Wheat, Inc.

Wheat, Inc., a Black American-owned, tax-exempt nonprofit based in Eastpointe, Michigan, operates as a federal grant recipient providing domestic and sexual violence prevention, intervention, and counseling services to children and youth ages 0–24. The vendor acts as a prime grant recipient (33% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient under state health department grants (67% of recent awards), with no presence on federal contracts or contract vehicles.

Wheat's federal footprint is concentrated in two agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families accounts for two sub-grant awards received in October 2024 and October 2025 under the Community Focused Service Grants and Culturally Specific Underserved programs, respectively. The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded Wheat a $475,000 prime grant on May 1, 2026, under the Consolidated and Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence (CFDA 16.888), with performance running through April 30, 2029 and performance location in Eastpointe, Michigan.

Under the DOJ grant, Wheat partners with Live Rite Recovery Resource Center to provide counseling, advocacy, crisis intervention, and referrals to youth victims and non-offending caregivers; implement age-appropriate violence-prevention curricula for youth ages 11–24 in schools and community centers; conduct outreach and host an annual back-to-school event; and train law enforcement, allied professionals, and staff of youth-serving organizations on recognizing and responding to abuse and exploitation. Combined dollars obligated across all three awards total $831 thousand. Activity has been steady at one award per year over the past three years (2024–2026), with the DOJ prime award representing the vendor's most recent and largest engagement.