Cambria-Friesland School District

Cambria-Friesland School District, a public K–12 school district in Cambria, Wisconsin, operates as a prime recipient of formula grants from the U.S. Department of Education and as a sub-recipient of education and nutrition grants flowing through the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Cambria-Friesland School District is a government entity — a U.S. state government instrumentality — structured as a public school district. The district does not hold federal contracts and has no seat on government-wide acquisition vehicles. Its federal footprint is entirely grant-based, with 17 prime grant awards (44% of total awards) and 22 sub-grant awards (56%), reflecting its role as both a direct recipient of federal education funding and a pass-through recipient of state-administered federal education and nutrition assistance.

The district's customer base spans three federal agencies and is concentrated among education and nutrition-assistance programs. The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (under the Department of Education) anchors the prime portfolio with multiple consecutive Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants awarded annually (July 2022 through July 2026), with each ultimate completion date falling in the September following award. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service delivers nutrition assistance to the district through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) sub-awards, flowing through Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction as the state intermediary; ten of the thirteen USDA awards shown carry NSLP or related nutrition designations, with monthly or periodic award dates through 2026. The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for three awards, including IDEA Part B formula grants for special education programming in the least restrictive environment and Title I Grants to Local Education Agencies (CFDA 84.010) for disadvantaged students.

Award volume has trended upward in recent years — two awards in 2023 to ten in 2025 — with only one award (combined potential value not specified in source) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The district's combined dollars obligated across all awards totals $1.8 million, a modest magnitude reflecting the small-district profile and formula-grant structure. Sub-awards dominate by count, a natural consequence of the district's downstream position in federal education funding streams that channel through state education agencies rather than directly to districts. As a rural district recipient, Cambria-Friesland is positioned primarily to receive and deploy federal education resources rather than to serve as a vendor, partner, or contractor to the federal marketplace.