Kuspuk School District

Kuspuk School District, a non-profit school district in Aniak, Alaska, is a federal grant recipient that operates K-12 educational services for rural and Native Alaskan communities, with the vast majority of its federal funding flowing through the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) as the prime recipient on educational grants and formula allocations.

The district's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in education and nutrition programming. Across 156 total awards (61% sub-awards flowing through the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, 39% prime recipient status), the district has received $72.6 million in obligated federal funding since 2006. The top three customer agencies by award count account for 99% of all awards: OESE with 86 awards, FNS with 60 awards, and the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services with 5 awards. Recent prime grant work includes a $3.288 million Impact Aid Section 7003 project grant awarded October 1, 2025 (CFDA 84.041, completion September 30, 2031) that funds financial assistance to replace revenue lost due to federally connected children; an $871,980 Impact Aid project grant awarded April 1, 2022 (completion March 31, 2025) for emergency roof replacement and foundation repairs at Sleetmute Wildcats school; and recurring Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.060) running approximately $105,000 to $126,000 annually (most recent award July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026) supporting comprehensive educational services for American Indian and Alaska Native students, including academic instruction, cultural programming, and teacher professional development.

The district also holds recurring prime awards under the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) for rural, low-income schools (CFDA not specified in source; formula grant assistance type), with awards issued July 1 each year through September 30 of the following fiscal year. Sub-awards flow predominantly through Alaska DEP as pass-through grants covering National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Title I Basic Grants, Title IIA teacher quality improvement, Title IV student support, special education Title VI grants, and American Rescue Plan learning loss and summer school funding. Award volume has grown from 9 awards in 2022 to a peak of 35 in 2025, with 16 awards recorded in the first eight months of 2026. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure.