Department of Education's sub-pass-through role concentrates the operational relationship on state-level administration rather than direct federal agency engagement. Bridgeport's federal footprint is characteristic of a rural or small metropolitan school district receiving baseline and supplemental education funding through established federal grant programs; the entity does not operate as a contractor, supplier, or service provider to the federal government.