Navajo Preparatory School, Inc.

Navajo Preparatory School, Inc., a Native American-owned, non-profit educational institution based in Farmington, New Mexico, acts as a federal grant recipient delivering K–12 education services with emphasis on Navajo language immersion, cultural curriculum development, and tribal student advancement. The school operates almost entirely as a prime recipient (95% of awards) under formula and project grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with subordinate funding from the Indian Health Service, the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The school's customer concentration is sharply skewed toward education. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 26 awards across the recent footprint, dominating both award count and volume share. The Indian Health Service anchors the second-largest customer relationship with six awards carrying $238 thousand in combined potential value, primarily for school-based health and nutrition services. The Department of Agriculture, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and subordinate Interior programs round out a five-agency customer set covering 90% of recent awards.

Recent grant work includes a $326 thousand project grant awarded October 1, 2025, under the Indian Education–Special Programs for Indian Children program (CFDA 84.299) to deliver the T'AA HO'AJIT'EEGO initiative supporting Navajo youth college preparation and community leadership development through September 30, 2027. Navajo Preparatory School also holds a $500 thousand project grant under CFDA 84.215 for the Classroom Without Walls Leadership Program, focused on Navajo language immersion and culturally relevant curricula, which ran through September 2025. A multi-year project grant titled DINÉ SOARING supports expansion of Navajo language instruction across campus life, running through September 2027. The school operates under annual Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs), with grants awarded each July covering twelve-month performance periods. Additionally, in August 2024, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded a project grant for economic development and community project funding with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2032.

Navajo Preparatory School also receives sub-award funding as a sub-recipient. The National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education issued a sub-award (July 2026) supporting expansion of the school's Navajo language program into all campus areas and rollout of the Diné Values Framework. The State of New Mexico Public Education Department issued a sub-award (October 2025) for school food service reimbursement claims covering nutrition services delivered October 2025 through June 2026.

Recent activity shows variability — two awards in 2022, declining to one in 2023, then rising to four in 2024 and three in 2025. Four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, triggering recompete or renewal opportunity. Combined dollars obligated across the portfolio total $14.3 million, substantially outpacing the $269 thousand in combined potential value, reflecting the school's multi-year grant portfolio where prior-year commitments carry forward.