Learning For Life Charter School

Learning For Life Charter School Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit educational organization based in Marina, California, receives federal grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with secondary sub-recipient work routed through the California Department of Education. The vendor operates exclusively in the federal grant space — not as a federal contractor — and holds no federal contract vehicles or prime contract awards.

Learning For Life's federal grant footprint centers on the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (SRSAP), a formula grant from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The vendor has received five consecutive annual SRSAP awards, most recently for the award cycle dated July 1, 2026 (ultimate completion September 30, 2027). SRSAP funds rural and small schools to improve student academic achievement through strategies including teacher and principal quality improvement and increasing the number of highly qualified educators in the classroom.

In its sub-recipient role, Learning For Life receives pass-through funding from the California Department of Education under several federal grant programs. Sub awards dated in 2024 through 2026 target high-poverty school improvement, English language learner proficiency attainment, teacher quality and principal quality improvement, and general student academic achievement capacity building. One additional sub-award dated August 31, 2026 is described in government terms only and lacks a named prime grantee in the source material.

Customer concentration is narrow. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for ten of twelve recent awards (92% of the portfolio); the Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition holds the remaining award. Both agencies route funding through the same federal grantor organization. Total combined dollars obligated across all twelve awards is $274 thousand over the portfolio span, reflecting the formula-grant scale typical of rural school programs. Activity has grown modestly — one award annually in 2022 and 2023, two in 2024 and 2025, and four in 2026 — with only one award reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete or renewal in that window.