Spokane School District 81

Spokane School District 81, a U.S. local government entity and K-12 public school district headquartered in Spokane, Washington, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and sub-recipient across education and emergency-management programs, with no federal contract prime or subcontract work. The district operates as a grant recipient under 29 prime federal grants (31% of recent awards) and 64 federal grant sub-awards (69%), serving approximately 30,000 students with emphasis on Native American student populations, English language learners, school violence prevention, and family engagement programming.

The district's federal funding concentration centers on the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which accounts for 42 awards, and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, which accounts for 27 awards. These two agencies cover approximately 74% of the district's total award count. Additional federal customers include the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (8 awards), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (3 awards), and the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration (2 awards) across 14 distinct customer agencies. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $154.3 million since the earliest award in source data (2005).

Prime grant work splits between recurring formula grants under CFDA 84.060 (Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies) and project grants addressing school safety and family engagement. The district received $350,718 as a direct prime recipient under the Indian Education formula grant for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; prior-year formula grants under the same program totaled $335,307 (2025–2026), $303,981 (2024–2025), $284,085 (2023–2024), and $268,127 (2022–2023). Project grants from the Bureau of Justice Assistance fund school violence prevention and in-school diversion programming: the Restorative Interventions for Suspensions and Expulsions (RISE) project awarded October 1, 2023 (ultimate completion September 30, 2027) and the Students, Teachers, Organizations, and Parents (S.T.O.P.) School Violence project awarded October 1, 2022 (ultimate completion September 30, 2026).

Sub-awards flow to the district from the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction as the prime grantee for the majority of federal education programs, including ESEA Consolidated Grants (Title I, Part A; Title IIA Supporting Effective Instruction; Title III English Language Acquisition; Student Support and Academic Enrichment), IDEA Part B special education grants (Sections 611 and 619), 21st Century Community Learning Centers, McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth, Project AWARE, and child nutrition reimbursement programs. The district also receives sub-award funding from the Washington State Military Department for emergency protective measures and disaster mitigation (FEMA-DR-4249 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program) and from the Washington State Department of Commerce for Operations and Maintenance planning across 44 schools.

Award activity has grown from 2 awards in 2022 to a peak of 29 awards in 2024, with a decline to 14 awards in 2025 and 7 awards in 2026 (as of mid-September). Only 2 awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure through 2028. The district does not hold federal contract vehicles, GSA schedules, or other IDIQs; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based, with no procurement authority or contracting capability represented in the source data.