Masada Charter School, Inc.

Masada Charter School, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit educational institution and minority-owned woman-owned business based in Colorado City, Arizona, receives federal grants as a prime recipient for K–12 school operations and student support programming. The vendor operates exclusively in the federal grant space—no contract work—with 62% of recent awards held as prime grants and 38% as sub-grants flowing from state education agencies.

Masada's federal footprint is tightly concentrated in education. All 29 awards in the source span two federal customers: the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (25 awards) and the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (4 awards). As a prime recipient, Masada holds five consecutive Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants awarded each July (2022 through 2026), with completion dates running through September 2027. The school also receives federal funding indirectly through sub-grants passed by the Arizona Department of Education and the Executive Office of State of Arizona. Recent sub-award work includes IDEA Basic Section 611 special education subgrants to local education agencies, Title I grants to local educational agencies, Improving Teacher Quality Title II grants, ESSER II (pandemic relief), and summer enrichment programming. One sub-grant details curriculum-focused interventions: contracted external professional development in math and reading, child-find screening collaboration with Colorado City Unified School District to identify students with suspected disabilities, and in-school study teams meeting three times yearly to discuss struggling students. Roughly 15 percent of the school's IDEA Part B budget is earmarked for contracted services addressing early childhood intervention and factors contributing to disproportionality.

Activity has been episodic. The source records two awards in 2022, six in 2023, four in 2024, three in 2025, and one in 2026. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $3.1 million. One award (the July 2026 Small, Rural School Achievement Program grant with ultimate completion in September 2027) faces recompete inside the next twenty-four months. This is a small K–12 institution with no contracting vehicle seats and no subcontractor role on federal contracts; pursuit opportunities are limited to federal grants flowing through state education pass-through entities and direct education-agency funding.