Goodwin University Educational Services, Inc.

Goodwin University Educational Services, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit educational institution headquartered in East Hartford, Connecticut, operates exclusively as a sub-recipient on federal grant programs, with no prime contract or grant awards in the source record. The vendor receives all federal funding indirectly through the Connecticut Department of Education, which serves as the prime grantee for child nutrition program block consolidated grants from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service.

Goodwin's federal grant footprint is narrow and specialized. All five sub-awards in the source record flow through Connecticut Department of Education primes under the Child Nutrition Program Block Consolidated grant program, with sub-award dates spanning October 2023 through April 2026. The vendor has obligated $1.3 million across these five awards, with a consistent cadence of one award per calendar year in 2023, 2024, and 2025, then two awards in 2026 to date. All activity concentrates with a single customer agency — the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service — and all work is executed in a sub-recipient role rather than as a direct federal grantee.

The source does not disclose the specific services Goodwin delivers as part of child nutrition program administration, the dollar magnitude of individual sub-awards, or whether the vendor's role is operational (food service or nutrition program delivery) or administrative (grant management or compliance support). Given Goodwin's primary business identity as a private university, the child nutrition work likely relates to campus dining operations, student nutrition programs, or nutrition education delivered on campus or through outreach. The vendor does not compete on federal contracts, does not hold seats on GWACs, IDIQs, or schedule vehicles, and does not team with federal prime contractors in a subcontracting capacity.