Yellow Springs Exempted Village SD

Yellow Springs Exempted Village School District, a public school district in Yellow Springs, Ohio, receives federal education and nutrition grants as a sub-recipient from the Ohio Department of Education, which passes through Department of Education appropriations, and acts as a direct prime recipient on Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The district holds no federal contracts and no IDV or GWAC positions; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based, with 95% of awards flowing through state pass-through structures rather than direct federal channels.

The district's federal customer base is concentrated within education and nutrition-related agencies. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services account for 36 awards (90% of the 40-award portfolio), supplemented by four awards from the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service. All three funding agencies appear in the source's top-customer block covering 100% of awards.

Sub-award activity centers on five recurring federal grant programs administered through Ohio Department of Education pass-through agreements. Title I-A Improving Basic Programs funding appears across multiple award cycles (July 2023, July 2024, August 2025, June 2026); Title II-A Supporting Effective Instruction allocations recur annually from 2023 through 2026; IDEA-B Special Education sub-awards flow on a similar annual schedule; IDEA Early Childhood Special Education sub-awards span 2023 through 2026; and Title IV-A Student Support and Academic Enrichment funds recur from 2024 through 2026. The district also received School Breakfast and School Lunch Program allocations under the Food and Nutrition Service (October 2024 and October 2025). Two pandemic-era programs appear as one-time sub-awards: the ARP ESSER grant (January 2022) and ARP Homeless Targeted Support funding (January 2023). A Stronger Connections Grant sub-award posted in February 2023.

As a direct prime recipient, the district holds two Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, awarded July 1, 2025 (completion September 30, 2026) and July 1, 2026 (completion September 30, 2027). These formula grants fund programs serving rural and small school districts; the district is the operational recipient, not a contractor managing implementation for another entity.

Recent annual award volume has remained flat: nine awards in both 2024 and 2025, with six awards posted in 2026 year-to-date. Combined dollars obligated across all forty awards total $2.6 million. Only one award reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The district's federal footprint reflects a typical rural school district profile: formula-grant dependence on state pass-through education and nutrition programs, with no competitive federal contract activity or prime contractor relationships.