Schenectady City School District

Schenectady City School District, a U.S. local government entity and school district based in Schenectady, New York, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient (27% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient flowing through state intermediaries (73% of recent awards), with no federal contract prime work and no participation in federal contract vehicles. The district's federal footprint is entirely grant-based, with no SBA set-aside designations or commercial contracting posture.

The district's grant portfolio spans education, child nutrition, school safety, and agricultural programs. As a prime recipient, Schenectady has received a $500,000 three-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) awarded October 1, 2024, to fund school violence prevention and evidence-based school safety programs through September 30, 2027. The district also received a $100,000 Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the Farm to School Grant Program (CFDA 10.575) awarded July 18, 2022, supporting farm-to-school initiatives and school garden development through June 30, 2024. Additionally, Schenectady holds multiple Impact Aid Program grants under Title VII, Section 7003 from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with awards dated January 24, 2022 and February 15, 2023, running through September 30, 2027 and September 30, 2028 respectively.

The district's customer concentration is heavily weighted to Department of Education programs. The top five funding agencies account for 94% of all awards, with the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education anchoring 55 awards, followed by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service at 28 awards, the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at 6 awards, the Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education at 4 awards, and the Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition at 3 awards.

Sub-award activity dominates the district's recent footprint. Schenectady receives the majority of its federal funding as a sub-recipient under pass-through grants from the New York State Education Department, with sub-awards dating from 2022 through April 2026 covering Title I academic achievement programs, Special Education grants (IDEA), English Language Acquisition and Civics Education (Title IIIA), Child Nutrition Program consolidations (CNP Block Consolidated), McKinney-Vinto homeless education support, Title I School Improvement (SIG), Title I Part D (Neglected and Delinquent), well-rounded education access, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, vocational education programs, and integrated English literacy grants. A notable sub-award from New York State Agriculture & Markets dated February 7, 2025 funded the district's Farm-to-Family Wheels mobile produce program, allocating $252,628 to procure fresh New York State produce for food-insecure families and directing five weekly pop-up food events across ten Schenectady sites over 36 weeks.

Recent activity shows volatility: five prime awards in 2022 through four sub-awards in 2026, with peak activity in 2024 (30 awards). Combined dollars obligated across all 102 awards total $83.5 million across eleven distinct customer agencies.