Wing School District 28

Wing School District 28, a U.S. local government entity located in Wing, North Dakota, receives federal grants as a prime recipient under the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and participates in federal nutrition programs as a sub-recipient under the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. The district does not hold federal contracts and operates entirely in the grant and sub-grant ecosystem, with 79% of its federal award footprint flowing through sub-recipient status on nutrition and education programs.

The district's federal portfolio centers on K–12 education and student nutrition. As a prime recipient, Wing School District 28 has received five annual formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with awards issued July 1 in each of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. The most recent prime award carries an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2027. As a sub-recipient, the district participates in federal nutrition assistance administered through the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. Sub-grant work includes the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Free/Reduced Lunch component, the School Breakfast Program (SBP), paid NSLP meals, the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), Child Nutrition Block Grants (CN Block), and Title V funding transfers. These sub-awards have been issued monthly or quarterly throughout 2025 and 2026, with the most recent dated September 11, 2026.

Customer concentration is narrow and divided between two federal funding sources. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 46 awards (75% of all awards), while the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 15 awards (25%). The $200 thousand combined dollars obligated across all 61 awards reflects the modest scale typical of a small rural K–12 district; the majority of dollar value sits within nutrition programs flowing through USDA's food-service reimbursement stream. Activity has accelerated sharply in the past two years—one award each in 2022 and 2023, growing to four awards in 2024, nineteen in 2025, and twenty-eight in 2026 through September—driven primarily by the proliferation of monthly nutrition sub-grants. One award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure. The district's federal footprint reflects a rural school's standard relationship to federal K–12 education and child nutrition assistance, with no contracting vehicle participation and no procurement-based role in federal programs.