Trident Literacy Association, Inc.
- UEI
- CZ7CZ8DJKXC6
- CAGE
- 6G2G4
- Primary NAICS
- 611710 Educational Support Services
- SAM.gov registration
- Expired
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Website
- tridentlit.org
- Founded
- 1972
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Consumer Services
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- SIC code
- 87 Engineering & Management Services
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina Department Of Education | 25E55EE000054 | $327,290 | |
| South Carolina Department Of Education | V002A240041 | $39,439 | |
| South Carolina Department Of Education | V002A240041 | $271,348 | |
| South Carolina Department Of Education | V002A240041 | $30,000 | |
| Social Services South Carolina Department | 245SC407S2519 | $66,278 |
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Trident Literacy Association, Inc. is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that operates as a sub-recipient on federal adult education and workforce training grants, with no prime contract or grant awards and no independent federal contract vehicles.
The vendor's federal footprint consists entirely of sub-award work under state-administered federal grants. Trident serves as sub-recipient on eight federal grant sub-awards spanning a combined obligated value of $1.1 million since November 2023. The bulk of this work flows through the South Carolina Department of Education as prime grantee, where Trident delivers adult education (CFDA 84.002), family literacy, and adult education civics programming across multiple fiscal years (2023 through 2026). One sub-award, dated August 2024, places Trident as a service provider under the South Carolina Department of Social Services for SNAP Employment and Training activities via the Third Party Reimbursement Program, delivering educational, vocational, and employment training components.
Customer concentration is heavily state-gated. Six of eight sub-awards (75% of awards) flow from the Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education via South Carolina's prime grant award, one award comes from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (SNAP), and one from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration. Because all work arrives through state intermediaries rather than direct federal relationships, Trident has no meaningful federal customer concentration at the agency level — the vendor is dependent on continued state-level subcontracting relationships for federal grant flow-down.
Activity shows modest volatility across the four-year snapshot: three awards in 2023, one in 2024, three in 2025, and one in 2026. The most recent award (January 2026) represents adult education work under the same South Carolina Department of Education vehicle that has anchored most prior work. Trident does not participate in federal contract vehicles, GWACs, BPAs, or agency-wide IDIQs; its entire federal footprint depends on state pass-through awards under Title II Adult Education and Family Literacy and SNAP Employment and Training programs. This positioning creates structural dependence on state department discretion and federal grant continuation at the state level, with no direct prime relationship or contract vehicle position to diversify federal revenue or reduce state-intermediary risk.
Quick answers
Is Trident Literacy Association, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Trident Literacy Association, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration expired on June 5, 2026.
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