Whitepine Joint School District 288

Whitepine Joint School District 288, a U.S. government entity and state-controlled educational institution located in Deary, Idaho, operates as a federal grant recipient under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program through the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The district does not hold federal contracts or IDVs and operates exclusively in the federal grant space, functioning as both a prime grant recipient (42% of awards) and a sub-recipient (58% of awards) routed through the Idaho State Board of Education.

The district's federal grant portfolio concentrates in K–12 education funding channels. Prime awards consist of five consecutive annual Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, running from July 2022 through September 2027, representing recurring, predictable education funding. Sub-recipient work flows through the Idaho State Board of Education across Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, Special Education Grants to States, the National School Lunch Program, and Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund allocations. The sub-recipient portfolio spans nineteen awards with award dates clustering in late 2022, 2023, and 2024, with the most recent sub-award dated December 19, 2024.

Federal customer concentration is constrained to three agencies. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for twenty awards (the five prime formula grants plus fifteen sub-awards under Title I and Special Education programs), the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service accounts for ten awards (all National School Lunch Program sub-awards), and the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for three awards. Combined dollars obligated across all thirty-three awards total $1.6 million. Activity trajectory has declined sharply — eight awards annually in 2022 and 2023, six in 2024, and one each in 2025 and 2026 — reflecting the natural rhythm of annual formula grant renewals and sub-award passthrough distributions rather than new procurement expansion. One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (the September 2025 Small, Rural School Achievement Program grant), creating minimal recompete exposure in that window.