Fort Worth Independent School District

Fort Worth Independent School District Business And Finance Division, doing business as Fwisd, is a U.S. local government and educational institution headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas that operates as a federal grant recipient (44% of recent awards as prime recipient) and as a sub-recipient of pass-through education and nutrition funding (56% of awards). Fwisd does not hold federal contract vehicles and competes in no set-aside categories; the organization operates entirely within federal grant and sub-grant structures, primarily from the Department of Education and Department of Agriculture.

Fwisd's federal footprint centers on education, youth development, and school operations. As a prime grant recipient, Fwisd has received Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (multiple awards, fiscal years 2022–2027); a $6.167 million Environmental Protection Agency Clean School Bus Program project grant awarded in July 2024 to replace 15 diesel school buses with zero-emission electric buses and install charging infrastructure through March 2026; and a cooperative agreement from the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion awarded in August 2024 to implement an adolescent health program addressing physical and mental health disparities, running through July 2029. Fwisd also received a School Violence Prevention Program project grant from the Community Oriented Policing Program in October 2022, extending through September 2026. The organization holds two small purchase orders from the United States Marine Corps — a $6,800 award in June 2023 for an MCJROTC Leadership Learning Camp at Quantico, Virginia and a $5,900 facilities lease award in May 2022.

The vast majority of Fwisd's federal award activity flows through the Texas Education Agency and Texas Department of Agriculture as pass-through sub-awards. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 102 awards, the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service for 36 awards, and the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services for 18 awards — together covering 67% of all awards by count. Sub-awards span Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Title I, II, III, and IV programs; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B formula grants for special education; Career and Technical Education (CTE) funding; 21st Century Community Learning Centers; McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance; and Child Nutrition Program grants. Fwisd's sub-award portfolio is characterized by consistent flows of education and nutrition funding to support classroom instruction, teacher quality, English learner services, special education, and school meal programs.

Fwisd's contract presence is negligible by dollar value. Five federal IDICs, mostly with the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons, hold task-order authority for 31 small orders (combined potential value $914 thousand across five vehicles). No contracts exceed low five-figure values; these orders support prison education services, JROTC logistics, and facilities support.

The organization received total obligated funding of $899.9 million across all awards — a figure that reflects the cumulative historical pass-through of federal education dollars over multi-year grant cycles rather than active procurement recompete risk. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating Fwisd's stable, predictable sub-recipient cash flow and minimal recompete exposure. Activity across prime and sub work has averaged 26–33 awards per year over the past five years, with 2026 showing 16 awards to date. Fwisd operates as the implementing local education agency for federal K–12 education, special education, nutrition, and youth workforce programs, with no commercial contractor relationships and no federal contract vehicles of its own.