Unique Xpression Ministries Inc.

Unique Xpression Ministries Inc., doing business as Unique Xpression, is a non-profit organization based in Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands, that operates as a sub-recipient on federal youth-development grants, primarily from the Department of Education. The vendor holds no federal prime contracts and places 80% of its recent federal activity as a grant sub-recipient rather than as a prime grantee, with all four sub-award grants flowing through the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Unique Xpression's federal footprint centers on youth programming delivered through the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21stCCLC) initiative under the Positive Youth Development (UXM-PYD) program. Between 2018 and 2024, the vendor received four consecutive continuation or liquidation disbursements from the Department of Education under FFY 2021, FFY 2022, and FY 2023 funding sources, with total obligations of approximately $851 thousand across all federal awards. Representative awards include a YR3 Continuation Award disbursement on December 17, 2024 ($28,935.44 current-year plus $75,885.28 from prior-year liquidation), a YR3 Continuation Award on October 30, 2024 ($134,660.77 from late liquidation of FY 2022–FY 2023 performance), a June 29, 2023 continuation award ($48,651.50 from late liquidation), and an August 9, 2022 award under the 21st Community Learning Centers vehicle (FFY 2021, H1541). The vendor also received a single award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, bringing its customer count to two agencies.

Activity has been sporadic — one award in 2018, a gap through 2021, then one award each in 2022 and 2023, and two awards in 2024 — suggesting continuation-renewal cycles rather than growing acquisition volume. The vendor does not compete for federal contracts and does not hold a seat on any federal contract vehicles or GWACs.