Chatham School District

Chatham School District, a U.S. local government entity and Alaskan Native servicing institution headquartered in Angoon, Alaska, operates as a federal grant recipient in K–12 education and child nutrition programs. The district holds 47 prime federal grants (45% of recent awards) and participates as a sub-recipient on 58 federal sub-awards (55%), with no federal contracting prime or subcontracting footprint. As an Alaska Native community institution, Chatham serves as recipient on Department of Education formula grants and project grants focused on Indian education, rural school achievement, and impact aid, alongside child nutrition and environmental programs.

The district's federal funding derives almost entirely from two customer agencies. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 52 awards across multiple programs, including Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs, Small Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA 84.358), REAP RLIS Special Qualified Agencies formula grants, and Impact Aid Program Title VII Section 7003 project grants (with awards dated November 2022, November 2023, and December 2024 carrying multi-year performance periods through 2028–2030). The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 48 awards, predominantly sub-awards flowing through the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (prime grantee) for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, with sub-awards placed monthly from February 2022 through June 2026. The district also holds a $100,000 USDA Farm to School Grant (CFDA 10.575) awarded July 26, 2023, to implement farm-to-school initiatives connecting local agricultural producers to school meals. A single sub-award from Philanthropy Northwest (December 2025) supports environmental justice and community resilience work under EPA Thriving Communities funding.

Award activity has grown steadily: five awards in 2022 to a peak of 21 in 2025, with 14 awards received in 2026 as of July. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting immediate recompete exposure. The district's funding concentration is narrow — 100% of awards originate from four federal agencies, with 95% split between USDA child nutrition pass-through and Department of Education formula and project grants tied to Alaska Native student populations and rural school designation. Recent prime awards include successive Indian Education Formula Grants (July 2024, July 2025, July 2026 each running 12 months), Small Rural School Achievement Program funding (July 2026 running through September 2027), and multi-year Impact Aid Project Grants providing federal funds for schools serving dependents of federal employees and Native American students. The district's role is institutional — receiving and administering federal education funding for operations and child nutrition services — rather than providing contracted goods or services to the federal government.