Kentucky Wesleyan College
Owensboro, KY
- UEI
- PRTPYRN1A2H8
- CAGE
- 55EG3
- Primary NAICS
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 3000 Frederica St, Owensboro, KY 42301, USA
- Website
- kwc.edu
- Founded
- 1858
- Employees
- 251-1K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $50M-$100M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- Education
- SIC code
- 82 Educational Services
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Kentucky University Research Foundation Inc. | 23VGCKY002 | $135,217 | |
| Not on record | EMW-2023-UA-00076 | $150,000 |
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About the company
Kentucky Wesleyan College, a nonprofit tax-exempt educational institution based in Owensboro, Kentucky, acts as a federal grant recipient, not a federal contractor, with a heavy sub-recipient footprint on federal grants from the Department of Education, the National Institutes of Health, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Corporation for National and Community Service. The college operates on the periphery of federal funding — 87% of its federal award volume consists of sub-recipient work, primarily grants for campus physical security enhancements and institutional research support — while 13% of recent awards reflect direct prime grants for undergraduate research instrumentation and cultural heritage preservation.
Kentucky Wesleyan College's prime-grant footprint centers on science, technology, and humanities education. The most recent prime award is a $137,227 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), dated September 1, 2026, to acquire a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer for undergraduate instruction in biology and chemistry. The instrument supports the Tiny Earth Project, in which biology undergraduates isolate soil bacteria and extract potentially novel antibiotic compounds using GC-MS for compound identification; the college has lacked working GC-MS access since 2017. Kentucky Wesleyan also received a preservation grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (award date October 1, 2023) to assess and preserve its United Methodist archival collection, including bishops' diaries, hymnals, church registries, and relics dating to the early 1800s, with support for a disaster mitigation plan developed collaboratively with Owensboro cultural heritage organizations.
The college's sub-recipient activity reflects federal security and campus-safety priorities. Sixteen sub-awards from October 2022 and September 2023 address physical security enhancements using Nonprofit Security Grant funding; one sub-award dated August 5, 2024, shows Kentucky Wesleyan as a sub-recipient to Northern Kentucky University Research Foundation for NAACP conference attendance and volunteer community-engagement opportunities. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $14.8 million across fifty-three awards spanning thirteen years. Award volume has plateaued — sixteen awards in 2021, fifteen in each of 2022 and 2023, then one in 2024 and one in 2026 — suggesting sporadic prime-grant activity interspersed with recurring sub-awards. One award carries ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure. The college serves five distinct federal customer agencies, with prime-grant concentration among NIH, NEH, NSF, and DoED, while sub-awards cluster under security-grant programs.
Quick answers
Is Kentucky Wesleyan College registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Kentucky Wesleyan College's SAM.gov registration is active through July 17, 2027.
What is Kentucky Wesleyan College's most recent federal award?
Kentucky Wesleyan College's most recent federal grant award is Instrumental experience for KWC undergraduates: a GC-MS will provide biology and chemistry students with essential… (S10GM164674), from National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH), on September 1, 2026.
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