Lone Tree School District 6

Lone Tree School District 6, doing business as Golva Elementary School, is a U.S. local government school district based in Golva, North Dakota, that receives federal grants as a prime recipient and sub-recipient for education and child nutrition programs. The district does not hold federal contracts and operates exclusively within the federal grant landscape, with 27% of recent awards as prime grant recipient and 73% as sub-recipient under pass-through grants from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.

The district's federal footprint is narrow and highly concentrated. Two agencies account for 100% of awards: the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (42 awards) and the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (21 awards). As a prime grant recipient, Golva Elementary has received four direct formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with award dates in July 2022, July 2024, July 2025, and July 2026, running on annual cycles with ultimate completion dates in September of the following year. The district functions predominantly as a sub-recipient under pass-through grants managed by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, receiving allocations for school nutrition programs including the National School Lunch Program (NSLP Free/Reduced and NSLP Paid), School Breakfast Program (SBP), and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP). The district also received sub-awards for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program and school foodservice innovation grants in 2022.

Activity has grown sharply in the past two years, from one award in 2021 to twenty in 2025 and twenty-six in 2026, driven primarily by recurring monthly and quarterly sub-allocations from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction for nutrition and child nutrition programming. The combined dollars obligated across all awards total $333 thousand. Only one award is scheduled for ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited recompete exposure in that window. The district's federal engagement is operationally narrow — it operates as a local public school entity receiving pass-through federal funding for student meal programs and rural school achievement support — with no federal contract prime or sub experience.