Owens Valley Unified School District

Owens Valley Unified School District, a U.S. local government school district based in Independence, California, is a federal grant recipient operating under the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, serving rural Inyo County with K-12 educational services funded through formula grants and project grants. The district competes as a prime grant recipient (87% of awards) across two federal agencies, with no federal contract prime awardees or contract vehicle participation.

The district's federal grant footprint centers on two recurring programs from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education: the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (formula grants awarded annually each July through September 30) and the Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7003 (CFDA 84.041; project grants awarded at irregular intervals). Impact Aid funding, most recently awarded October 1, 2025 at $194,910 for the period through September 30, 2031, targets school districts educating federally connected children — those living on federal property or having a parent employed on federal property or on active duty in the uniformed services — and compensates for lost local property tax revenue on tax-exempt federal lands. The district uses Impact Aid and Small, Rural School Achievement Program funds to support comprehensive K-12 instruction, special education, English language learning, school nutrition programs, career and technical education, teacher training, and technology integration. A small secondary grant footprint exists through sub-recipient awards from the California Department of Education under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, channeling nutrition assistance, and under a teacher and principal quality improvement grant, all dated September 30 or August 31, 2026.

Customer concentration is near-total with the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (27 awards, 97% coverage), with the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounting for three nutrition-related sub-awards. The district holds one award with an ultimate completion date inside the next twenty-four months. Award activity has remained sparse and episodic — two awards in 2022, three in 2023, two in 2024, two in 2025, and five in 2026 — with combined dollars obligated across all awards totaling $1 million across the entire source history since 2007. Performance occurs at Independence, California.