Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, a U.S. local government school district headquartered in Fairbanks, Alaska, operates as a federal grant recipient focused on K–12 educational programming, student services, school security, and culturally responsive instruction for Native Alaskan students. The district does not hold federal contracts; all 207 awards in the source data are federal grants, split between 64 prime recipient awards (31%) and 143 sub-recipient awards (69%).

The district's primary customer concentration is with the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which funds 90 of the district's awards. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 70 awards, predominantly through sub-grants routed via the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, supporting school meal programs (National School Lunch, School Breakfast, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables), career and technical education, special education, and homeless youth services. Together these two agencies cover 89% of the district's recent award count. Additional customers include the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (11 awards), the Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (9 awards), the Department of Defense Education Activity (5 awards), the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Community Oriented Policing Program, and the Department of Homeland Security.

As a prime recipient, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District holds active formula and project grants from the Department of Education under the Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060), which funds culturally specific academic programming and professional development for educators serving Alaska Native students. Recent Indian Education awards include $564,964 (July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026), $625,866 (July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025), $653,974 (July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024), and $689,118 (July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023). The district also holds Impact Aid formula grants under CFDA 84.041 (Section 7003) totaling $280,377 (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2031), which compensates for lost local tax revenue attributable to federally connected students. Project grants under CFDA 84.215 include a $300,000 school access control upgrade award (June 1, 2026 through June 1, 2029) and a $111,000 district-wide teacher training initiative (June 1, 2026 through June 1, 2029). The district also received a $2 million Department of Defense Education Activity Competitive Grant for Promoting K-12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools (CFDA 12.556, September 30, 2023 through May 31, 2028) and an $802,555 Bureau of Justice Assistance STOP School Violence Program grant (CFDA 16.839, October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026) for threat assessment training and school safety staffing at three high schools.

As a sub-recipient, the district receives recurring sub-grants from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development for school meal programs, special education, Title I and Title IV student support, career and technical education, homeless youth services, and English language learner support. Recent sub-awards also include $237,600 from the 2023 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (October 28, 2024) and $82,026 from the 2022 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (March 1, 2024), both administered via CISA as sub-grants flowing through Alaska state government.

The district serves approximately 12,631 students across 33–35 schools in Fairbanks with roughly 1,700 full-time employees. Award activity has grown from 15 in 2022 to a peak of 52 in 2024, stabilizing at 49 in 2025 and 20 year-to-date through August 2026. One award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The combined potential value across all 207 awards is $892 million; combined dollars obligated total $123 million. The bulk of the dollar value sits with recurring meal-program and school-funding sub-grants flowing from state intermediaries rather than direct federal awards to the district.