Kensal Public School District

Kensal Public School District, a U.S. local government entity and school district headquartered in Kensal, North Dakota, receives federal grants as a prime recipient through the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and participates in federal child nutrition programs as a sub-recipient under pass-through grants from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.

Kensal operates exclusively in the grant space — no federal contracts or contract vehicles — with a footprint dominated by sub-award activity. Across 49 recent federal awards, 67% arrive as sub-grants (33 awards) and 33% as prime grants (16 awards). Prime grant work centers on the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, a formula grant from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Kensal has received consecutive annual awards under this program on July 1 of each year from 2022 through 2026, with completion dates running through September 30 of the following year. The most recent prime award, dated July 1, 2026, carries an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2027.

The sub-award portfolio reflects recurring participation in federal child nutrition programs. The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction serves as the pass-through prime grantee for all 33 sub-awards, which include the School Breakfast Program (SBP), the National School Lunch Program paid meals track (NSLP Paid), the National School Lunch Program free and reduced-price meals track (NSLP Free/Red), and the Commodity Nutrition Block (CN Block). Sub-awards have been issued monthly or near-monthly throughout 2025 and 2026, with the most recent dated June 11, 2026.

Customer concentration is absolute: 100% of awards split between two federal agencies — the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (33 sub-awards) and the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (16 prime awards). Combined federal obligations total $243 thousand across all awards. Award activity has accelerated sharply; Kensal received one prime award per year in 2022, 2023, and 2024, then 16 awards in 2025 and 19 in 2026, reflecting the addition of monthly nutrition sub-grant distributions to the annual Small, Rural School Achievement formula grant. One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months — the School Achievement Program award dated July 1, 2025, with completion due September 30, 2026.