Fort Yates School District 4

Fort Yates School District 4, doing business as Fort Yates Middle School, is a tax-exempt corporate entity and public school district operating in Fort Yates, North Dakota that receives federal funding as a prime grant recipient (43% of recent awards) and sub-recipient (57%) under education and nutrition programs administered by the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture. The district serves a predominantly Native American student population on federal lands and does not compete for federal contracts.

Fort Yates School District 4 operates exclusively within the federal grant ecosystem, with no contract prime or subcontractor footprint. The district is a prime recipient of direct grants from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.060) and the Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7003 (CFDA 84.041), which together fund educational services and operations at Fort Yates Middle School. The Impact Aid program provides the largest single-award vehicle: a $1,105,096 project grant awarded October 1, 2025, running through September 30, 2031, compensating the district for lost local property-tax revenue attributable to federally held land and Native American trust lands within the district's service area. The Indian Education Formula Grants support Native American student instruction and have been awarded annually since at least 2022. The district also holds a Small, Rural School Achievement Program grant (CFDA 84.358, July 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026) supporting operations at resource-constrained rural schools.

Beyond direct prime grants, Fort Yates School District 4 functions as a sub-recipient of federal education and nutrition funds flowing through the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. The sub-award portfolio spans multiple federal programs: Title I elementary and secondary education funding (CFDA 84.010A, Comingle Title I), special education services under IDEA Section 611 (CFDA 84.027A) and IDEA Section 619 preschool funding, the National School Lunch Program free and reduced-price meal services (NSLP), the School Breakfast Program (SBP), the Child Nutrition Block Grant, 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) after-school programming (CFDA 84.287), Title II teacher professional development grants (CFDA 84.367), and a cybersecurity risk and resilience improvement sub-award. Sub-awards flow as monthly or quarterly payments through the state agency, with recurring reissuance in fiscal-year cycles.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service account for 99% of the 97 total awards across the activity window, with Education dominating by award count (60 awards) and Agriculture contributing 30 awards primarily for meal programs. The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and the Department of Education at large contribute four and two awards respectively. Activity has grown sharply year over year — from two awards in 2022 to 24 in 2025 — with 20 awards in 2026 to date. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating a recompete cliff of minimal magnitude in the immediate outlook. Combined dollars obligated across all prime and sub awards total $25.2 million, with the Impact Aid project grant anchoring the largest single obligation.