Standing Rock Community Grant School

Standing Rock Community Grant School, a U.S. local government entity and school district serving American Indian and Alaska Native students in Fort Yates, North Dakota, receives federal grants as a recipient and sub-recipient, with no federal contracting footprint. The school operates as a prime grant recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060) and as a sub-recipient of food-assistance funding from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.

The school's federal award portfolio consists of 130 total awards spanning 2007 to present, with 19 prime grants (15%) and 111 sub-grants (85%). Recent activity has grown materially — from one award in 2022 to 33 in 2026 — driven almost entirely by sub-grant awards in the nutrition and food-service space. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 109 of 130 awards (84% of portfolio) flowing through North Dakota Department of Public Instruction as intermediary, while the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education provides the remaining 18 prime awards plus one sub-award, with one additional award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs School Operations. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $5.4 million.

Standing Rock's prime grant revenue comes from direct awards under CFDA 84.060. The school received $194,715 for the July 2022–June 2023 period, $199,673 for July 2023–June 2024, $191,257 for July 2024–June 2025, $175,235 for July 2025–June 2026, and $158,907 for July 2026–June 2027. These formula grants fund academic instruction, cultural preservation initiatives, teacher professional development, and targeted student support services designed to address the unique educational, linguistic, and culturally related academic needs of Indian students while ensuring they meet state performance standards and maintain knowledge of Native languages, histories, traditions, and cultures.

The sub-grant portfolio centers on federal food and nutrition programs. Standing Rock receives recurring monthly or periodic sub-awards from North Dakota Department of Public Instruction for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP Free/Reduced), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), and Child and Adult Care (CIL) components. A June 2026 sub-award from the National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education supports Lakota/Dakota language and cultural preservation through summer immersion camps, digital multimedia language libraries, and teacher workshops delivered by fluent speakers and elders, with materials shared across the Standing Rock Educational Consortium and Sitting Bull College. One sub-grant (award date June 27, 2025, prime grantee not specified) addresses cybersecurity risks and resilience. Only one award (ultimate completion date in next 24 months) faces recompete within the forecast window. The school district maintains consistent federal relationships with the same four agencies and appears to rely on North Dakota Department of Public Instruction as the primary pass-through vehicle for nutrition-based federal support.