Tonto Basin School District 33

Tonto Basin School District 33, a U.S. local government entity structured as a school district in rural Arizona, receives federal education formula grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education as a prime recipient, and operates as a sub-recipient of Title I and ESSER III funding channeled through the Arizona Department of Education. The district also holds a single small purchase order for land rental from the Forest Service Region 3–Southwestern Region.

The district's federal footprint is education-centric. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 19 of 22 recent awards in the source data; the remaining three awards split between the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (two awards) and the Forest Service Region 3–Southwestern Region (one $2,750 purchase order for land rental services). The district acts as prime recipient on Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants awarded July 1, 2022, July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026, with ultimate completion dates of September 30, 2023, September 30, 2026, and September 30, 2027 respectively. In its sub-recipient role, the district receives pass-through Title I block grants and ESSER III funding from the Arizona Department of Education, with six sub-grants issued between March 2022 and July 2026 supporting program operations under Title I grant guidelines and emergency relief provisions.

Activity is modest and flat. The district has received two awards in 2022, one in 2023, two in 2024, three in 2025, and two in 2026 (as of the source date). Combined potential value across all awards is $3 thousand, though combined dollars obligated to date total $818 thousand — a discrepancy reflecting the difference between award ceiling values and actual sub-grant flows. One award reaches completion inside the next twenty-four months. The district does not hold parent contract vehicles, IDIQs, or GWACs; its federal engagement is limited to education formula grants and small-dollar transactional purchases. As a school district in a rural Arizona locale, Tonto Basin School District 33 qualifies for the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, which targets Title I–eligible schools in persistent poverty areas and district with small enrollments in remote geographies. The district's federal role is that of a K–12 education recipient and operator, not a vendor competing for federal procurement or offering services to other federal entities.