Edmonds College

Edmonds College, a public community college in Lynnwood, Washington, is a federal grant recipient that delivers workforce development, early childhood education, and STEM undergraduate research programming to the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of State. The college operates as a prime grant recipient on most of its federal awards (76% of total) and acts as a sub-recipient on a smaller subset of awards (24%), with no federal contract prime or IDV presence.

The college's primary capability portfolio centers on postsecondary education support and workforce development. Current prime grants include a $7.11 million Head Start and Early Head Start Project Grant from HHS Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.600) running through June 30, 2031, supporting comprehensive early childhood education and family support services for low-income children and families in the Edmonds service area; a $1.3 million Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education award from the Department of Education (CFDA 84.031) supporting Marine and AI Robotics Pathways Programs through May 31, 2026; a $500,000 National Science Foundation STEM Education grant (CFDA 47.076) titled "Beyond the Classroom: Increasing Persistence in STEM through External Validation in Community College Undergraduate Research Experiences," running through September 30, 2027; and a $286,107 TRIO Student Support Services award from the Department of Education (CFDA 84.042) providing academic advising and financial literacy services to disadvantaged student populations. The college also received an $827,453 cooperative agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (award date August 1, 2023, ultimate completion July 31, 2026) to create a bilingual workforce development program in partnership with the Latino Educational Training Institute and Snohomish Conservation District, delivering paid restoration internships in salmon habitat restoration.

Customer concentration shows heavy reliance on education and agriculture grantor agencies. The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education leads with 16 awards, followed by the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service with 14 awards, and the National Science Foundation with 12 awards. These three grantors account for 70% of Edmonds College's award count. On the sub-recipient side, the college receives pass-through funding from the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges on adult basic education and undergraduate research consortium projects, and from the Superintendent of Public Instruction on child nutrition program support and reimbursement. Combined dollars obligated across all 79 awards (prime and sub) total $234.2 million. Activity has grown from one award in 2022 to ten in 2024, with only two awards completing within the next twenty-four months, indicating low recompete exposure in the immediate term.