Govoah Special Projects, Inc.

Govoah Special Projects, Inc., a Brooklyn-based nonprofit organization, acts exclusively as a sub-recipient on federal grant awards — with no prime contracting presence and no independent federal contract vehicles. All three of its recent federal awards are sub-grants under the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, flowing through the New York State Education Department as the prime grantee.

Govoah's federal footprint is narrow and nascent. The vendor has received three sub-grant awards since October 2023, all tied to the CNP Block Consolidated program (the Child Nutrition Program block grant, CFDA 10.553). Combined obligated dollars across these three awards total $175 thousand. Activity peaked in 2023 with two awards, declining to one in 2024. All work flows through a single prime grantee and a single federal customer — the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service — concentrating 100% of recent federal activity in child nutrition programming at the state level.

The vendor's grant work centers on the Child Nutrition Program block grant, which funds meal service operations and nutrition support in schools. As a sub-recipient rather than a prime grantee, Govoah operates downstream of the state education department's administration, suggesting operational or nutrition-service delivery roles within New York's school meal systems. The recent award pattern — recurring annual sub-grants in October of consecutive years — indicates cyclical funding alignment with the federal fiscal year and state education department grant administration processes. The modest dollar scale and narrow customer concentration position Govoah as a specialized nonprofit operator within New York's school nutrition ecosystem rather than a vendor pursuing broader federal contracting diversification.