The Corporation Of Gonzaga University

The Corporation Of Gonzaga University (doing business as Gonzaga University), a tax-exempt private university headquartered in Spokane, Washington, operates as a federal grant recipient and occasional contractor, delivering educational services, research, and community engagement programs to civilian and military agencies. The institution holds no set-aside certifications; Gonzaga competes in full-and-open procurements as a nonprofit educational institution. Of its 192 recent federal awards, 90 percent are prime grants and contracts (172 awards), with 10 percent as sub-recipient work (20 awards).

Gonzaga's capability footprint centers on academic research, workforce development, and community-facing environmental and tax-assistance programming. Grant work dominates the recent portfolio. Representative prime grant work includes a $548,632 National Science Foundation Engineering CAREER award (CFDA 47.041) to conduct experimental research on predictive design of wear-resistant polymer composites, running through July 31, 2031, with integrated undergraduate training and K-12 outreach; a $1.846 million National Institute of Standards and Technology Congressionally-Identified Projects grant (CFDA 11.617) to procure state-of-the-art STEM equipment for the Bollier Center's Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Studies, Engineering, and Psychology departments; a $1.102 million Environmental Protection Agency Wildfire Smoke Preparedness in Community Buildings grant (CFDA 66.044) to enhance wildfire smoke preparedness in Spokane through air quality monitoring, cleaner air centers, and community planning, in collaboration with the City of Spokane, Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency, and University of Washington; and recurring Internal Revenue Service Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (CFDA 21.008) grants that fund clinical tax representation for low-income taxpayers and English as a Second Language speakers, with awards spanning 2023 through 2028. Gonzaga also holds a recent definitive contract with the U.S. Attorney's Offices for contractor support services (ceiling value $315,455.20, July 2025 through July 2030, place of performance Spokane, Washington).

Customer concentration reflects a mixed portfolio of research-intensive and human-services agencies. The Department of the Army leads by award count (50 awards), followed by the Internal Revenue Service (23 awards), and the National Science Foundation (14 awards), with the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration and the Department of Education rounding out the top five. However, the potential-value ranking diverges sharply: the Department of Justice U.S. Attorney's Offices accounts for $565 thousand (the largest single dollar amount in the portfolio), the Smithsonian Institution for $14 thousand, and the Army, IRS, and NSF follow. This signals that Gonzaga's volume with Army and IRS is driven by smaller, recurring awards (likely educational services and tax clinics), while the single U.S. Attorney contract anchors most potential dollars despite low volume.

Gonzaga places task orders against multiple Army Basic Ordering Agreements (BOAs): DAKF5774H0419 (19 task orders), DAKF5786H0419 (6 task orders), DAKF5774A0419 (4 task orders), and DAKF5788C2371 and DAKF5788C2372 (2 task orders each). These BOAs appear to anchor the institution's defense-training footprint. Activity has remained modest and irregular — ranging from five to twelve awards per year across 2022–2026 — with only four awards facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure.

In its sub-recipient role, Gonzaga participates in climate-resilience and water-security research under prime awards from the University of Washington and Oregon State University, including a "Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative" project awarded in May and February 2026, and "URoL:EN – Rules of Resilience" research on freshwater networks under variable climate regimes (December 2025 and prior awards). Gonzaga also subcontracts under the Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation to provide legal services on guardianships, estate planning, probate, family law, and criminal defense representation for Tribal members and courts (October 2025 and May 2024 awards), and serves as a sub-awardee under a University of Wisconsin System trainee research project in the demography of health and aging (March 2025).

Grant funding dominates — 60 awards fall under the Education/Training Tuition/Registration/Membership Fees PSC category, reflecting Gonzaga's primary role as an educational institution hosting federal research grants and training programs. The institution's recent customer base spans 45 distinct agencies, with concentrated relationships in civilian research (NSF), social services (HHS), tax administration (IRS), defense training (Army), and justice (U.S. Attorney's Offices). Gonzaga's award profile is stable but incremental, reflecting the institution's role as a research university and community partner rather than a defense contractor or systems integrator.