ST Bernard Catholic Church

ST Bernard Catholic Church, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Rockport, Indiana, operates exclusively as a federal grant sub-recipient, with no prime contract or grant awards in its recent footprint. The organization serves as a subordinate recipient of federal funding allocations, receiving grant pass-throughs from state and federal grantor agencies rather than contracting directly with the federal government.

ST Bernard Catholic Church's entire thirteen-award footprint consists of sub-awards, all routed through the Department of Education Indiana as the prime grantee. The organization has received grant allocations on three documented occasions: two awards in October 2022 and one in January 2024, each designated as a "grant allocation to subrecipient" with no explicit federal grant program (CFDA) or program-specific scope detail in the source material. Combined federal dollars obligated across all awards total $260 thousand over the past four years, reflecting modest scale in the federal space. Activity has declined sharply — five awards in 2020, five in 2021, two in 2022, and one in 2024 — signaling either reduced federal funding pass-through to the organization or administrative consolidation of allocations.

The organization's customer concentration is singular. One hundred percent of awards flow from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service as the ultimate federal funding source, routed through the Department of Education Indiana intermediary. The absence of prime awards, contract vehicles, or multi-agency relationships indicates ST Bernard Catholic Church operates in a narrow and passive federal role — receiving allocated funds rather than bidding competitively or holding parent vehicles. The nonprofit's federal footprint appears aligned with food and nutrition support programming consistent with its institutional mission, rather than with federal service delivery or procurement.