Gettysburg Montessori Charter School

Gettysburg Montessori Charter School, a public charter school district based in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, receives federal grant funding as a recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and as a sub-recipient from the Pennsylvania Department of Education on behalf of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The school holds no federal contracts and does not compete for procurements; its federal engagement is exclusively through educational grant programs.

The school operates as a recipient of Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants awarded directly by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with prime grants awarded annually on July 1 of each fiscal year. The most recent prime grant award occurred on July 1, 2026, with ultimate completion scheduled for September 30, 2027. The school has received consecutive annual awards under this program since 2022, establishing a recurring grant relationship with stable program participation. Gettysburg Montessori is designated a Hispanic Servicing Institution, which may inform its eligibility under certain federal education programs.

The overwhelming majority of the school's federal funding footprint (89% of 72 total awards) consists of sub-recipient grants flowing through the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The school receives sub-awards primarily for two purposes: meal and milk reimbursement entitlements administered by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (48 awards across the portfolio), and instructional support and academic achievement programs under the Department of Education (23 sub-awards). Recent sub-award activity includes multiple monthly reimbursements for child nutrition services dating through June 2026, alongside sub-awards for Title I academic intervention, Title II teacher quality improvement, Title IV well-rounded education and school conditions, and American Rescue Plan emergency education relief funding for learning loss and afterschool programming distributed from Pennsylvania's state allocation.

Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $997 thousand, reflecting the school's modest grant receipt footprint and the formula-grant and reimbursement-based structure of its federal funding. Customer agencies include the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service and two offices within the Department of Education. Activity has grown from seven awards annually in 2022–2023 to fourteen in 2024 and twenty-two in 2025, primarily driven by monthly sub-award reimbursements for meal programs. Only one award faces completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating low recompete exposure.