County Of Inyo

County Of Inyo, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Independence, California, receives federal grant funding as a recipient for airport infrastructure, homelessness prevention, and social services administered through California state agencies. The county operates as a primary recipient on grants from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and as a sub-recipient on a large portfolio of health, nutrition, welfare, and emergency management grants flowing through California state departments. The county holds no federal contracts and does not compete on procurement vehicles; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based, with roughly 80 percent of its 152 awards in the source data recorded as sub-awards (sub-recipient status) routed through state pass-throughs.

The FAA Western Pacific Region awarded County Of Inyo nine primary project and formula grants between September 2024 and August 2026 for Bishop Airport and Lone Pine Airport infrastructure. Representative awards include a $271,300 project grant (CFDA 20.117, awarded August 18, 2026) to reconstruct 8,200 feet of perimeter fencing at Bishop Airport through August 2030; a $300,993.68 project grant (CFDA 20.106, awarded August 29, 2025) for Phase 1 environmental assessment of a new 20,000–30,000 square-foot terminal facility at Bishop Airport; a $325,389.47 project grant (CFDA 20.106, awarded August 29, 2025) for Phase 1 design of a new 6,400 square-foot Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting building at Bishop Airport; a $246,023.16 formula grant (CFDA 20.106, awarded September 18, 2025) for replacement of one airport rotating beacon and reconstruction of the Precision Approach Path Indicator system for Runway 12; and a $146,252.63 project grant (CFDA 20.116, awarded August 11, 2026) to conduct an airport wildlife hazard assessment and management plan at Bishop Airport. The county also holds project grants from HUD's Administration for Community Planning and Development (CFDA 14.231, Continuum of Care Program) awarded February 2026 and October 2024 for homelessness prevention and housing assistance, and a $205,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (CFDA 10.766, Community Facilities Loans and Grants program, awarded December 23, 2022) for community facility improvements in rural Inyo County.

The source identifies 28 distinct federal customer agencies. The top funding relationship by award count is the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, which accounts for 64 awards covering aging services, senior nutrition, caregiver support, and elder abuse prevention programs (Special Programs for the Aging, Title III, Parts B, C, and D; Title VII, Chapters 2 and 3; CFDA 93.044, 93.045, 93.052, 93.053). The Administration for Children and Families accounts for 14 awards spanning child welfare, foster care, adoption assistance, and family preservation services routed through California Department of Social Services (CFDA 93.645, 93.658, 93.659, 93.674). The FAA Western Pacific Region accounts for 10 awards (airport infrastructure noted above). The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 13 combined awards for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC, CFDA 10.557) and CalFresh employment and training services. The county also receives sub-awards from California Department of Public Health for immunization and maternal/child health programs, and from California Department of Aging for aging-related social services and nutrition programs. Sub-recipient flows dominate the portfolio; the county administered no prime federal contracts during the period covered.

Activity has grown substantially year over year from nine awards in 2022 to forty-four in 2024 and forty-two in 2025, with eighteen awards recorded in 2026 through late August. Four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and represent recompete exposure. Combined potential value across all 152 awards stands at $89,000, but combined dollars obligated stand at $22 million—a 24,855 percent ratio that reflects the source data's treatment of sub-recipient awards, where pass-through dollar amounts from state agencies are recorded as obligations against minimal potential-value figures. The county's federal footprint centers on administration of aging services, social services, nutrition programs, and airport infrastructure in eastern California's Inyo County region, with no federal contract or procurement vehicle presence.